War Card Purchasing Disadvantage

Oh some war cards refreshes every day? I thought it changes every few days for every players. Indeed it’s unfair if some mayors has more chance to see variety of cards.

It’d be a lot easier if you can buy any card any time, though if all cards available anytime, it’ll encourage war cheaters/ hackers. It’ll be a lot easier for them to max out their cards...

Really sad that we have to worry about cheaters/hackers for any improvement of the game.

@SummitVista3310 

What I'm attempting to bring attention to is war card purchasing inequity.

Some mayors choose to stay in one club and are offered the same three cards for three days with an increased simcash purchase price per same card. Other mayors choose to move from club to club in between wars to shop different war stores, giving them not only a card selection advantage but the ability to purchase the same card over and over during the same three day period at only the lowest simcash price (one card per club store typically). 

I really don't care how other players choose to play, unless it impacts my gaming experience personally.

I believe all mayors (no matter how they play) should have the same amount of cards available for purchase, for the same duration, and at the same purchase price as every other mayor.

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Ahh I misunderstood what you said. Yeah everyone can go card shopping to deferent arenas when you see the cards you want. There’s no rules for club hopping, this is the ability every mayors have. 3 deferent cards, every 3 days, 6 arenas. If you stay in one club and pay more simcash, that’s what you chose to do I guess? 

The game would be so easy if we always have all cards, boosters and war items in war store. But I’m more worried the advantage it creates for cheaters/hackers. If all cards available all the time, they can just max out their cards in a day...

And I kinda like to wait for the card I want appears in the war store (one time mag cards didn’t come up in my store over 4 months, lol). 

@SummitVista3310 

I believe I am still being misunderstood. 

Club presidents pay simcash to start a club. Club building and organizing take a great deal of time and effort (often years). As a club president I do not feel comfortable leaving my club, possibly for three days, dumping my responsibility on someone else, in order to raid other's war stores and leave five minutes later (over and over) until I inadvertently get caught in a war with club members I may or may not know (possibly even hackers). No other member of my club would participate in or tolerate this type of play either.

I do realize now that the way we play is now known as the traditional way of play (some mayors even have a derogatory name for the way we play) and all over the internet, on many platforms and in many forums (including this Official EA forum) those of us who play this way are laughed at and thought to be fools. Yes, it was insinuated in your post above, too.

Those of us who have invested many years in this game and in this forum are simply exhausted from trying to teach and get the new players to follow the traditional rules, (its just not going to happen), but we're also very tired of players (about twenty long-time and many newer players) berating us publicly for not conforming to their way of play.

Going forward there needs to be mutual respect for the way(s) each of us play(s).

Still, no single mayor or club should begin CoM or a war with an unearned  advantage over another.

If I choose to play traditionally and stay with one club, with one city, and on one device I should still be able to have access to as many war cards (and at the same cost) as another mayor who plays differently. On that same note, if I must compete against someone in CoM who has one main and four feeders, I also need to have the ability to obtain 4,000 storage slots, 60 factories, 5 hardware stores, etc.

All games, contests, and even wars must have rules that all must abide by or they are no longer true contests. 

What I am asking for: 

A clear set of rules and/or any game benefits that apply to all.

@never2old2game 

You don’t need feeder(s) or leave your club for 3 days for shopping... you can move the president title to one of the loyal VP you trust (few years team-play must create enough trust and bond, I guess?) and come back. I understand your concern about war-napping and visit random possible hacker clubs, but everyone has the risk equal. (Unless the club owns shopping clubs, indeed this in an unfair advantage)

War card shopping isnt an unfair advantage that only limited players have, this is how the war store works for every single mayors and it’s up to you what you decide to do.

Paying real$ is unfair? Playing the game 3 hours a day is unfair? Camping at lv18 is unfair? Join a club is unfair? No, they are all legit fair play that everyone are allowed to do. Again, it’s about what you chose to do... I don’t laugh at players or think they are foolish that decided to not take those advantages. Everyone can play the game how they want to play(as long as it’s legit). I just wonder, why don’t they do it if they cry about it? 

