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11 years ago
Good Post.
I think one other aspect to add onto this would be the desire people have to collect everything in a set. Sometimes we have a compulsion to own everything that's part of a set, to complete it. I often read about people calling themselves "completionists" on here.
I know when I play video games I want to get 100% completion even if that means collecting every feather in Assassin's Creed III, collecting every hidden package in a Grand Theft Auto game, or learning every recipe in a profession in World of Warcraft. I want to see that 100% completion, own everything, and am willing to spend hours to do it. I'm not willing to spend extra money though.
I get the same compulsion in TSTO but have stamped it out because I see how the game makers have rigged the game and am not willing to spend real life money on games of chance. It annoys and frustrates me that I won't get everything from the Easter event, even after hours of tapping bunnies (my bunny electrifier didn't work), keeping all characters that could give eggs on those tasks, visiting all 100 friends everyday and trading eggs. I miss the old events like Halloween where spending that much time in the game would result in getting every item, all that time spent would result in completing the set. All the time spent on this event only resulted in drudgery and a slim chance at winning everything.
Not being able to "complete" this event, to collect everything, to be left with tons of fences, gates, egg piles, ponds, trees, and blankets/umbrellas I don't want is just annoying, when the things I need to complete are right there, spinning past every time I open a box.
I think EA knows many of us want to get everything and will spend money even if it only gives a slim chance of "completing" the event, and take advantage of that.
I think one other aspect to add onto this would be the desire people have to collect everything in a set. Sometimes we have a compulsion to own everything that's part of a set, to complete it. I often read about people calling themselves "completionists" on here.
I know when I play video games I want to get 100% completion even if that means collecting every feather in Assassin's Creed III, collecting every hidden package in a Grand Theft Auto game, or learning every recipe in a profession in World of Warcraft. I want to see that 100% completion, own everything, and am willing to spend hours to do it. I'm not willing to spend extra money though.
I get the same compulsion in TSTO but have stamped it out because I see how the game makers have rigged the game and am not willing to spend real life money on games of chance. It annoys and frustrates me that I won't get everything from the Easter event, even after hours of tapping bunnies (my bunny electrifier didn't work), keeping all characters that could give eggs on those tasks, visiting all 100 friends everyday and trading eggs. I miss the old events like Halloween where spending that much time in the game would result in getting every item, all that time spent would result in completing the set. All the time spent on this event only resulted in drudgery and a slim chance at winning everything.
Not being able to "complete" this event, to collect everything, to be left with tons of fences, gates, egg piles, ponds, trees, and blankets/umbrellas I don't want is just annoying, when the things I need to complete are right there, spinning past every time I open a box.
I think EA knows many of us want to get everything and will spend money even if it only gives a slim chance of "completing" the event, and take advantage of that.
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