Make Grumple Free!

djmikeh wrote:
Shouldn't there be some sort of 'loyalty scheme' whereby people who spend,money on it, get items that are specific to the 'scheme'?

There is. It's a little more direct than the method you suggest; people pay for donuts, and then spend the donuts on the premium content.

Jedihntr wrote:

djmikeh wrote:
Just to play 'devils advocate', how about if he was free ONLY to people who have spent over $xx on donuts this year? After all, they are the ones who are financing it for the free players? Shouldn't there be some sort of 'loyalty scheme' whereby people who spend,money on it, get items that are specific to the 'scheme'?

Just throwing the idea out there?...

Your reward for funding the game is exclusive content the freebies do not receive, such as cool buildings, characters, and decorations. How about that?

Quite true, but there's buying donuts every few months and then there buying donuts every other week? Bigger spending players should maybe "deserve" a limited item specific to how much they spend?

maximbarne126 wrote:
I don't have the donuts and don't buy them. Its not fair if it isn't free!

it is as much as he other premium things

I have at least 50 reindeer from last christmas and honestly I don't want any more, I'd rather Grumple or something better.

I have gotten so much for free and there is so much more free items to come. It would be impolite of me to ask for more.

ephphoneapps wrote:

krosent7298 wrote:
Let's have everyone comment on this thread to make The Grumple free!! Somewhere, people are saying that on X-mas Eve, he's going to be for 120 dounts. This is totally not fair considering it will be near christmas and I think we all should deserve something free on / near that day. Everyone, comment here to agree for EA to make The Grumple Free!!!!

stop playing if you think the game is unfair.

When he could join the legions of trolls that play and whine? Pfft.

krosent7298 wrote:
Let's have everyone comment on this thread to make The Grumple free!! Somewhere, people are saying that on X-mas Eve, he's going to be for 120 dounts. This is totally not fair considering it will be near christmas and I think we all should deserve something free on / near that day. Everyone, comment here to agree for EA to make The Grumple Free!!!!

Not everything in life is free. Sometimes you got to pay.

maximbarne126 wrote:
I don't have the donuts and don't buy them. Its not fair if it isn't free!

Said it, slaughtered the natives and started drilling for oil

It would be interesting to see how you do your weekly grocery shopping...

marco_rosa833 wrote:
I think its fair that EA has some premium content this Christmas.

They should have some premiums, of course. No profit would mean no game.

However, I have seen dozens of people talking about how much they spent on donuts to just keep spinning the wheel until they had all those prizes. I have several neighbors who must have bought the packs of gift bags to be able to give me gifts daily. There's no way that EA has not already made an absolute killing on premium holiday content, so money is not really a strong argument in favor of charging 120 donuts for a seasonal character that does not seem to come with a building or decoration of any sort.

And let's not forget that a full set of snowmen would cost 160 donuts, mostly to just raise vanity. (And then anyone who does that screams themselves hoarse because a lot of the snowmen are on the wheel.) And if you want a couple more elf houses? That's 120 right there. So, sure, the only big-ticket single item might be Santa's Village, but all those 20s and 60s for those who spend them have to be adding up rapidly.

This isn't to say, either, that the Grumple should be free. I would like to have the Grumple and I'm not paying any 120 donuts for it, so of course I think it would be nice if everyone got it for christmas. I'm not going to insist on it or even say I deserve it, and I'm not going to cry if I don't get it. But please don't try to make charging $10 for a character about fairness in the premium content, or about how EA needs more money. EA has made nine digits off this game, they aren't hurting for Tapped Out money. Additionally, as I said, for those people who do buy donuts regularly, the amount already spent on the wheel and on gift bags and on other premium content will dwarf the profit EA would see from charging for the Grumple. They could technically afford to give us this one. They don't want to and they won't do it, and that's fine too, but they actually released quite a lot of premium content this update, along with their generosity with the gift card prizes.
(I'd like a Backwater Brewery, just because it would explain how Cletus brews all that moonshine. But I'm stuck with assuming he brews it in the tub, and that's why the young 'uns never take baths.)

How can you guys discuss so emotionally about something that is unknown to all of us?

I might understand a discussion if the Grumple should be free or not, but discussing even the amount of donut pushes the limit simply because its all speculation.

No one knows for sure if and for how much the Grumple will be available for purchase. We will find out in time.