GREE - Do not kill the golden goose

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Originally Posted by jkppkj

I've seen these complaints on the MW forums too.

My question is, what would happen if you sat out a war or two? What if a top faction stopped spending ridiculous amounts of gold and had to deal with the indignity of not winning every event or placing near the top of every event? What if the game is more fun when events are going on for us moderate players who regularly ignore the game for days at a time regardless of event scheduling as we feel our real lives around virtual events in silly game?

I don't mean to be offensive with my question, and I understand that the biggest spenders should have the most say on how GREE does things. I guess I just don't understand why the incidence of an event compels people to participate in every single event or quit the game altogether.

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Actually this post gets close to what I think might be Gree's economic motivation behind more frequent wars. Having frequent wars gives new syndicates, players and gold spenders a chance to rise higher in the ranks, by beating tapped-out veterans, thus giving them an incentive to spend more gold and blooding a whole new crop of gold spenders. No-one really knows except Gree, but it could be more profitable for them to drive volume this way across all their games. Afterall, the top ten syndicate "cartel" only comprises 600 payers max.

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Originally Posted by Vince the Fist

Actually this post gets close to what I think might be Gree's economic motivation behind more frequent wars. Having frequent wars gives new syndicates, players and gold spenders a chance to rise higher in the ranks, by beating tapped-out veterans, thus giving them an incentive to spend more gold and blooding a whole new crop of gold spenders. No-one really knows except Gree, but it could be more profitable for them to drive volume this way across all their games. Afterall, the top ten syndicate "cartel" only comprises 600 payers max.

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I think you're giving them far too much credit by crediting them with any sort of coherent business strategy.

Pretty sure the line of thought was this: first few syndicate wars made a lot of money, why not have them four times as often? What could possibly go wrong?

Once a month event is enough,we dont need more than that,we all played all gree games and had time for them,now we barely can manage one..Its more as work than fun! Change it to be more about fun,let us breathe s bit..Yes allways will be "wise" members of this forum that will tell us pause a event,you dont need to play it..If i start to think as that,and pause one event or two,i cant compete anymore with others,that is just a way to easily quit the game,just try it pause few events and you can say goodbuy to your game when you look where are others with stats and where you will be far far behind

I play CC,MW and KA too.And for me is it too much with the events.Greeee slow finally down.One event in 5-6 is more then enough.Or u loose many gold and gem players.And with your famous new bonus program, have u ****ed it up.I think the most from us cant spend 1000 dollars in month.
I personally have enough and will play for free now.
Gree wake finally up and hear to your players what they want or u are soon without players

What i found amusing is that last year people complain nothing to do in the game because event are not as frequent and there were days where there was nothing to do but collect cash for buildings, so it took 6 month develop Syndicate function and they gave us time to purchase bonuses and now you are complaining there are too many events. Maybe i shouldn't say anything because i am in a camping syndicate so the war event has no effect on my progress in the game.

Two choices

1) Gree stop running events

2) Accept that Gree will run events whenever they want and whatever time frame they want if they want to do war daily it's their choice they own the game. We are not shareholders so we have no say.

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Originally Posted by Bala82

What i found amusing is that last year people complain nothing to do in the game because event are not as frequent and there were days where there was nothing to do but collect cash for buildings, so it took 6 month develop Syndicate function and they gave us time to purchase bonuses and now you are complaining there are too many events. Maybe i shouldn't say anything because i am in a camping syndicate so the war event has no effect on my progress in the game.

Two choices

1) Gree stop running events

2) Accept that Gree will run events whenever they want and whatever time frame they want if they want to do war daily it's their choice they own the game. We are not shareholders so we have no say.

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So do you not agree with the adage that the customer is always right?

No customers = no game

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Originally Posted by Recruit

So do you not agree with the adage that the customer is always right?

No customers = no game

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In my experience, the customer is almost never right.

Bala - Your missing the point, Sitting in a camping Syndicate, for a year, relies on one purpose - When you enter the game, with your monster stats - You've got nothing to play with!

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Originally Posted by Recruit

So do you not agree with the adage that the customer is always right?

No customers = no game

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Well think about it, the game is free we don't pay to use the game so it's a choice . Only player who want spend money can . You got two set of customers , Free customers and paid customer according to you paying customer should get priority over free customers . Free customer can't complain because there getting service for free but paid customers should be listened to.

There will always be customers in this game so you point No customers = no game is incorrect.

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Originally Posted by Spartacus18888

Bala - Your missing the point, Sitting in a camping Syndicate, for a year, relies on one purpose - When you enter the game, with your monster stats - You've got nothing to play with!

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For campers our aim is get our nightclub to level 10.

Is it incorrect - If the company are losing money, how long can that continue!

The answer is not Indefinitely.........

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Originally Posted by The real cosmo

In my experience, the customer is almost never right.

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"Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!"

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Originally Posted by Spartacus18888

Is it incorrect - If the company are losing money, how long can that continue!

The answer is not Indefinitely.........

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Yes but there have a number of products (http://product.gree.net/us/en/games)

You assume crime city is most profitable but it's not because of this. They shift money from profitable to unprofitable games to make up the shortfall. They even lay off number of employees to cut cost.

Balla82 - I don't Assume this is the most profitable, im a businessman - not Gree's Accountant.

But I can assure you that if Customer Service is not placed at the forefront of any business, that business will ALWAYS struggle to survive......its been the same through the ages.....It will be the same in the future.

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Originally Posted by Spartacus18888

Balla82 - I don't Assume this is the most profitable, im a businessman - not Gree's Accountant.

But I can assure you that if Customer Service is not placed at the forefront of any business, that business will ALWAYS struggle to survive......its been the same through the ages.....It will be the same in the future.

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I couldn't agree more ;)

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Originally Posted by Recruit

"Rule number one: The customer is always right. Rule number two: If the customer is wrong, see rule number one!"

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You are clearly a moron.

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Originally Posted by Carlos Norris

You are clearly a moron.

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You are clearly a Troll