Anarchy_Bunny
Member
This sounds like a hassle
LIMITED-TIME CONTENT Introducing Doll Stars Barter Boxes!
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Lmao, clean your glasses or try to improve your reading comprehension, if you think a 30ecs discount is the problem hereJust posted an update based on the sentiment we've seen in this thread
. This garbage could have been made as a party drop thing to keep your game interesting and damn ressurect potd clubs cause god are they dead, most are full of ants the ones who ain't ppl are quitting back and forth. But since you lack the braincells I'll help:1- The stupidity of only dropping a set of sunglasses just like erase that, your already not giving any shards p/box you can just let people choose which ones they want
2- Whenever the bright mind that is coming up with this "new mechanics" talks again, just ignore them, they are terrible at their job
3- Actually improve potd clubs, instead of giving parties a new ipsy dibsy "look" that lets be honest nobody cares and most hit parties and leave due to irl, what you could do:
- Improve drops amount, make a weekly event that involves the club you can throw a few bones there so people actually want to play and have extra resources to improve their accounts specially for the ones with low income that can't be wasting thousands on Barbie's.
- If it turns "to difficult" for you to improve potd drops cause everything is difficult for you unless it involves cash grabbing your community, lower the side stories drop requirements to fit with potd clubs, and add more steps for main story for whales. I've done T10's before and the max step being 190k when I collect 1m more just for a ladder is dumb ASF, or make it reset you reach and collect 190k rewards it starts again from 500. You can literally make it reset like 3-4 times p/hunt. AND GUESS WHAT DUE TO MISC YOU ACTUALLY WILL GET WHAT YOU WANT THE MOST MONEY CAUSE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTIVE TO GO FURTHER ON DROPS AND SPEND MORE FOR IT.
- And last and most important step, PLAY YOUR DAMN GAME, AND DO IT AS A NON SPENDER! You will understand rather fast the outrageous mistakes over and over that you have been doing year after year and hey maybe actually listen for once.
I'm up to hire if you want a brain on the team
Mina-KiLIing_You_4_Fun
Well-Known Member
I've been reading a lot of comments about the new shard releases and wanted to add my own two cents.
First, the pace at which new shard avatars are coming out is honestly kind of overwhelming. And expensive. It feels like a new set drops before we even get a chance to properly enjoy the last one, which kinda ruins the excitement of a new release. I understand the team is always working on new stuff and I appreciate that, but when there's no breathing room between content (in general) - especially with so many older sets still out there - it feels less about the player experience and more about just pushing content out. That constant rush makes it harder to stay engaged long-term.
Second, this new way of getting avatars is just frustrating. I'm usually fine with changes if they help the community, but this mechanic feels way more complicated than it needs to be for a game that's normally pretty simple. And with the drop rate at 450 per box, it really feels like this is geared towards paying players only.
Third, I honestly think the dev team should try playing with these new mechanics as a brand new, completely free to play player. Like actually experience it from our perspective. I think it would really open their eyes to how inaccessible and expensive things have gotten.
And lastly, I really think bringing back the 'Ask ATA Anything' forum would help so much. It would give us a place to actually ask questions and get straight answers, and it would make communication between players and devs way more open and respectful.
Just my thoughts though
First, the pace at which new shard avatars are coming out is honestly kind of overwhelming. And expensive. It feels like a new set drops before we even get a chance to properly enjoy the last one, which kinda ruins the excitement of a new release. I understand the team is always working on new stuff and I appreciate that, but when there's no breathing room between content (in general) - especially with so many older sets still out there - it feels less about the player experience and more about just pushing content out. That constant rush makes it harder to stay engaged long-term.
Second, this new way of getting avatars is just frustrating. I'm usually fine with changes if they help the community, but this mechanic feels way more complicated than it needs to be for a game that's normally pretty simple. And with the drop rate at 450 per box, it really feels like this is geared towards paying players only.
Third, I honestly think the dev team should try playing with these new mechanics as a brand new, completely free to play player. Like actually experience it from our perspective. I think it would really open their eyes to how inaccessible and expensive things have gotten.
