Quote Originally Posted by bloodwolf View Post
I see you guys have already all the answers, right? "stop playing or start spending"

Can you explain to me if you totally lost your sense of money value because of this game/Gree? You know, you can buy a ps4 with several games with that money, for days of gaming fun. You can go to a trip in the mountains for a week. You can buy several rounds of drinks for all your friends in the pub or even for the whole pub. You can donate it to wikipedia, better choice! Put it away for your kid university fee/ or for buying a new car .. because this sum counts already.

Even if you have more money then you can spend, you should sense that these things cant be compared. Here you get a drawing on your phone, another armor next to the several epics you already have. For me such an armor values no more then 1 EUR. Maybe 2, if I would not have any already. And I don't pay more for something which does not have that value, period.

So what I can say .. good choices, just go on! All of you, just keep Gree happy.
The amount of money for gems IS very high. I totally agree on that point.

I mean making mediocre bonus's for buying 5k for like £400 is just mental. It's never sustainable & to be honest it borders on the line of exploitation of it's customers. But i'm sure if Mr Gree himself was asked this question he'd reply.. "WELL MY FRIEND, THAT IS THE PLAN! AS MUCH MONEY FROM YOU AS POSSIBLE, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE"

Say the average person earns £2000 per month in the UK. For Gree to get 2.5% of that per month £50 they should be more than happy with a solid and ongoing return.

I'd probably agree to sign up for a premium account for around this cost per month if it gave.
1. It's cost value in Gems each month <-- paramount importance.
2. Some additional benefits as a premium user (extra friends/ more armour space / new or improved buildings.)
3. Additional "something" special, like being able to see armour of first knight in arena of anyone you battle before you choose to battle them, you get the idea.. Just some way to get more information not available to the standard accounts.
Gree get legacy on thier customers & assured direct debits each month or whatever so it's all good for them..

Anyway i'm going off on a tangent as usual.

My point is, Yes the model is unsustainable as it is. Yes gems are over priced. We all know that TRUST ME ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BUY THE MOST! and.. yes you could spend money on more productive / better / more useful things but if you CHOOSE to play.. As i said in my previous post but hopefully explained a little better.

If you dont like how GREE manage the game. I totally understand but it's your decision to play. If you feel so strongly about it. Stop playing..
IF you want to continue to play you just want more for free, accept WHY this wont happen and either be happy to play the game below the top tier of play OR spend gems like those who do compete for the top.

Money & it's value to individuals is not really something that is worth discussing. To someone from Vietnam for example £50 could be like 1 years wage where as to a Brit this would be 2hrs work, it's all relative. It comes down to YOU as an individual and how much value you hold in achiving what you want to achieve in the game.

Hope you get my point.. Certainly not having a go at you.