Modestly Increasing Pet Elite Perks#795

Prefacing this with I know that, as is, elite gives more benefits on net than exchanging a key for 10 tix.

That being said, as a current elite subscriber, there are times when elite doesn’t feel worth the $8–$9 USD/month being paid for it/it feels like even though I’m paying irl money for the perks, said perks aren’t measuring up compared to existing free features.

Daily food gifts, for example, much appreciated, but the min is 7 foods, which is the same as a good explore. And daily food gift can only be run once a day vs explore can be run up to 4-5 times a day depending on how on it you are about running ACs. It seems off to me that you’re paying for a perk that gives the same (argubly less if you run explore multiple times a day) benefit as a free AC.

Similarly, I’ve been tracking my weekend elite gifts and gift boxes since I started mimu. There have been several occasions when I’ve gotten fewer stars for my elite gift than I would have recieved from a star gift (lowest I’ve gotten was 2.32 stars). Again, it seems odd to pay for a perk that gives less than a “free” counterpart. This is particularly true when you also compare to voting gift boxes. The fewest stars I’ve gotten from one of those was 3.39 for a lvl one. Level 3 gift boxes all seem to give 4 stars or above, so it seems wierd that pet elite–something your paying for–gives fewer stars than voting would get you for free. This also applies to tix gifts, since they range from 2-4, while lvl 3 boxes always give 3-4 tixs.

All that to say, I think some modest increases to the elite pet perks would make it feel more worth the while/money for people paying for it. Specifically, a modest bump in the food gift minimum (from 7 to say 9) and a bump in the weekend stars minimum (preferably to 4 stars on par with boxes, but even just 3 to be better than an sgs would be nice) and tix minimum (from 2 to 3).

TLDR:
I enjoy elite, but I think it’s perks could be improved so people paying for it feel like they’re really getting their money’s worth.
Specfically, small bumps to the daily gift minimums to make them better than “free” counterparts (explore, sgs, and voting gift boxes). So food dailies give at least 9 foods, stars dailies give at least 3 stars, tix dailies give at least 3 tix.