And now my day is complete. :D

Thanks JoshJeerer, you actually answered all my questions in your unique kind of way.Glad you had a good read of my post in the last thread you made and answered the questions I posed over there in this thread.Good day to you my good sir.

JoshSherer wrote:It's getting ridiculous. When someone complains about the crappy 10 donuts we received for New Years, you have 50 EA apologists all defending them and saying "they didn't have to give you anything...be happy with what you got." I'm just going to flat out say it: I would have rather received 0 donuts than 10 donuts. Gifts can be insulting. Many of you are married or have a significant other. What if you gave her some crappy nothing gift. Maybe a few dead flowers. Would you say "Hey, I could have given you nothing! Don't be a brat, appreciate it!" No. What if your boss gave you a $100 raise after a year of working for them. Would you appreciate that since he didn't have to give you anything?10 donuts is only a gift to freemium players. Back when I was a cheapskate like most of you, I was saving up for Kearney. 10 donuts would have given me a nice push. But now I buy boatloads. 10 donuts is nothing to me and won't get me anything worthwhile. A burning bush is 20 donuts, for example. I don't need white picket fences and pink flower pots. If I wanted 10 donuts, I'd buy a golden scratch off for $.99. These gifts reward freemium players who don't help EA at all while insulting those like myself who put food on EA's employees' tables. I pay these guys and they reward you nobodies. They need to start giving better gifts to the paying players. Maybe they should charge for a premium account or something. $5 per month would make sense...then us premium people can receive better gifts. If they aren't able to do that, they need to stop inflating the premium content every update or they need to provide more donuts from tasks or something else at higher levels to compensate for the insane inflation after each level update.Also, the Christmas update is too long and the wheel is rigged. Both suck.Anyone else hear Charlie Brown's teacher voice when ya were reading what Josh wrote? Or was it just me?

Thanks for the opinions, Josh. I'm sure the game developers will consider your feedback; we've seen improvement in other aspects of gameplay, and content, which may have been a direct result of feedback.

JoshSherer wrote:It's getting ridiculous. When someone complains about the crappy 10 donuts we received for New Years, you have 50 EA apologists all defending them and saying "they didn't have to give you anything...be happy with what you got." I'm just going to flat out say it: I would have rather received 0 donuts than 10 donuts. Gifts can be insulting. Many of you are married or have a significant other. What if you gave her some crappy nothing gift. Maybe a few dead flowers. Would you say "Hey, I could have given you nothing! Don't be a brat, appreciate it!" No. What if your boss gave you a $100 raise after a year of working for them. Would you appreciate that since he didn't have to give you anything?10 donuts is only a gift to freemium players. Back when I was a cheapskate like most of you, I was saving up for Kearney. 10 donuts would have given me a nice push. But now I buy boatloads. 10 donuts is nothing to me and won't get me anything worthwhile. A burning bush is 20 donuts, for example. I don't need white picket fences and pink flower pots. If I wanted 10 donuts, I'd buy a golden scratch off for $.99. These gifts reward freemium players who don't help EA at all while insulting those like myself who put food on EA's employees' tables. I pay these guys and they reward you nobodies. They need to start giving better gifts to the paying players. Maybe they should charge for a premium account or something. $5 per month would make sense...then us premium people can receive better gifts. If they aren't able to do that, they need to stop inflating the premium content every update or they need to provide more donuts from tasks or something else at higher levels to compensate for the insane inflation after each level update.Also, the Christmas update is too long and the wheel is rigged. Both suck.It's always sad to see egos take over and ruin a good thing.

You remind me of Marmite Josh...Some love you and some hate you, but underneath that thick shell of yours we all know how soft and gooey your center is.

People here really need to stop defending EA.

NarraMine88
11 years ago
I think they should introduce a feature that allows dedicated players to earn more donuts. They could do this through more minigames like Sideshow You, or they could just freeze the damn XP bar again. Either that or update the Mystery Box with some new stuff.

Why not a 1 donut reward for visiting 100 friends a day?
DarkSamus75
11 years ago
Perfect solution imo...

An option to buy infinite donuts for around $150-$200 maybe?
I honestly think there needs to be an infinite donuts option above a boatload.
ellegeeisme
11 years ago
I too buy boatloads of donuts and I have since I began playing. I can't help it, I'm addicted to this game and have been playing for about 2 years now. Point in case, I am nowhere near to a freeium player and yet I am not shocked nor upset about the 10 donuts for the New Year tasks. In fact, I'm grateful for them and coupled with the digs thrown out there to the haters, I quite enjoyed the joke being on us :) they can take and dish it out too. go EA!!!!

On a side note, as annoying as this Josh person is, he speaks his mind, it's generally well written although comparing an online game to presenting your significant other with dead flowers is laughable at best. Most of all, he ignites emotions and stirs up conversation and comments no matter what. He's the kid that nobody likes but will listen to just to see what he'll say next. Some of us can't help ourselves and must reply somehow, he can't help himself and must vent. In my (forum newb) humble opinion, I believe him to be the leader of the idiot savants :lol:
Spenson66
11 years ago
People hate Josh and most of us know he really loves the game. I think his posts are attempts to see the point of view of some of the people who aren't forum visitors that don't know where to vent their issues with the game. He doesn't speak for all of them but reading some of the posts I can see non-forum regulars thinking those exact things while playing the game.
DarkSamus75
11 years ago
spAnser wrote:
People hate Josh and most of us know he really loves the game. I think his posts are attempts to see the point of view of some of the people who aren't forum visitors that know where to vent their issues with the game. He doesn't speak for all of them but reading some of the posts I can see non-forum regulars thinking those exact things while playing the game.

Interesting point SpAndex.
DigitalBaggins
New Novice
11 years ago
LPNintendoITA wrote:
People are just jelous cause they didnt get mentioned in the game

Sorry i Could care less......
ellegeeisme
11 years ago
spAnser wrote:
People hate Josh and most of us know he really loves the game. I think his posts are attempts to see the point of view of some of the people who aren't forum visitors that know where to vent their issues with the game. He doesn't speak for all of them but reading some of the posts I can see non-forum regulars thinking those exact things while playing the game.

I totally agree with this thought. Well stated :thumbup:
DigitalBaggins
New Novice
11 years ago
ellegeeisme wrote:
I In my (forum newb) humble opinion, I believe him to be the leader of the idiot savants :lol:

or a EA employee string up Internet hate.... Hint hint
nyrtd
11 years ago
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cjmills82
11 years ago
Nice little shot at the Christmas update. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

I've gotten everything on the wheel except Snowball and SLH sculptures, so doesn't seem to be a problem there.

What you're failing to realize is that this is a game that you WILLINGLY play and pay for. Whether you like to hear it or not, EA owes you nothing and is not forcing you to play. You don't like it, then walk away.

Do you go around telling your neighbourhood grocery store, restaurants, gas stations, etc. that they OWE you something for being a willing customer at their establishments?

Is it nice when businesses go above and beyond to reward their customers? Of course it is. Does it make them mean, heartless or incompetent if they don't? No. Because it's business. You WILLINGLY come to them for a product or service and that's how they make their money. They owe you NOTHING beyond a quality product or service. And Tapped Out is a quality game, whether you like it or not.