Changes to the Gold Bonus Program

[kuksluk]

if you're Gree, the change make complete cents (shout out to oderus urungus!).

after the initial onslaught of disgruntled players, in some of the tiers, that are vocal here in the forums, you get to hand out less freebies to new customers who have no clue things were changed. not only that, you expect to get less freegold-riders, who spent 2k every few months, and hopefully replace them with a steadier stream of income each month.

I think a lot of players were doing the $2k tier every 3rd month or so due to the illusion of it being a "good deal".
I'm sure, now that illusion is gone, they won't switch to $1-2k/month. I don't think Gree believes that either...

The new bonus tiers hardly give any illusion of being a "good deal". I sincerely doubt it will lure any significant amount of new players into becoming high rollers like the old program did.

This change can't affect spending any other way than negatively.

The questions remain...
What is the purpose? (knowing it will decrease spending)
Why does the change only affect CC?
And why do it in such an blatantly provocative manner?