Please stop doing this
Dear CG, As a player for over 5 years, not free to play, I just have to tell you that I’m starting to think about quitting this game. Yes, it’s a free game, but the heart of it is getting wrecked. ...
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Thanks for all your replies, I just wanted to share this on CG servers in the hopes that they would actually read this and take my concern seriously. That might be bit much to ask for, but still. I actually replied to p74lorvtb4rq, but somehow my comment couldn’t post.
The idea of my reply was like this; it even makes sense to gamify your dailies more, I actually like the idea. It was an unnoticeable part of game that now becomes part of a larger profession, very cool. But I get the feeling like I’m a second-rank player for not buying the episode pass and progressing in a way that this update was clearly made for.
Call me naive, but I hope you’re so wrong about investors. I hope the CG team is made up of people who actually like to make fun stuff and just screwed up by making something lots of people feel like another hoop to jump before this game gives you a feeling of being rewarded. But it certainly feels like it’s all about money, profits, investors and not about developing something that you’re proud of and want to share with the world.
And yes, I’ve heard about the compensation in episode currency. But it feels like such a disconnection with your player base to not even acknowledge they changed a part of the game (GC) that didn’t need fixing and made it feel overcomplicated. I’m still not satisfied until I don’t feel like I’m not the target group of this game anymore. I spend a lot of time on this to have some fun, but I don’t need to. And I’m very aware of that.
Agree 100%, you make some great points.
With regard to investors; I always see any company as a two headed beast.
There is one part of the company that loves the product, they're the developers etc in this case. They enjoy making the game and hope the community has fun with what they've created. Then there's the other part, the second head, which is the c-suite execs and by virtue the investors. These people don't care one iota about you or the product, they only care about profits. They could be selling orange flavoured bubblegum for all they care so long as it's profitable.
Unfortunately, the second head drives the first head (no pun intended gentlemen!) and while the developers want to make a fun and engaging game I'd wager that the majority of this paywalled nonsense and egregious monetisation has come from the c-suite and the devs have their hands tied, they have to incorporate these changes if they want to keep their desks.
Don't conflate the "CG team" with CG/EA management, which is who I was referring to, they're two very different entities with almost diametrically opposed ethos. That being said it's my mistake for just saying "CG" without delineating for clarity.
