kruppe
11-09-2013, 12:35 PM
Kruppe has this theory that we have totally misunderstood Gree's motives.
We have seen on this forum about the cash grabbing and the cost of events rising to intolerable levels and stated implicitly or explicitly about Gree's motives to drain the last gem spend out of every player.
In fact, what is happening is a life lesson. And Gree is leading the education on the futility of chasing material (albeit pixel material) wealth. The ephemeral nature of that wealth is in part represented by the stat inflation where the best unit is rapidly overtaken by another "best" unit. Players are driven on that treadmill to get the next best thing, spending while knowing that they will be back tomorrow to try and get the next.
However, Gree has cleverly let known that this approach is ultimately doomed. When there is an event with a highly desirable prize they quickly follow up with another to reduce the previous to an also ran. When gamers cry out for a respite, Gree just reduces the quest timing or increases the frequency of wars. This is clever aversion therapy and the psychologists at Gree have started to hit their stride in helping the players.
Kruppe can only feel grateful in being reminded that what is truly valued are the relationships formed as part of this forum or the guilds, those relationships that form the basis of a lifelong friendship, irrespective of attack strength or wars won. It is questing with the man to your right and the woman to your left that you will remember.
And thankfully this education is taking effect, watching the number of players migrating to a"free" guilds to relax and not take every quest, to chat and catchup on RL events while enjoying a tap tap session.
As mickaleus' stats fade to insignificance, it won't be those stats that hold Kruppe's memory but gratitude to Gree on reminding us of the true reason we play these games, and the good, sometimes wacky, definitely weird people I have met along the way.
We have seen on this forum about the cash grabbing and the cost of events rising to intolerable levels and stated implicitly or explicitly about Gree's motives to drain the last gem spend out of every player.
In fact, what is happening is a life lesson. And Gree is leading the education on the futility of chasing material (albeit pixel material) wealth. The ephemeral nature of that wealth is in part represented by the stat inflation where the best unit is rapidly overtaken by another "best" unit. Players are driven on that treadmill to get the next best thing, spending while knowing that they will be back tomorrow to try and get the next.
However, Gree has cleverly let known that this approach is ultimately doomed. When there is an event with a highly desirable prize they quickly follow up with another to reduce the previous to an also ran. When gamers cry out for a respite, Gree just reduces the quest timing or increases the frequency of wars. This is clever aversion therapy and the psychologists at Gree have started to hit their stride in helping the players.
Kruppe can only feel grateful in being reminded that what is truly valued are the relationships formed as part of this forum or the guilds, those relationships that form the basis of a lifelong friendship, irrespective of attack strength or wars won. It is questing with the man to your right and the woman to your left that you will remember.
And thankfully this education is taking effect, watching the number of players migrating to a"free" guilds to relax and not take every quest, to chat and catchup on RL events while enjoying a tap tap session.
As mickaleus' stats fade to insignificance, it won't be those stats that hold Kruppe's memory but gratitude to Gree on reminding us of the true reason we play these games, and the good, sometimes wacky, definitely weird people I have met along the way.