A lot of unfair game-play or mechanism are addressed and fixed in the past. Having feeder(s), regional coin bug, high task loop in CoM, matched(or agreed) open wars. Not sure if the multiple booster bug is fixed but I haven’t seen it for a while.

It’s an easy fix for EA how the war store works (it’d even give them extra profit). But it’s been like this for a long long time, maybe because it’s already fair?

The clear rule is everyone have the ability to visit deferent arenas for card shopping without breaking any rules, regardless their club title. EA allows cards shopping. 

Maybe it’s better we get 3 randomly selected cards every 3 days, but arena won’t reset the price? You can only buy fixed amount every 3 days and the price always goes up even if you switch the club. (Or you meant this in your first post?)

It just increases the price than current system (more profit for EA!) but if some players feel fair with this way, I think it’s great. 

@Mikika214 

I disagree that this is a silly complaint.

What's silly in my opinion is that mayors need to waste their time (even just 20 minutes) joining and leaving clubs.

My request is this:

Instead of switching to five different clubs after each war, why not have our war store card selection change six times during the three days? Every 12 hours.

Fair to all and eliminates the hassle.

Earning and saving keys is very good advice.

I have been playing for awhile now though, so personally I am aware of their value.

On the plus side, both types of keys are now much easier to earn, given the fact they're now included in the Season Pass prizes.

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@never2old2game I understand your suggestion and believe it to be spot on and would certainly be fair to all parties. I certainly commend you and your club’s position on playing the game ethically and following your collective moral compass. I believe fair play is directly related to the intent of the game...the game is designed to purchase items from the Global Market or from the depot of a fellow club member...not to jump around to different mayors clubs and fleece their depots just to leave in 5 minutes, or meet with other clubs mayors in “open dead clubs” (satellite cities) to trade war items or have feeder cities and networks set up to feed their primary city and club. People know it’s not right, but they do it anyway..and call themselves legit. Not buying it for a minute.

I wouldn’t be concerned with these type of players berating you and your club...we know what they are. Eventually one day this behavior will find its way back to them...perhaps in the game, perhaps in life. The only concern is when they mislead new players that are trying to play fairly. These individuals are manipulating the game to gain an unfair advantage all the while complaining about cheaters/hackers. I believe they simply can not compete on a level playing field and are simply trying ti justify their questionable conduct.

I take exception to this mayor that shouts out “clear rules” and has multiple times referred to “deferent” cards & arenas -  I really didn’t realize that the game promoted “offensive, contemptuous, belittling, impudent, discourteous, uncivil, irreverent, insulting...disrespectful, abusive, depreciatory, demeaning” arenas & cards...seems to somewhat contradictory. Of course they have to leave their club...how else can they have their clandestine meetings with folks from different clubs with similar philosophies or join other unsuspecting clubs and raid their depots. Quite often these are start up clubs just trying to figure out how to play the game and are welcoming to stronger more experienced players just to have their war items taken and the mayor leave without participating in a war game. I proposed a good while back that a mayor should have to wait 7 days before they can return to a club once the leave...I believe that should minimize this activity.

@never2old2game I meant no offense, merely pointing out that the benefit is there for everyone and the disadvantage is self imposed. I first noticed such not on a forum or blog but by playing the game and moving arenas up. I used to rarely buy cards from war store, but now you just can’t wait for luck of chests or you will always have low attack levels. If EA changes to eliminate the arena refresh, so be it. However, I don’t think you should look down on those that take advantage of the game as it is currently in existence (just card shopping, not talking about feeder club war supplies, totally different issue). As far as raiding, I personally do not go looking through other mayors for supplies. I’m more concerned for not getting caught in a war with unknowns, so my preference is trading clubs that state they do not war in the club description. There are a lot of other more concerning practices that I know exist in this game than card shopping, but I appreciate the discussion and your suggestion to remedy what you feel is a broken aspect of the game. Best of luck to you!