And lastly, I really think bringing back the 'Ask ATA Anything' forum would help so much. It would give us a place to actually ask questions and get straight answers, and it would make communication between players and devs way more open and respectful.
Just my thoughts though
luciddreams17
Active Member
What was the point of dolls starts sorting box?? When u have to open the ec boxes. Yall r saying the same thing but with different packaging everytime
Doll Stars Barter Box
EVENT AVAILABILITY
July 27th, 2026 - August 4th, 2026
12 PM Pacific Time
Serving big attitude, glossy glam, and main character energy, the Doll Stars Barter Box has arrived!
This brand new avatar collection comes with an
Youâll collect your assigned Shard Colour, trade with other players, and barter your way toward the Base, VIP, and VIP+ Doll Stars of your dreams!
Update - July 27th @ 5:04 PM
Hey all, weâve been reading your initial feedback about the Doll Stars Barter Box, and we hear your concerns, particularly around the cost of opening Boxes and the overall experience of this new mechanic. Based on the comments we've seen, weâre making the following changes and corrections:
Barter Box Cost Reduced
The cost to open a Doll Stars Barter Box has been reduced from 149 ECs to 119 ECs. Each Box will continue to contain 450 total Shade Shards from your assigned pairing.
Weâll also be reviewing the Barter Boxes that were purchased and opened before this change. Affected players will receive additional complimentary Barter Boxes as a show of good faith following the price reduction. We aim to get these boxes out to players by EOD tomorrow, July 28th.
Shard Trading and Gifting
The trading icon was mistakenly missing from the Doll Stars Shade Shards. The Shards were always tradable, but the missing icon made this unclear. The icon has now been corrected and as an additional update, Doll Stars Shade Shards can now also be gifted to other players.
Avatar Cost Corrections
Weâve also corrected a few inconsistencies between the avatar costs shown in-game and those listed in the forum post:
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and flagged these issues. This is a brand-new mechanic for PIMD, and weâll continue paying close attention to your feedback and how the experience continues to feel for everyone.
We appreciate your patience while we make these adjustments
How It Works
Claim Your Free Box
Starting right now, each player can claim a FREE Doll Stars Sorting Box from the Store.
Opening this Box will randomly assign you ONE of several Shade Shard Colours pairings; kind of like the Sorting Hat except it's a Box (that you could put on your head, we suppose). These two Shade Shard Colours will remain your assigned pairing throughout the event, meaning you will only receive these two Shade Shard Colours from any Doll Stars Barter Box you open!
For example, if youâre assigned Pink and Blue Shade Shards, those are the ONLY two types youâll receive from Doll Stars Shard Boxes. You wonât naturally earn the other Shades, and thatâs where trading comes in!
Collect Your Assigned Shards
Doll Stars Shard Boxes will be available to purchase from the Store using Cash and opened using 149 ECs.
Each box will contain Shades (Shards) from your assigned pairing, helping you build up your personal stash!
PLEASE NOTE
You MUST open the Doll Stars Sorting Box first and be assigned a Shard Pairing or you will be unable to purchase the Barter Box above!
There are 6 different Shard Colours available across the event, but each player will only earn two of them directly.
Need a reminder of your assigned pairing? Check your inventory for the Shade Shard Pair item, which will show the two Shard Types you can earn.
Barter Up, Bestie!
Six new Doll Stars avatars will be available in the Store, each with Base, VIP, and VIP+ tiers to unlock.
Each tier requires a different Shard combination:
BASE
Each Base avatar costs ONE (1) specific Shade Colour.
For e.g.
All Dolled Up Avatar: 800 Red Shade Shards
VIP
VIP versions require a combination of TWO (2) Shade Colours, different from the Shards needed for their Base version.
For e.g.
All Dolled Up (VIP) Avatar
1250 Green Shade Shards to purchase the VIP Avatar Box
1250 Purple Shade Shards to open the VIP Avatar Box
VIP+
VIP+ versions require another combination of TWO (2) Shade Colours, different from the colour pairing used in the VIP version.
For e.g.
