We need Bonuts!
Bonus donuts are just that a bonus not you right to get them. What EA chooses to do and the effect it has on getting donuts is entirely their choice/oversight, so stop complaining and be grateful that...
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stinkbugger wrote:monduboiss937 wrote:
so tbh I haven't seen donuts almost since the event started (maybe only once for daily challenge reward before the mystery box) in the past 2 weeks.
A year ago how many donuts were you getting each week?
Good point - almost none. 3-5 every three or so months from Sideshow you, only a few every other day from friends visits and then the three from leveling up. They have been considerably more generous over the past 4 or so months than they were a year ago.
Now here's the flip side - skins I bought during the Halloween and Christmas events when bonuts were scarce - zero. Skins and characters I bought during the past few events, including the mini events - ALL of them.
It's impulse spending 101 and there's a reason most businesses use sales, coupons, buy one get one frees, discounts, or loyalty awards (like when greenstamps were so popular) the more the consumer thinks they're getting, the more they're likely to spend.
I have 0 donuts and you offer me 400 donuts worth of new characters and skins where my options are to spend 20 bucks to get some or 50 bucks to get all and it's easier just to do completely without than just get half a set or spend more than I really should for a game I've already spent so much on.
But you give me 100 donuts and offer me 300 donuts worth of skins, then, yeah, I'm going to spend that 20 bucks to get them all and have 100 donuts left over for something else later. You get a 20 dollar sale instead of no sale.
Is EA more generous with donuts than they were a year ago? Yes. But they're not being as generous as they were the past two events and people are noticing.
And what we're talking about is the difference of all of 10 to 15 bonuts a round they're cutting. They're not going to make money but reducing the bonuts - the freemuim players will never pay, that's a non issue. The whales will always pay, that's also a non issue. But the real money doesn't come from either source, the real money comes from the mass of the players, like myself, who spend 30-50 dollars every month or two when we're happy. And, sorry, we're happier when we think we're getting something extra for the money we're spending.
Big picture in business, happy players spend more money than unhappy ones and bonuts tend to make more people happy than forum trolls telling them 'you get what the overlords give you and smile about it.'
