Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25646419-20170524125102

This post contains quotes from Josh, the founder of Town of Salem:

"The ranked role list is going to be changed soon." (Reference)

"Btw we have a Unity port with an entire graphics and UI/UX overhaul in the works slotted for fall of this year." (Reference)

"We know the Spy is in a bad spot with the Coven. We were actually just talking about it a few hours ago. I don't know that we will have time to do a rework before launch since we already have a ton on our plate but it is role number 1 priority for a rework or balance changes after launch." (Reference)

"None of the Coven roles (meaning all 15 roles in the expansion) are going to be added to classic. Coven will have a ranked mode so you aren't going to be missing out on anything. I think there will be little reason to continue playing classic unless you want to remain F2P or you are playing with friends that don't own Coven. We are trying to move away from F2P (microtransactions) and focus more on a freemium model (free version and paid version). With a freemium model we can spend a majority of our focus on just creating the best play experience possible and hoping a decent percentage of users pickup the Coven. With F2P we were forced to spend too much of our focus on cosmetics, sales and analytics. If there is a positive reaction to the Coven (15-20% conversion would be awesome) you can expect to see a big shift. We will pull back on promotion popups and microtransaction systems. We would much rather be spending our time making a great game that is worth $10.

Another big change you can expect to see is in the player base. Banning toxic users and multi-accounters is an unwinnable battle in F2P unless you force new accounts to go through a boring early leveling experience which of course hurts your new user experience and retention. With a freemium model everything changes. Multi-accounters will have to pay $10 per account and then have all of them banned in one swoop. You won't see much of that in the Coven. Additionally toxic users are going to get suspended or banned and realize that they need to play nice or lose all of the value in their account and wallet. We already have plans in place to bring on more judges for the trial system and to prioritize Coven reports. We hope to suspend/ban toxic players within 24 hours or less. Word will quickly spread through the Coven community that your account won't last long if you aren't respectful of other players." (Reference)

"Can't say for certain, but most likely classic Salem will not see any new roles for some time. We will be spending a majority of our focus on the Coven. Our goal is to introduce people to Town of Salem with little barrier to entry with the free version and then hope that a lot of those users like the game enough to pick up the Coven at a $10 price point. With this business model we can focus a lot more on creating a great game and a lot less on micro-transactions. Classic Salem roles still make up the majority of roles in the game however, so they will of course see a lot of balance updates. It is also in our interest to continue making classic Salem a fun experience for new users so we can all see the community grow!" (Reference) 