Serious question for all free/low gold players

[montecore]

As some of you may have heard, there have been some serious complaints from many top ten syndicates about SA being too long and the 7 day battle being too long. I understand their point of view as it takes a lot of time/money/energy to successfully run a battle and achieve all streaks within the top 10 or 20. I understand that it is hard for any officer at any level to run a battle, but hear me out.

But is a seven day battle or an extended SA really that bad for free players? My logic is this: If it were a one hour war or two hour war, the gold spending teams would crush it and spend all the gold they could in that hour or two. But the free players wouldn't even have a chance to do more than 4-6 hits as they would be waiting for their energy to fill up.

Same with SA - top teams have plenty of gold to burn on deploys, some even buy the gold deploy items, but many free players lack the IPH or gold to compete. If it were an hour or two long, the top teams would crush it. Put SA on 3, 5, 7 days and the free syndicates have lots of time to run ghost battles for free deploys, recharge, coordinate dumping all 250 deploys in a single battle, etc.

I know the free players hate the new raid boss strength. But putting that aside, what are your thoughts on longer wars and a longer SA? Doesn't it mean that those players who are dedicated and willing to coordinate, even while playing free, have a significant advantage over those who don't? Even those who spend a little gold? Sort of like a free player doing 18 cash opens per day versus a gold player opening four with gold.

[PhantomNine]

No.....it does not balance things to have these events extended or the bosses harder to beat. The free/moderate gold spender does not get a bigger break or a little bit more of an advantage. Those that are fortunate enough to be able to spend real money to advance will spend more money because the event is longer or the boss is harder. The only one who'll really benefit is Gree. The vast majority will not benefit from these new changes. Unfortunately Crime City's becoming more like a second job and creating a financial burden to those who are unable to monitor or controll their expenditures in the heat of the moment or peer pressure.

[Sandukan]

Two things:

1. When GREE extends events they also make the goals harder (ie requiring more wins).
2. The longer the event the longer you have to dedicate to maintaining your position. Low gold and gold free syndicates have to be extremely active to be effective. Thats a lot of days dedicated to a game.

[bevsxrs]

I have no issues running battles day in and day out...but would prefer 5 days. I purchase gold..not vaults of it..but I do put a lot of time into battles. a strong syndicate that is organized and dedicated can do very well with out the gold. not be top 100 but can make it to the top 250. that's just my opinion.

[stepxhenlockwood17]

I have bought gold for EVERY event in the past 6-7 months.....but with the understanding my accomplices will no longer be used that I dumped loads of cash for.....I am now a free player. 1, 2, 3 events no money from me.....I see this pattern among my whole team! Why pay scammers to scam. I also hate the events being lengthened. It only hurts the middle class that spend an average amount

[!Radar]

I'm in a small syndicate. We have a few gold users. Not large amounts, but we used to use 5 or 6 vaults between us during battle. With a 7 day war, those few vaults won't keep us ranked as high as it used to. So there's no reason to use gold. Especially if we will be getting unmodded items as a syndicate reward like they had in the last battles. So as a low gold user I personally don't like it. Plus a simple change in events every couple of days is nice. Instead of the same thing over and over.

[montecore]

it sounds like the less gold you spend, and the more effort you can put into a given war, the more you may like this format. or is my anecdotal assessment incorrect?

[bevsxrs]

it sounds like the less gold you spend, and the more effort you can put into a given war, the more you may like this format. or is my anecdotal assessment incorrect?

gold or no gold...it's my opinion that 7 days is excessive, but I enjoy the game...and game on.

[bevsxrs]

looking at this...from various perspectives...I can understand why most players feel the way they do..given monies spent on gold..or time involved in the game..striving to be the best of the best. it can be frustrating to feel we've received less rewards than deserved.

[Weasel]

Most of the concerns I have seen about longer wars do not put time/gold spent and final ranks at the top of the list.

The most common issue I have seen regarding the 5-7 day wars is the fact that doing battles for that length of time is too repetitive and tedious an undertaking to be enjoyable. The first few days are normally battle as usual, but after that people become bored, people have more important obligations during weekdays, and interest wanes because it basically turns into a 24 hour job with only up to 60 people available to "work".

Games should never feel like work. Games are supposed to be fun and interesting, not boring and repetitive.

[bevsxrs]

Most of the concerns I have seen about longer wars do not put time/gold spent and final ranks at the top of the list.

The most common issue I have seen regarding the 5-7 day wars is the fact that doing battles for that length of time is too repetitive and tedious an undertaking to be enjoyable. The first few days are normally battle as usual, but after that people become bored, people have more important obligations during weekdays, and interest wanes because it basically turns into a 24 hour job with only up to 60 people available to "work".

Games should never feel like work. Games are supposed to be fun and interesting, not boring and repetitive.

you nailed it. by the time the first few days are over...it gets boring...not to mention some players have to work 50 plus hours a week at their jobs and can't put all their extra time into gameplay. they start to resent the game and it often shows in the forums.

[Green Drake]

What the weasel said.

[spiderman]

Most of the concerns I have seen about longer wars do not put time/gold spent and final ranks at the top of the list.

The most common issue I have seen regarding the 5-7 day wars is the fact that doing battles for that length of time is too repetitive and tedious an undertaking to be enjoyable. The first few days are normally battle as usual, but after that people become bored, people have more important obligations during weekdays, and interest wanes because it basically turns into a 24 hour job with only up to 60 people available to "work".

Games should never feel like work. Games are supposed to be fun and interesting, not boring and repetitive.

Ditto mate. That about sums it up, For most. Happy gaming mate.

[Evan1000]

Nope, we hate this just as much as everyone else, I'll still probably place in the same tier T2000, and will probably have to spend more gold on it then I typically should because everyone else is going to.

[Gungho]

I've spend on 1 of the LTQs with Acc... Which now seems like a ripof... Normally I spend $50-$100 a month to get some extra hits in war. But I find the game less and less enjoyable with the long events, and in my synd we have a hard time filling 60 members now as many have quit. It's at a tipping point for me to go completely gold free as the difference is very small, but I wouldn't have to make commitment that is impossible due to real life.