Free items vs. Premium items (A Hard Play’s Night)

Everyone should see this. I really wish there were more useful information and posts on here rather than all the complaining about "donuts". It is a game. It is a free to purchase app without advertisements. It receives constant attention from its developers. If you don't want to spend real money, fine, but no one cares about your character flaws of jealousy, impatience and greed. People that work on the game need to make a profit somehow.

With every game I play, there's always those people with the entitlement mentality and think everything should be free. I guess a lot of people don't know basic economics: a company's product has to generate revenue to continue making the product.

BaconGibson wrote:
This is a GREAT summary - thank you!

I'd also like to point out that you get one FREE Premium Item Every Week!

My Free Premiums Thus Far:

Hans Moleman
Homer's Hammock
Burning Bush
Picket Fence
Bench with Towel
Flower Planter

You can play the game as slowly & creatively as you want. I personally don't want gigantic volcanos or signs taking up all my space because that's not the type of landscape I'm creating. You can have lots of fun playing the game without the premium items. You don't have to do exactly what the game tells you to do, like a trained monkey.

No you don't. Most people do not get premium items in the mystery boxes. I have only gotten the lemon tree and a white fence. Everything else has been normal things you can buy in game. You will find most people are more common with what I get than what you have.

Hopefully this thread will continue to get bumped, so people can see & the complaining & whining will be kept to a minimum. I will continue to update this thread as new content gets released.

And no not all the premium items are a must have. You pretty much get all the most important characters & buildings for free.

Also you guys should be a bit more grateful. Most devs of freemium games release more premium stuff than they do free stuff. Be happy that the EA devs of Tapped Out are taking a different route & releasing more free stuff & keeping the premium stuff at a minimum. Which can probably explain why they are priced so highly. Instead of releasing a bunch of premium items at moderate prices, which will tick people Off even more. They only release a few at a time, but charge high to make enough profit to keep the game going & keep releasing New content for us

TummyBurglar wrote:

rachelmoody7 wrote:
With every game I play, there's always those people with the entitlement mentality and think everything should be free. I guess a lot of people don't know basic economics: a company's product has to generate revenue to continue making the product.

...and we call them "Democrats".

You read my mind ;)

The point counterpoint argument of the mystery box giving a premium item and no, it also gives normal is fair, but the point is that IT DOES give premium items. Granted from that I only got the Lemon Tree and a picket fence, but whatever, so be it, it is free. I think overall this post makes good sense that they are giving a bunch more away for free than many other games.

And the point that all the cool items are the ones that cost so much, well, erm, duh...do you think they are going to put up the lame items and ask people to pay for them? What kind of sense does that make, the developers are not working for free, to keep this product alive they do have to make a profit. And typing this a lot of the premium items are not that great, the Piece o Crap Car, the trees, but they are there.

The only complaint I have is the stability of the game and EA being able to keep up with server demand. Beyond that make whatever you want of this game, and if it annoys you that much don't play. I personally ponied up and paid for donuts, I have enjoyed the extra characters, but I am also greedy and hate waiting, so eh.

The only thing that bugs me about the premium content is that some of them should not be in the premium content at all, such as the burning bush, white fence, flower pot, apple tree, etc. that is so stupid to make people spend more money on those little things that should have been in the free "pay with game cash" area

