As someone who regularly buys the supporter packs, this doesn't directly affect me.
But while I have no problem with seasonal content such as Help Requests, cosmetics, collectible items, etc being locked behind time gated events, a pet being locked behind a one-month real-money transaction seems like unfriendly design.
If the polar bear could be purchased year round for gold, or after completing a difficult quest with the monthly pack being a quicker unlock, I wouldn't see it as an issue.
But even assuming the item for the Polar Bear pet returns next January, that's 11 months no one could access this pet - even though it only produced event specific crops, I don't support that design practice.

Submitted on Jan 4th 2025 by Noona

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Yeah I know they can still get the pet by doing the daily chores and will get the pack after 28 days just seems really unfair to put free to play players behind by a month if they don't buy it off other people.

Submitted on Jan 4th 2025 by Knight gunther

Gonna push back on this a bit personally. I get the gut feeling that this *feels* like locking progression behind a pay wall, but there are a few important things to remember:
- No one "falls behind" in an idle game. At most it's just slower or faster progression, but it's all progression.
- Frozen crops are in no way required for any base mechanics in the game. If you fail to get a single frozen veggie the entire year, you're just left with the same game as the rest of the year. Which is still the full game.
- All the crops the bear gets could be gotten in other ways, just like everything else in every other monthly pack. So, as has been the standard, you're only paying to get things quicker and easier. Nothing is being locked out. Even if you're simply a completionist who wants to have everything, you'll get it free at the end of the month.

I'm not planning to pay for this month (I only do every once in a while as a show of support) so it's not like I'm trying to make excuses for the devs or ignoring that others don't have the means to put money in. I think this is just more a case of the optics being worse than the actual practice.

Submitted on Jan 6th 2025 by tristenkw5