"wadebear;d-259221" wrote:
Everyone should buy at least a dozen donuts every year. In fact, there should be a requirement to buy a dozen every year or you can only earn 3 free donuts per day.
"Congratulations, you've been playing a year! Now how about you pony up for some pink sprinkly things and support the game you like so much?"
And if you buy a bigger batch of donuts you get longer free periods. A boatload should get you lifetime playability and premier support. (And I have bought more than a couple of boatloads BTW.)
Just think how much money would go into the game. They might even... Gasp!!! Hire some decent support people and write some interesting Events.
And for Zod's sake - a Dozen donuts is just $1.99 + tax. I spend $8.99 + tax every month on Netflix and I don't even watch it every day. Though I do watch it almost every day. Anybody else watching Ozark? Man is that show good...
Now discuss while I go do my physical therapy for the day. (Donuts, not Ozark)
All hail Zod!
This is definitely not against you Wadebear, or your opinion.
However my answer is a firm an unshakeable NO.
If that would take into account what has been spent previously.....perhaps.
However in the end, moving forward the answer is still no.
See, I hate to admit it, but I have spent money on several boatloads. (More than I care to admit since I started playing the game all the way back during Tapball.....)
I've spent more than triple digits, and as a whale.... I don't feel entitled to say I should be exempt, but feel I've spent more than enough in the game.
Still.....even with that in mind if I could extend that exemption to others I would.
In the end the problem lies in EA, and failure to correctly manage their game.
How long have you been out..... It depends on how long you've been out, but EA implemented a lot of incentives to purchase donut packages
Including two buildings that generate 6 donuts every day! ("Costs" $50) I obtained the Lard Lad Factory Version, another versions exists and it's possible they may implement a new version this year....
They also Bundled special Characters withe certain Donut Packages.... This blew up in their face when they offered one of these characters in a Mystery Box, where many people lost their collective Shittake Mushrooms and asked for refunds.
I don't blame them
Freemium players complaining that they were simply obtaining the character that EA offered through a mystery box, Premium players stating that they had to Fork over REAL CASH for this character.
As one of those players I was irritated, EA at no point made it seem that those characters would be obtained any other way, but now that they have done that....
Well let's just say most of us did state that we would refuse to purchase any donuts.
The forums actively encourage not spending donuts and taking advantage of various strategies. HOWEVER, EA has created several bundles, including an EXP Generator bundle that are highly recommended even by players who would rather stay Freemium.
Shelbyville and Hans Springfield are certainly worth it alongside their respective bundles.
My suggestion?
EA, make better bundles.
No Cop Outs, No more Sven Golly mistakes....
If you're going to offer a character as a preview, possibly releasing them later on or even Re-releasing them later on through other means, with a donut be transparent, otherwise people will criticize enmasse.
The problem with Freemium.....is it's free. If we paid a base fee less people would buy it, however since it's free more people download it!
However where in real life certain income brackets pay (most of the) taxes which support the system, with a small group not paying..... This is upside down.
A handful of whales, continuously pay into the system, however most whales have been displeased, or milked dry.... With less players coming into the game to replace old whales, the game starts to slowly rot.
Sorry, I mean "hibernate".
Plus EA implemented something similar a while back.... They capped the daily donuts obtained at 300!
You had a twenty four hour period, however if you went over the 300, the twenty four hour period turned into two days for some reason....
Anyways, obviously that's no longer the case.... because people complained....
Conclusion, not a bad idea, but history has proven time and time again that while the current system does not work....it's been Ingrained for so long that changing it, is not an option without ticking off a majority of the player base.
And that will lead to irritation which will be painfully made aware to EA....
REPEATEDLY
