Increase starting vault size

100% Agreed

 

Yeah, I'd come to a similar conclusion earlier PipingHot! Setting 20, 20.5 or 21EP as the standard rate for the cost of a slot (as per the cost for 48/1000), and applying the rates to the current earlier options would remove the need for people to save up and by in bulk, and like you mentioned, that original cost scaling was designed to encourage bulk EP purchases with real money.

 

I hope no one gets bothered by my necroposting, but this was also one of my early impressions: having vault this limited serves little purpose when the in-game currency isn't purchasable. I noticed that getting EP is easier the longer you play, but I'd rather spend them on some fun consumables or buildings, rather than something as basic as shared storage. 48 slots would be enough for most uses and people could still spend EP for extra convenience, but without dealing with annoying limitations early on.

I understand keeping EP limited and enough things to purchase with it to encourage regular play, but the quality-of-life features should be as attainable as possible, with vanity stuff and things offering direct gameplay advantages staying more pricey. It's best to remove/limit all barriers that stand in the way of the game being approachable and fun early on and small shared storage is in that category from my point of view.

 

Making vault slots cost 20 or 21 EP each (easiest method to add to the game is probably just discounting the current format), would be the way to go. Holding out for 1000EP to minmax the purchase takes a long time for new players. If the 4-slot bundle costed 80EP instead of 150, they wouldn't feel any pressure to save for the higher amounts.

Increasing the base vault slots or starting storage space would have a bigger portion of their impact fall on the value of storage buildings, rather than simply making 4 vault slot upgrades as worthwhile as 48. Fixing this properly would result in a bigger portion of EP in the game being spent on storage, despite individual slots being cheaper, as people feel incentivised to "only spend another 80-85", rather than holding onto 1000 for dear life to put toward a legendary purchaseable.