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 we get any at all.
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Yes, they must be! Sure, they added the Rail Yard (giving some of us 5 donuts a week) and they added Maggie's minigame (giving us around 3 donuts every few days), and they gave us Daily Challenges (giving us 1-6 donuts a day when Events aren't happening), and they just had an event in which many players got LOTS of bonuts, and they retained the occasional Sideshow You donuts, and the Daily Challenge bonus prize is either more donuts or a mystery box that might contain donuts. But if you ignore all that it's clear they're removing our chance on getting donuts!
A year ago how many donuts were you getting each week?
I play another Game you want to know how much premium currency we get for free? NOTHING Be grateful with what they give you.
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.'
How many neighbors do you have?
Yes daily challenges are mostly event prizes and switching the tasks so far gave me only money substitutes and friend visits didnt give me any donut. But maggie and rail yard are still working and easy enough to complete and we do get bonuts in this event, yes only 3 per act but they are there. So the complaint here is kinda invalid.
Yes, it was nice to get them, no expectation for it to continue
I wasn't trying to sarcastic, I'm actually agreeing that there's less donuts for this event than compared to no event at all. I am indeed missing the fact that I can usually reliably get donuts from the daily task but now most of them seem to be for what appears to be excessive event currency.
On a seperate note: We need REBATES! I swear I'd take a deal for two donuts off Belle or Lurleen. As a Freemo, I just wanna feel like they cut me a deal.
Happy tapping my entitled peoples!