After 2.5+ years I quit! Sick of the greed!
I have posted this in another forum earlier this week. I don't mention the name of this forum so my post will not be deleted by the mods.
I'm posting here as well in a hope (false hope???) that EA will take notice.
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For those who don't want to read the entire thing here is a brief: I quit. I uninstalled the game. I'm free. I'm not coming back.
So I've been playing NFS NL for over 2.5 years. Started sometime in mid 2016.
- 77 cars in my garage
- Rep level 192
- Mechanic level 76 (very close to 77)
- $30 million
- 1700 Gold
- 1160 or so materials out of 1210 slots
Totally addicted to the game. Been on the game for hours per day (on and off of course), every day. Almost without a fail.
Of course I couldn't race all day... need to work... need to pay attention to the boss (aka wife) and kids... So all the farming for $ and materials was done in easydrive. Not even looking at the screen.
I used all the fuel available in my waking hours (usually 18 hrs per day) plus all the fuel available by "watching" ads (20? 30? don't know!). Every single day! I also "watched" ads for the 5 daily gold (yes, I know there's 5 more gold after the $ and skips), rush timers when there's BP's RR, and for SE tickets. (...and no, I didn't watch the ads... just clicked to play them then turn the phone upside down). How many races per day? How many in 2.5 years? You do the maths.
In my 2.5+ years I've seen the game evolving and sometimes getting better. But much more than that I've seen how greed is taking over at the EA headquarters and how they ruin the game. In recent months it got a lot worse, and the last update was the last straw. Forcing ppl to watch ads in order to play the game is simply NOT ON! (yes, I've been "watching" lots of ads, but it was when I chose to. Not when EA wanted. And it wasn't a condition for playing, it was a choice. Big difference!).
I hated BRR with a passion. Couldn't stop myself cursing and swearing at everyone at EA when playing it (the devs, management who approved BRR, accounts who allocated budget for it, etc.... Everyone except for the cleaners.)... I hated (and still do) the blue parts in "premium" crated... I hated being ripped off by the rigged system of flipping reward cards and crates... I hated the fact there's not enough scanners and black parts to upgrade cars... I started hating too much about this game. It got boring. And I expressed my feelings many times in this forum.
I became more and more unhappy with the game. And EA just kept pushing and pushing. Do you know the story about the frog in the boiling water? Well, I'm not a frog, but the analogy is a perfect fit. So I'm jumping out now.
I am really really ashamed when I think about the number of hours I spent on this game (many many hundreds).
I am really really ashamed when I think about the amount of $ I made for EA by "watching" ads. (I had to remove the link. Do a search for "The F2P myth: how much EA made from me in 8 mo?")
And yes, I'm a F2P. Don't mind spending money on apps. Have in the past and will in the future. But NOT when I get ripped off by rigged odds.
But it's over now. I'm getting rid of my addiction. I uninstalled the game. I'm free! and I'm not coming back.
EA, you managed to push me out. You did this with your greed. Hope you're listening (but I doubt it very much).
So goodby fellow players. (no, I will not refer to you by the insulting name "BR citizens"!). I really hope more of you will stop spending real world $ on this game. EA is in business for $, naturally. So if you want to make a change you need to talk to them in a ($) language they understand. So vote with your wallets!
I'll probably still hang around the forums for a few more days. But I'm OUT of this game. yeeeeee haaaaaaaa!
BYE!
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BTW, I was VIP 3 and could turn off the autoplay of ads. But introducing such a feature 3.5 years into the launch of the game is PLAIN WRONG!