All Dolled Up (VIP+) Avatar
2500 Pink Shade Shards to open the VIP+ Avatar Box
2500 Green Shade Shards to open the VIP+ Avatar Box
REMINDER
To unlock an avatarâs VIP or VIP+ tier, first purchase its Avatar Box using the first required Shade Shard Colour. Then, manually open the box using the second required Shade Shard Colour.
Since no player can naturally collect every shard colour from opening Boxes, youâll need to trade with players who received different pairings to complete the full avatar tiers you like!
Your extras could be exactly what someone else needs, and vice versa!
Trading Not For You?
For players looking for another way to secure the Shades they need, we made the Doll Stars Converter Boxes just for you!
Opening a Converter Box will - you guessed it - convert one specific Shade pairing of 225 of each colour you own into another pairing! Each conversion/box will cost 75 ECs.
FOR EXAMPLE
225 Pink Shade Shards and 225 Blue Shade Shards225 Green Shade Shards and 225 Red Shade Shards
PLEASE NOTE
If you do NOT have 225 of each required Shade Shard Colour required to convert into another shade pairing, you will be unable to perform this conversion (duh).
Be sure to check which pairing each Conversion Box offers before opening it!
Avatars
VIP+ Chat Icon
Players who unlock the VIP+ avatar tiers will have access to this super cute exclusive chat icon
Ready to Make a Deal?
Claim your free box, discover your assigned Shards, and start plotting your trades. Whether youâre collecting one flawless fave or working your way toward the full Doll Stars lineup, itâs time to barter like the icon you are.
Doll Stars Barter Box is available for a limited time, so get collecting, get trading, and get glam!
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UwUCadeBearz
Active Member
Biblical levels of greed.
that they have to make up a whole new greedy system?
Evangelion
Well-Known Member
I've been reading a lot of comments about the new shard releases and wanted to add my own two cents.
First, the pace at which new shard avatars are coming out is honestly kind of overwhelming. And expensive. It feels like a new set drops before we even get a chance to properly enjoy the last one, which kinda ruins the excitement of a new release. I understand the team is always working on new stuff and I appreciate that, but when there's no breathing room between content (in general) - especially with so many older sets still out there - it feels less about the player experience and more about just pushing content out. That constant rush makes it harder to stay engaged long-term.
Second, this new way of getting avatars is just frustrating. I'm usually fine with changes if they help the community, but this mechanic feels way more complicated than it needs to be for a game that's normally pretty simple. And with the drop rate at 450 per box, it really feels like this is geared towards paying players only.
Third, I honestly think the dev team should try playing with these new mechanics as a brand new, completely free to play player. Like actually experience it from our perspective. I think it would really open their eyes to how inaccessible and expensive things have gotten.
And lastly, I really think bringing back the 'Ask ATA Anything' forum would help so much. It would give us a place to actually ask questions and get straight answers, and it would make communication between players and devs way more open and respectful.
Just my thoughts though
My thing is, I greatly doubt they'll do any of this.
They've shown time and time again they care about their bottom line, between lucky boxes filled with crap to make the stats of getting new items lower (since they have to show stats), the cloud gift boxes that were only improvements since they took the crap from them after the Matcha debacle. The XC events that only cater really to top spenders who get avatar boxes they sell for astronomical prices to fuel their whaling.
Molly stats and avatars going from a simple 199ec or $20 for an avi is now locked behind an offer wall that forces you to spend to get the one thing you were after (and yes they threw in shit to make it seem worth it but who even asked).
Blueprints with shard drops lowered, the only good part is that we get a base avi for free for 7 days which is appreciated but considering how many ways they use avis to squeeze money from players it's a low bar.
Shard boxes dropping like Capitol parachutes every 3-4 business days it seemsânow this? A convoluted system only used to squeeze out MORE money. Like i and other players have said, this should've been something that dropped from partiesâhell maybe POTD and PPOTD drop 3 types and EC parties drop the other 3 and we trade that wayâthat would've been good.