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Characters

• Weird Al Yankovic
  
• Nick Delacourt
  
• Peter D'Abbruzio with Sungazer Studios
  
• Alaska Nebraska
  
• Bleeding Gums Murphy with The Jazz Hole - 165 Donuts
  
• Freddy Freeman & Shreddar Stevens with Sungazer Tour Bus - 150 Donuts
  
• L.T. Smash with Classified Records - 140 Donuts
  
• Leon Kompowsky with New Bedland Rest Home - 150 Donuts
  
• Alcatraaz with Alcatraaz's Mansion - 150 Donuts
  
• Rachel Jordan with Praiseland Promotion - 185 Donuts
  
• Spotlight Dance Bot - 30 Donuts
  
• Attendee Bundle (Millenial, Hipster, Groupie & Copyright Lawyer - 50 Donuts
  
• Rockstar Maggie with Springfield Hyperstadium - 65 Donuts
  
• Jay G & Goosius with Jay G's Mansion & Jay G's Pool - 225 Donuts
  

Buildings

• Rock Stage
  
• Pop Stage
  
• Hip-Hop Stage
  
• Kwik-E-Merch
  
• All Sales Vinyl
  
• Jazzy Goodtimes - 50 Donuts
  
• Snub Club - 65 Donuts
  
• Quitters - 65 Donuts
  
• Gold Records on Walls Studio - 70 Donuts
  
• Oedipus RX - $2,500
  
• Guitar Central - 50 Donuts
  
• Duff Center Arena - 65 Donuts
  
• Woodstock Casino - 75 Donuts
  
• Springfield Bowl - 90 Donuts
  

Skins

• Rappin' Bart
  
• Manager Cletus with Cletus' Monster Truck
  
• Rockin' Otto with Rock Neon Sign - 120 Donuts
  
• Opera Krusty - 50 Donuts
  
• Captain Bob - 65 Donuts
  
• Saxophone Lisa - 65 Donuts
  

Facades

• Flaming Moe's - 60 Donuts
  

Decorations

• Festival Fence - $270
  
• Pig Balloon
  
• Rock Camp Entrance
  
• Rock Camp Thread Shed
  
• Stage Turret
  
• Pop Star Plane
  
• Duff Tent
  
• Duff Fence
  
• Floor Speaker
  
• Skylight
  
• Laser Light
  
• Smoke Machine
  
• Concert Lights
  
• Speaker Stack
  
• Buzz Cola Tent
  
• Buzz Cola Fence
  
• Cheering Crowd
  
• Rude Crowd
  
• Rock N' Roll Cart
  
• Bling Cup
  
• Blasting Bass - 45 Donuts
  
• Street Cleaner - 90 Donuts
  
• Garbage Pile - $500
  
• Recycling Bin - $1,000
  
• Devil Donuts Cart - $5,200
  
• American Flag - $5,600
  
• White Spotlight
  
• Multi-Colored Spotlight
  
• Cycling Spotlight
  
• Walk of Fame Star - 5 Donuts
  
• Garbage Can Pack (Garbage Can, Green Bin & Zenith City Bin) - 5 Donuts
  
• Simpson Houseboat - 15 Donuts
  
• Outdoor Opera Seats - 20 Donuts
  
• Outdoor Opera Ticket Booth - 25 Donuts
  
• Wavy-arm Elder God - 20 Donuts
  
• Elder Blimp - 35 Donuts
  
• Camping Tent - 20 Donuts
  
• 7200 Ounce Squishee - 25 Donuts
  
• Welcome Bob Sign - 30 Donuts
  
• Inflatable Gorilla and Baboons - 30 Donuts
  
• Black Leather Plane - 30 Donuts
  
• Stack of beer - 35 Donuts
  
• Garbage Truck - 35 Donuts
  
• Duff Party Bus - 45 Donuts
  
• Taste of Duff Beer Truck - 45 Donuts
  
• Duff Barney Blimp - 65 Donuts
  
• Wickerman Festival Bundle - 100 Donuts
  
• Tailgate - 200 Donuts
  

Consumables

• Free Land Token
  
• Legal Credentials - 90 Donuts
  

Praiseland Promotion consists of...

• Rachel Jordan
  
• Praiseland Gate
  
• Praiseland Walls x15
  
• Solomon's Temple
  
• Rockin' Ark
  
• Forbidden Tree
  

Wickerman Festival Bundle consists of...

• Wickerman
  
• Small Pagan Tent x2
  
• Large Pagan Tent x2
  
• Carnival Banner 1 x2
  
• Carnival Banner 2 x2
  
• Brazier x2
  

"Anaraxx;c-12674" wrote:
All of the free items are quite useful. But they have made the cool things premium. Which I find quite annoying. As they know we want the premium stuff. It's not the fact that they are premium items. It's that they are ridiculously overpriced. Who have 200 doughnuts for a volcano lair? Not me.

I done got mine

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1 new Free item, 3 new Premium items, 9 Returning items (all premium)

Characters

• Treestache with Treestache’s Grove - 60 Donuts
  
• Ray Patterson - 60 Donuts
  

Buildings

• Magic Station - 60 Donuts
  
• Self-Reliant House - 35 Donuts
  
• Monorail Cafe - 60 Donuts
  
• Krusty’s Drive-Thru Station - 150 Donuts
  

Decorations

• All Smelling Tower
  
• Golf Course - 100 Donuts
  
• Mechanical Ants Bundle - 120 Donuts