Changes to the Gold Bonus Program

[The Lurker]

Please follow the posting guidelines. That includes not discussing moderation actions.

Shouldn't you be banning yourself now CJ54? The thread you are referencing with posting guidelines is locked, wait until Sirius sees this.

[ILikeTheAbuse]

[Timmaaay]

Best. Episode. Ever!

[KemoKidd]

All this complainig and whats gonna change? Not much. The real spenders will still spend. The top 100 teams will forget about this and start buying gold again once the 20% gold sale kicks in before the war. REMEMBER, THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IT CHANGED! People complained after the first reduction and then continued to buy. People will soon forget about this change and continue to buy gold and this new program will be the norm.

I am in no way sticking up for Greed. I am simply stating that people are complaining now but will be buying gold again later.

[Rexantexan]

Will TapJoy be affected by the new brackets ? I don't wanna download 150 apps a month and make it to level 3 for any less than 150 bars... I really like changing my name 3x a month as easy as you change your minds.....

[BigMoney]

First we get our gold bonus immediately after the war ended. War coincided exactly at the time when we'd normally get our bonus. This was a deliberate act to delay pushing the bonus. Ok. I can live with that. But now this? After I already started spending towards my usual tier?

You probably haven't been a gold spender very long if you thought you'd get your gold bonus before or during war. LOL.

[Gunflame]

Yet another step in the wrong direction for Gree, and Crime City. From what I've read I can say this change has been received rather negatively (not surprised). The apathy expressed by mods on this topic feels cold and uncaring. Either way, I will enjoy my free game as I always have. I wonder how you will top this Gree? Something tells me I won't have to wait long to figure that out.

[chemy]

I personally have hit the 15,000 gold bonus every month and when I think about spending that kind of money on a game, it's absolutely stupid. I know a lot of people spend more but I'm not considered a small spender and I compete all the events and finish top 20 every war. I have 22,000 gold in the bank. Once it's gone, I may not buy anymore. If a physical business with a store front treated its customers like this, they would be gone in a matter of months. I know you say you have the right to make changes at anytime gree, but to change it in the middle of a month is absolutely rediculous. All I ever see see from you gree is either high inflation or sever scaling back. Why can't we just ride along and play without screwing something up every month... After thousands and thousands spent, you finally pushed me to an end of a game I truly loved. I will still play of course, but it will be in free mode. this might only be 1100$ a month for your company but its a lot of dam money on a mobile phone game....

As someone said, new ps4 and Xbox one soon

[reesebutton]

Its not the change in the programs that is the issue for me. Its making changes DURING events and DURING existing bonus months that is screwing people into spending money they otherwise wouldn't have spent.

Agreed. Highly unethical and despicable to make such changes in-flight.

I have no qualms with the changes, just the way they are implemented.

just spend within your means and enjoy the ride. If you're too pissed off, play free or just walk away.

[Dr Girlfriend]

I'm sure everyone who sent in a ticket has received the canned Gree response by now. I'm sure the reason they asked you to put "Gold Bonus" in the ticket's title was to help them get their form letter out to everyone as quickly as possible.

I'm still waiting for an explanation of how the game was unbalanced because of the bonus program, and how this particular change somehow restores balance. Best as I can tell, the people willing to spend $5k a month remain unaffected, as do the people who were never in the program. The people feeling the crunch are those in the $500-$2k range. I can't for the life of me figure out how squeezing that middle tier of players somehow restores balance. All I can see it doing is unbalance the game further between the big money players and everyone else.

Maybe a mod can post an explanation of this imbalance "fix" in this thread. That would be something.

[Laelia]

seems that every change angers somebody.....this one applies to a group of elite players and they'll still be elite....numbers will change, positions won't

[DannyD]

PS4 is coming soon.....

Probably bundles with a top of the line game for less than the first tier here, and on top of that, for less than a vault, you can buy another controller, and play with a friend. Imagine the joy you will have. Every 3 weeks you can buy a new game for less than the cost of a vault and guess what? You'll have an actual asset in the end. Those games can be traded and sold back, as can the system itself. Not to mention its a blu Ray, Internet machine with the ability to do so much more...

Tapping into submission here...

[ILikeTheAbuse]

Why? Someone have a gun to your head?

I believe they are called shareholders.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/so...200-employees/

[Asvaldr]

I don't disagree with the changes overall I suppose however doing it after many players have bought gold for the month and making it retroactive I think is a bad move. Could have easily made it effective for November and ppl would know what they were buying rather then feeling ripped off.

True. For the sake of sound business and transparency, GREE has crossed the line here. You don't announce the change after many of players have made the transactions relying on the already existing rules. Sure, GREE has the right to change the Bonus Program anytime, but must be fair and transparent business practice. And with this one GREE loses the case!!

[ablankone]

Such a brilliant point. And totally right!!! Hold buying gold and consider spending the money on:

- PS4
- Handing it to an old lady who's rummaging around at the bottom of her purse so she can treat herself and her husband to a couple of pork chops
- Placing it into a local charity where your donation makes a massive difference to them as they struggle to treat, home and feed abandoned or abused animals
- Feeding your kids, treating the wife/husband, anything that enhances/enriches the more tangible aspects of your life


... or of course you could always just continue throwing your money to a bunch of shareholders and staffies that don't give you a fair hearing, product or service.

Probably bundles with a top of the line game for less than the first tier here, and on top of that, for less than a vault, you can buy another controller, and play with a friend. Imagine the joy you will have. Every 3 weeks you can buy a new game for less than the cost of a vault and guess what? You'll have an actual asset in the end. Those games can be traded and sold back, as can the system itself. Not to mention its a blu Ray, Internet machine with the ability to do so much more...

Tapping into submission here...