But no from the chat changes, forcing players to change IGNs, renaming parties and now this? It's abundantly obvious ATA is only driven by profits, player experience does not matter. They keep saying it does but they've proven time and time again that's a lie because they want to seem inclusive, hip and whatever else but unless it helps their bottom lineâthey do not care. That's not speculation at this point that's a fact that becomes WAY more obvious as this game goes on and this is coming from someone who's played since 2020 and has spent a good chunk of change in the past but stopped when it became obvious to me they were getting greedy. The staff saw vanilla complaints and saidâhere's 30ec off. That's it, that's all, knowing damn well the price wasn't the only issue we had, they're gonna keep this up. This isn't going to improve, honestly my expectations for ATA is under the 7th ring of Hell
bruh i thought i commented thisAlso yâall are promoting alt use/ making new accounts here toocuz Iâm sure if someoneâs alt is dropping a different color then their main they are gonna go and open boxes on that account instead of buying the converter
I'm sorry, how are y'all reading this thread and come to the conclusion to reduce the box's required ecs amount with 30? Like, majority of us voiced out that it should be a party drop so everyone can join and it wouldnt only be based on cash but playtime too. Like, some balance would be nice.Just posted an update based on the sentiment we've seen in this thread
Let the spenders have a shortcut by opening them while also let the brokies participate.
NOBODY asked for a complicated cash grab + seeing the updated cost to open a box with that drop amount vs the shards needed to obtain the avis, much more the vips, is just disappointing to say at least.
Too much effort AND expenses for what?
It would have been exciting if this was some type of event that involved drops from parties AND less spending of ecs, but I guess y'all are near broke to release something like this.
The backlash from the community says a lot. Read the room and go back to the drawing board.
Too much effort AND expenses for what?
It would have been exciting if this was some type of event that involved drops from parties AND less spending of ecs, but I guess y'all are near broke to release something like this.
The backlash from the community says a lot. Read the room and go back to the drawing board.
This is genuinely the most disgusting shard system I've seen, you guys have outdone yourselves! Remember when we thought the Jellyfish shards were bad? Oh how little we knew.
450 shards per box, is ridiculous. Each account only being able to get 2 colours is ridiculous. The price, even with a "30ec discount" is ridiculous. This should have been a party drop or cost the same amount as blueprints. How the hell do you have people on your team stupid enough to okay 450 shards for 149 ec? And quit with trying to force players to trade with eachother! That is not how this community works. Everyone wants to sell everything they can op, Let people be able to rely on themselves for what they need. If someone is opening shards they are doing it for the avis they want, not for the "joy" of having to trade with multiple different people in hopes they can get 8000 of the same shards. Y'all do not know your community at all and throw insult after insult at us! (Also players who spent on the shards before the price reduction better be properly compensated because what in the DISGUSTING behaviour is that??)
450 shards per box, is ridiculous. Each account only being able to get 2 colours is ridiculous. The price, even with a "30ec discount" is ridiculous. This should have been a party drop or cost the same amount as blueprints. How the hell do you have people on your team stupid enough to okay 450 shards for 149 ec? And quit with trying to force players to trade with eachother! That is not how this community works. Everyone wants to sell everything they can op, Let people be able to rely on themselves for what they need. If someone is opening shards they are doing it for the avis they want, not for the "joy" of having to trade with multiple different people in hopes they can get 8000 of the same shards. Y'all do not know your community at all and throw insult after insult at us! (Also players who spent on the shards before the price reduction better be properly compensated because what in the DISGUSTING behaviour is that??)
After all the feedback you have received from your players, most who are clearly unhappy, myself included, all you can manage to do is take 30 ECs off the shard boxes? And you it doesnât seem like youâll be refunding the ppl who spent 149 ECs earlier in the day, not with ECs anyways.
Hereâs all the things that COULD have been done, in my opinion, so the players could feel satisfied in trying to collect:
â˘Getting rid of the âshard assignmentâ crap and the converters. Itâs extremely convoluted and unnecessary. Just let the shard boxes drop all six sunglasses shades.
â˘Increase the yield rate, even as it is now with only two colors dropping from the boxes, 450 is abysmally low when you need literal thousands.
