OUCH, So instead of letting people use gold to try and win a exclusive item, they thought we would like less than 1/2 of normal gold and pick one for us. I suppose we are the sheep and have to follow.
You guys are quickly killing your game.
I consistently hit the tier 2 bonus..... Will only buy enough gold for war ip from now on and eventually will free play.... GREEdy.
This. As we've seen before (see: T10 teams getting screwed due to Gree's moving goalposts 2 wars ago) - new/free players have much more say than mid/big spenders.
To make sure the homeless (their "base") aren't upset, Gree launched an attack on the 1% (the no-bankers on Empire City Street). Next Gree will stage a game shutdown and blame it on the players who are asking for a more efficent and better product. I've seen it a million times (sources: foxnews.com, NBC.com, wsj.com, CBS.com). #thanksobama
Last edited by mxz; 10-09-2013 at 12:00 PM.
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I am all for removing it.
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I'm well aware of what the gold bonus program was before. I'm saying they are disinflating (read: slowing the rate of inflation) the value of gold by now making gold more "valuable" now-- since gold now costs more for anyone below the $5k tier (which is the vast majority of players, even gold spenders).
I'm not saying it's a good thing, since no one likes receiving less for spending the same amount that they are used to paying. I'd probably be incredibly frustrated too if I was still participating in the bonus program.
My secret hope is that they consulted an economist or someone on how best to manage the current stat inflation. Disinflation is always painful-- cf. Volcker disinflation.
Though I'm not an economist, so who knows how applicable that is. But to people upset by the changes, just view it as though it is now more expensive for new players (like DCN Gladiator, who does three new events and suddenly thinks he's a big shot, cough) to catch you in stats.
Admittedly, if I was still spending gold, I'd probably have a different tone-- GREE has added a lot more events, making it hard for even players on the $2k tier to keep up with all of them (without burning their entire bonus in a month), which thus seems to favor the super spenders already at the $5k or $10k tiers, thus making it easier for them to dominate. Seems to me like GREE wants to spread the players much more by current spending, e.g. a player on the $5k tier should be at least double in stats for someone on a $2k tier, etc.
Last edited by BigMoney; 10-09-2013 at 12:06 PM.
In a strange way I'm thankful to Gree for this change. It took something this disrespectful for me to finally be able to walk away from this game. Still sucks though.
I was shooting hard to make the 1000 tier but now I'll pass. Made 500, did they change that?
Yes well I guess y'all don't see it but have y'all ever thought that bonus gold is the only way people can continue playing? Therefore your gonna lose tons of money from people quitting...when my 50k is gone I quit.::have fun screwing customers gree...looks like I spent 2k at a good time..😂😂😂more like wasted 10k on a stupid game..good luck👍
The difference, here, is they are deflating the currency (gold) while continuing to inflate the goods/services (stats). So, not only is there less currency in circulation, there's less incentive to use buying power.
In effect, this change is great for free players, very good for FC, ok for SAS, and awful for everyone in between.
My guess is Gree will realize less revenue as FC and SAS will have increasingly less competition.
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