hondab16tune wrote:
All I am reading are SELF ENTITLED CHILDREN who think that EVERYTHING should be free. Get OVER YOURSELVES. When you first start this game you have NOTHING. As you level up you get TONS of free stuff, and of course as you start getting in the higher levels, you are going to slow down. As a "free to play" game, with the OPTION to spend real money to get other items, TSTO has BY FAR got the best free stuff out there and the most of it as well. You guys are VERY LUCKY that they didn't level cap it or not allow full access to all the features like other games do unless you pay real money.
I really do not understand how ANYONE thinks that EA, or anyone OWES them better chances because they CHOSE to spend money for donuts to take a CHANCE and then complain, NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING, BECAUSE YOU WIN EVERYTIME, BUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET THE PRIZE THEY WANTED.
The only way that EA can keep giving us level updates, buildings, etc. is due to those players who DO spend money. If everyone just quit doing that, then the game would go even slower as the updates, buildings, and characters would stop. All this whining and crying has got to stop. It's sad that you guys/gals come on here and actually complain because you want everything NOW, NOW, NOW, and if by some chance you don't get it, you want to blame something that is behaving EXACTLY how it should. Think about it, if you were guaranteed all the prizes, and you had gotten them early in the event, what incentive would you have to play? Why not with these events EA just say "OK, here is the Easter Event, here are 7 new characters, 3 buildings, and 50 fences, keep playing!" Sounds kind of dumb, huh?
As for the people saying that it takes $100's of dollars to complete the event, NO IT DOES NOT. I have used 50 donuts TOTAL on this event and have EVERY unique item minus Shary Bobbins, and actually have 7 Kodos topiarys, and 8 Kang topiarys which are 15 donuts each, which would have been 225 donuts if bought outright. I also have gotten 4 baskets from boxes, so there is another 40 donuts. Not to mention that the characters if they costed donuts would be 60-90 donuts each, so all in all, not too bad of a return on investment. Considering some building WITHOUT characters are 120+ donuts, we made out REALLY GOOD this event.
Also nobody FORCED you to spend donuts. It all boils down to people being impatient and not wanting to wait. I did just fine collecting eggs, and with only 24 friends, I still had PLENTY of boxes to open and get all the prizes. I cleared my common and uncommon egg boxes the first week. Some may not have been so lucky, but in all reality WHO CARES. If you get stuff for FREE, why does it matter?
Really not liking the self entitled children jab. The majority of MY bad app store review has more to do with game functionality than anything else. This convoluted event is merely icing on the cake.
I've been trading out my common color eggs in for uncommon from day one in hopes of obtaining the Blocko store. We're mere hours from the event ending and I haven't gotten it yet.
I would gladly and without reservation, drop dough (nuts) to get the Blocko store. But I absolutely will not pay to MAYBE get the Blocko store. As a consumer, I have the right to know what I'm paying for. I think for most people complaining about this event, that is the crux of the problem.
When EA decided to turn this game into a casino, that was just too much. They have many players willing to pay good money to play, as evidenced by $100 million it brought in last year. That $100 million was made with events that didn't include outright gambling. This new gambling style event is a cash grab and nothing more.
What's more, this new style of event is using your own brain chemistry against you. When you open a box and you see Sherry Bobbins cruise by 4 times, it makes you think you were close to getting her, when in reality you really had no chance (just like a slot machine). When you get close, your brain releases dopamine. The dopamine then re enforces the experience, making you want to do it again.
There have been many instances of players buying eggs and having nothing to show for it. And they keep doing it! Because it's how your brain works. For many this game boarders on addiction. Add gambling into the mix, and we may have some serious problems ahead of us.
FWIW - I spent the last of my purchased pink sprinklies on the CCL and that's it until things change. I didn't purchase any eggs, and if that means i don't get the Blocko store, then so be it. EA doesn't have to go back to the old style events but they definitely have to come up with something other than this. As a marketing strategy, this event is ingenious. But it actual practice, it just takes advantage of the players.