â˘At least make it to where you donât need shards to open avi boxes. This adds an unnecessary amount of shards to an Avi that already would require you collect 4,550 without needing the extra 3,750 just to open boxes
â˘I personally would have liked to see this be a much easier and budget friendly event, especially bc you just released the cyber celestials shards. If youâre going to introduce new material at this rate, make it easier to collect certain Avis so we have some room to just collect without forking over money.
â˘I agree with whoever said that ATA should really try to view this through the perspective/lens of a new, free to play account. Bc it is almost impossible to attain anything as a new player who also doesnât want to spend money.
â˘I also agree that these wouldâve been nice to receive as party drops. And they could be tradable so people could sell theirs for bentos/trade for the other colors they need. Free to play friendly/budget friendly AND it gets the community truly interested in playing! I would be so much more interested in this type of format being incorporated between pricey shard hunts.
Forgive my frustration for showing. I know I shouldnt expect ATA to listen but this âchangeâ feels so tone deaf and it doesnât address 90% of the issues your player base has with these shards.
Hereâs all the things that COULD have been done, in my opinion, so the players could feel satisfied in trying to collect:
â˘Getting rid of the âshard assignmentâ crap and the converters. Itâs extremely convoluted and unnecessary. Just let the shard boxes drop all six sunglasses shades.
â˘Increase the yield rate, even as it is now with only two colors dropping from the boxes, 450 is abysmally low when you need literal thousands.
â˘At least make it to where you donât need shards to open avi boxes. This adds an unnecessary amount of shards to an Avi that already would require you collect 4,550 without needing the extra 3,750 just to open boxes
â˘I personally would have liked to see this be a much easier and budget friendly event, especially bc you just released the cyber celestials shards. If youâre going to introduce new material at this rate, make it easier to collect certain Avis so we have some room to just collect without forking over money.
â˘I agree with whoever said that ATA should really try to view this through the perspective/lens of a new, free to play account. Bc it is almost impossible to attain anything as a new player who also doesnât want to spend money.
â˘I also agree that these wouldâve been nice to receive as party drops. And they could be tradable so people could sell theirs for bentos/trade for the other colors they need. Free to play friendly/budget friendly AND it gets the community truly interested in playing! I would be so much more interested in this type of format being incorporated between pricey shard hunts.
Forgive my frustration for showing. I know I shouldnt expect ATA to listen but this âchangeâ feels so tone deaf and it doesnât address 90% of the issues your player base has with these shards.
Remember ATA have said that they are trying to make the game 13+ friendly. Where are 13 year olds going to get the money to spend on these avis. You've restricted a lot of personal context such as usernames and club names, making the game feel worse to us than it used to be, but as an incredibly pay to win game, you're also making it impossible for your younger audience to play.
As someone who spends a lot of money on shards, I wonât be spending a dime on these (even if theyâre cute). Let me get 800 total of every color (not just 2 colors I donât want) and Iâll trade my own colors with other players to get what I want and sell off the rest. Thatâs how it should have been all along.
Give everyone who purchased a refund. Make these free. And quit being so tone deaf.
Give everyone who purchased a refund. Make these free. And quit being so tone deaf.
King-Tristan
Member
They only dropped it by 30 EC but made sure you got only half the drops from 800 drops to 450 so youâre spending way more just to get the drops. Itâs ridiculous and not even worth it.
You know, the more you push the envelope on monetization, the more you risk driving your biggest spenders away.
At some point, the returns become diminishing. I don't have access to your revenue data, but as someone who used to spend heavily on the game, I've reached my limit.
If this trend continues, players like me (and many other spenders) will simply leave PIMD. In the long run, you'll end up losing revenue because you pushed monetization too far in pursuit of short-term gains.
At some point, the returns become diminishing. I don't have access to your revenue data, but as someone who used to spend heavily on the game, I've reached my limit.
If this trend continues, players like me (and many other spenders) will simply leave PIMD. In the long run, you'll end up losing revenue because you pushed monetization too far in pursuit of short-term gains.