Watch video ads.
Many other mobile games allow the players to watch ads for in game benefits. This gives free-to-play players a way to contribute to the financial success of the game (in a small way) without actually ...
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"Kerrigan;c-1761308" wrote:
For the people who are saying ads are bad, why? So long as they are totally optional, how is it bad for people to have options to spend time instead of money for rewards? There's really no option to do so at the moment. You can only spend crystals to get more energy to spend at the holotables. What if you could instead watch an add? Maybe a 30 second ad awards 20 energy (so one extra sim of a hard node). Wouldn't that be an option that some might like to take to preserve their crystals?
I just don't see why "The lack of ads is one of the best things about the game." I would like some more explanation.
"Give a mouse a cookie" protocol.
If you suddenly start introducing ads as optional, then the publisher starts asking why ads aren't implemented more to build revenue. Then suddenly you boot up the game a year later and you're greeted by an ad before you can play the game, then an ad to collect bonus energy. Ads are death to a mobile game.
