Relics – The tale of a Kraken

"TVF;c-1960632" wrote:

"Ltswb1;c-1960631" wrote:

"TVF;c-1960614" wrote:

"Ltswb1;c-1960598" wrote:

"trevyclause;c-1960592" wrote:

"Ltswb1;c-1960572" wrote:
I don’t respect you any more than any other player, in fact I respect you less for buying your way to the top.

You do realize though that people like him are why we get to enjoy playing this game... No whales/krakens = no more getting to play with some of your favorite characters.

Totally untrue. There are tons of good games that have entertained more than this one that didn’t rely on whales. It’s the developers focus on the whales that has made the whales important to the viability of the game. The game could be just as, if not more so, profitable and fun without that focus. They just took the easy way out by praying on the gullibility of the whales.

In fact I’d go so far to say that the whales are what makes this game suck. Without them, the developers would actually have to develop something good that appealed to the masses.

Like forced paid content or a barrage of advertising?

I'm good with whales.

So you wouldn’t spend $5 a month to play a better game without psychological tricks, whales buying their way to the top, or ridiculous paywalls?

I would not.

I've averaged a little more than that in my 2.5 years (roughly $8.50 a month) and I'd rather target what I get for it.

And if I were paying zero, I'd definitely not want that, and I'd accept the fact that spenders get something for their spending.

That makes zero sense. You’d rather spend $8 a month instead of $5, so that you can have a monetary advantage over someone who spent nothing instead of having a level playing field? What does that accomplish? Proving that you’re willing to spend more money than someone else to get ahead? No one cares.
And you do realize that they can build a game where you can “target” certain strategies without spending money? Spending money isn’t a strategy. It’s a crutch for people who would rather take the easy road than accomplish something hard.