#Solmare

[katboykirby]

Going to play Devil's Advocate (ha) here for a moment, as someone who has experience working in the industry & game development:

Remember, every single time that any new feature is added to the game (even if that new feature is "just a new artwork and phone call") it means that Solmare is -

Paying artists for the new artwork

Paying writers for the new scripts

Paying the voice actors to record the new voice lines

Paying the game devs, coders, debuggers, etc, to actually implement the new feature into the game without breaking anything

Paying for QA

Paying the translators for all the different language versions (Obey Me is currently available in 4 different languages)

Paying the localisers for all different language versions

Etc, etc

This is all on top of the monthly costs of keeping a live service mobage like OM running smoothly. Anything that isn't paid for by the players is being operated at a loss. This isn't a flaw with OM itself, this is a fact that exists on an industry-wide level.

Secondly, while any concerns about the price are entirely valid, I think that a lot of people are glossing over an important point - Solmare is not charging you $30 for a Date Ticket. Solmare is charging $30 for a BUNDLE, which includes the Date Ticket as well as 300 DP. So this is similar to all the other sales bundles that have been rolled out in the past.

And the price is consistent with the standard price for DP in Akuzon. It has always been about $30 for 300 DP, so the price has not actually changed or been increased. This is an optional, $30 bundle for 300 DP that essentially includes the Date Ticket as a bonus for free.

You're totally justified if you don't want to spend $30 on this. I'm definitely not arguing that. While I think that this feature isn't as bad as some people are saying (I never would have expected any new features to be totally free) I do think that Solmare could have rolled this out in a better way than they did.

I think that most, if not all, of the complaints would disappear if they simply offered different bundles for different price tiers. This is something they've already done in the past, even! Just give people alternatives, like...

$1.39 for the Date Ticket by itself

$10 for 100 DP + Date Ticket

$20 for 200 DP + Date Ticket

$30 for 300 DP + Date Ticket

And so on. I think this probably would have alleviated many people's concerns, and would have made the new feature more accessible for more players.

Now, I don't think that harassing the official Twitter account is the way to go about communicating your thoughts. There's a difference between genuine constructive criticism/feedback given in good faith, and needlessly rude hate comments. "Fuck you, hope your game goes broke" doesn't help anybody, and will only make Solmare less likely to listen to the EN fandom. They've dealt with a lot of harassment from Western fans before, including death threats, and you aren't communicating anything useful or constructive by sending hate to the EN social media account.

Solmare has a Support team that you can email, if you have feedback and you actually want to reach the JP game devs. If you want to let them know that you want other/more affordable options for the new Date Ticket feature, this is the best way to do that. Just remember to be civil, since harassment and hate mail are extremely likely to simply be thrown out before it reaches the hands of anyone in charge.

[thwippersnapple]

Had this Meme in my head all day and needed this

Blank template under the cut if anyone wants to mess with it

[cherubiyo]

Hello obey me fandom

[kashasenpai]

Wait....What!!!

I thought he only had 6, but I guess you learn something new every day.

Obey me Nightbringer 13-A

Also, not Michael being a lil shit.

[demonidoodles]

u know what, fuck u

*otome-fies ur otome company logo*

[little-lost-lamb]

Obey Me! Overture Setlist!

Devil’s Way

Anniversary

Trigger

Take It Easy

Rock On

Magic Moment???????

It’s My Party

On Your Way

Duration: About 50 minutes

[digital-heart]

The Devilgram accounts for the 7 avatars of sin. Made with photonote 🌸

[mallowdarling]

Happy birthday, Asmobaby!

Gotta love him <3 Love him right now. Not asking.

Reference:

[solomiracle]

devs at solmare. whatever you're on rn please give me some. that shit looks good as hell

[reblogs-are-the-love]

Just some thoughts before the full official release.

There are different types of vampires (elites, high elder, etc), each having an unique set of fangs and even abilities.

Blodgrim seems like his role is being one of the hunter, specially with him having four fangs instead of traditional two only, you know for completing the job quicker.

