Why limited prizes for freemium players?

i havent bought jasper yet.
i have his and Arnie's stonecutter costumes still in storage locked up.

i know i could buy his skin since i got donuts saved up (thanks to events giving donuts once you finish a certain part of the events. and also my daily bing reward i get at the end of the month)

I don't mind premium skins from the daily tasks but keep them out of the main prize track please.

devilhunt1449 wrote:
The idea behind it is to tempt you into buying character that you don't have changing you from freemium to premium.

Yeah I know but it's like grinding for twice as long before a reward. Anyway I can't complain.

You should trust EA with your life!

Dotcom180 wrote:
You should trust EA with your life!

Ha no way, not after the stories my brother told me, he worked for them for years as a games developer.

I would have been more fine with this giving away of skins to increase sales approach if they had varied the price point (if they had a SVT prize skin or a Bumblebee man prize skin or even a "Random tapball player premium skin" that you could assign to a character in your town (even if it would stop paying premium after the event), just I don't like the fact that the prizes seem to only be for high donut cost items.

Conversely, I wish the lowers skin (ie first half of the event) prizes were for characters most everyone had (like Marge, Skinner, it doesn't matter if they play later in the event) but frontloading the premium prizes in the first week is wrong (although why a premium skin near the end of the event for CCL? Is that really going to motivate people?)

I mean I bought Jasper but that was something I had been considering doing for a while in order to see his paddling task.

kimamartin105 wrote:
I wouldn't be so miffed if they had released a freemium prize along the same time as the premium one. But both Jasper and Tatum being only for if you spend doughnuts is a kick in the face.

Tatum was originally released in the wacking day event as a reward and that's where I initially got him from. I think that there should be an alternative to those who want to spend or not. I mean I've spent some money on items but not going to be forced to buy a character, plus I remember on quite a few occasions players buying certain things with donuts only for them to be released later at a cheaper price. That's what stops me using real money. But like I said I can't complain as its based on individuals and if you want to spend or not, but I think an alternative tap ball player for freemium players and premium players get the alternative plus the skin for there premium character.

emmcee1 wrote:

kimamartin105 wrote:
I wouldn't be so miffed if they had released a freemium prize along the same time as the premium one. But both Jasper and Tatum being only for if you spend doughnuts is a kick in the face.

Tatum was originally released in the wacking day event as a reward and that's where I initially got him from. I think that there should be an alternative to those who want to spend or not. I mean I've spent some money on items but not going to be forced to buy a character, plus I remember on quite a few occasions players buying certain things with donuts only for them to be released later at a cheaper price. That's what stops me using real money. But like I said I can't complain as its based on individuals and if you want to spend or not, but I think an alternative tap ball player for freemium players and premium players get the alternative plus the skin for there premium character.

This sort of thing has been going on a long time. I still have Barney's Plow King skin in inventory from Dec 2013. I have several Stonecutter skins in inventory. I will probably never buy Arnie. Wow, that copter thing is annoying!

So in my freemium town I only have 5 tap-ball players. Got Mr. Burns today.

In my A-town, I bought my first boatload. I got Nelson's skin, Tatum, and Lugash. I already had Jasper and Fit Milhouse. So now I've got 8 tap-ball players in that town.

Maybe freemium tap-ball player is coming?

Maybe they should put Jasper in as a prize for the next random prize box update

semi-related...

I noticed that one of the daily tasks requires Fit Milhouse. Is there an alternate task if one doesn't have that skin?