Or was, because it is stated on his intro, that he became quite a popular psychiatrist in the vampire community. And I really want to imagine that he uses this new career to make sure vampires can live amongst humans, without a need to (accidentally) kill them. His design screams for me, that he is about hypnotising others or at least reading ones mind. On a side note, and kinda copium I want him to be a sass kinda like Astarion, you know but in more posh, aristocrat way.

Bjorn / Bee, he is in lower tier considering that his fangs are not as pointy and many as Grim's. Possible, either left his people, because he was forced to or done that of his own accord.

Having motifs of the bee, I feel like his powers could be related to tracking, for example finding someone or something, no matter the condition. Plus another would be incredible speed, maybe with par to elites. However, I cannot take him seriously right now, with his puppy face equal to Vash. But you know what, if they make him into protective goldien retriever, that will mess up with anyone who hurts his work partner, then I won't mind.

[hallowxiu]

solmare learn how to make not ugly clothes challenge failed

[katboykirby]

Sharing the thread I wrote over on Twitter, since there's been a lot of misinformation around Nightbringer recently

I see a LOT of people accusing Nightbringer of existing purely for "greed" because Solmare is "money hungry" when that isn't even remotely close to the truth.

And of course, legitimate criticisms are valid! No game is perfect (and I'm certainly not trying to claim that OM or NB are flawless) but criticism based on misinformation isn't helpful for anybody ✌️

[smahell]

so the obey me boys aren't going to AX this year..

to absolutely nobody's surprise. yes solmare, you take away one of the most anticipated events for AX for obey me fans (at least for me; I need more fan content!)

but what I'm genuinely excited about, though I'm unable to go is..

now THIS is what i'm interested in. a new youtube audio drama project by ntt solmare: Ex and Bee: Nightfall's Coven; a mystery-centered audio drama with a dash of the dark arts and occult! am I excited just by that premise? from the little sneak peaks posted on twitter, which is the bare minimum, it's just enough to hype me up for this, yes. finally something else that might be solmare's legacy other than weird luke art and bad representation.

y'know what makes me even more excited.

look who's having a video appearance. heh. heheheh.

are they recycling VAs? yes. do I care? not at all. get that bag, Kada-san.

i genuinely think this project will be well received by those who do recognize it. with its more mature, somber theming, perhaps darker tone than obey me, it seems to still be catering to that same 16-24 age group but more to those who may be interested in psychological horror, sci-fi and true crime (aka, autistic people like me).

there's not much information i could dig from the internet about whoever else is working on the project, but i fear that the series will be reduced to 'obey me's lesser step-brother', and won't reach (enough of) its target audience, and then be completely discontinued out of nowhere after a year due to 'funding issues" (aka, not enough popularity, and daddy solmare wanting to spend his big bucks in silly dating sim game and their shitty 3D model concerts around the world (Japan and the US)).

[which is one of the reasons why i made this post. i do NOT want this project to flop just because of its relations to obey me and under funding.]

i think Ex and Bee deserves a chance its own separate fanbase from obey me... even though one of the main selling points was "hey guys!! you remember these guys??? they're gonna be here!!! please recognize them!! give us money!!!" and all that other corporate greed blabber that you don't hear from the social media managers.

conclusion: (army general voice) i want YOU to attend this panel if you are going to AX, and if you aren't, i want YOU to hype this shit up when more information comes out!1!!

[condemnedtranscendant]

day 20, mdni please

(moved fo nsfw blog, check reblogs for original post)

[kashasenpai]

I don't know why, but everytime I think of Michael. I think of comic book Thor 😩😅

[somethingridiculous]

I said I'd vectorize the side characters angel forms too (barring Raphael, Mephistopheles, and Thirteen), so I finished those up. I'm particularly a fan of Barbatos's and Solomon's.

I also have demon forms sketched for Simeon, Luke, and Solomon for funsies. Might vectorize those one day too, but then I'd be forced to show how over the top I made Simeon's for no real reason.