Praeceptor
Lieutenant Colonel
This thread got heavy quickly!
For me - 5 years entertainment - total cost £0 - I call that a bargain.
For me - 5 years entertainment - total cost £0 - I call that a bargain.
Yes, gold was valuable (and is), due to its rarity. However, it was rare mainly because it was needed as a basis for the monetary system. Today it's rare mainly because it's still used as a safe investment. The reason why gold achieved this position, was probably that it was the first metal we had access to and could shape; it's found in it's pure form, rather than as ore, and it's soft enough to be hammered without significant heating. The near mystical property of being stainless also helped, of course. If the monetary system had vanished, it would've simply been one of the least useful metals around; try to make a sword or a plow from it...
It's usefulness has increased a lot, especially due to its electrical characteristics. It has also turned out to be useful against autoimmune diseases, as it can neutralize elements of the immune system. All that happened long after the gold standard was abolished, though. Back then, it was pretty useless.Gold is actually useful in many ways nowadays.
Absolutely, and I'm glad they are.They have to make money somehow
The discussion of misrepresenting was a sidetrack; OP never claimed that they did. The do get fairly sneaky about ways to tempt people into buying diamonds, though. The problem with the freemium business model, is that it unavoidably hits the most susceptible disproportionately hard. People with certain issues can actually end up ruining themselves. Another group simply ends up feeling that they payed a lot, and got little. A common thing in all trade, and no indication of misrepresenting, cheating, fraud, or any such thing. However, with professional customer profilers against them, the power balance between businesses and customers is getting a bit unfair, especially for some. Remember, if one has this vulnerability, Inno isn't the only business that will exploit it. Being turned into the "ideal consumer" can be an expensive nightmare. It's an interesting ethical issue, and a legitimate point to make.I don't feel the game was misrepresented to me in any way when I started playing
No more polish. There's plenty of polish. Most of the "improvements" you've seen have been nothing more than that. Surprisingly, not quite all, though. What the game needs is improved functionality, new ideas, fixing bugs, and some serious upgrading of the fundamentals of some distinctly unsophisticated solutions.Also, in the year I've been around they've made many improvements, so I don't see how they're not improving it. Sure, it could use more polish (as could literally any game)
Well, as I've argued, not really. It doesn't cost money, but you're still compensating Inno for what you get in return. It's a happy deal for most, though.but it's free
Apparently, some stop believing it, but only after having payed...Those that decide to pay for it must believe it's worth it.
The Shuffle is a good reward, if you've already found the main prize; it gives you a shot at one more. For non-premium players, that won't happen very often. However, if you blow enough of your hard earned cash to buy diamonds, to buy stars, to open "gifts", it will happen. Spend a lot of money, and it will happen a lot. To keep people spending cash/diamonds/stars, they need to have that reshuffle dangling; a chance to get another shot, without having to clear the entire board.Shuffle is a con!
Foolishness is no laughing matter ...Shuffle is a con!
Game designers must be sitting back pi$$ing themselves laughing watching players collect 3 days of stars just to lose the whole lot in 2 minutes.
What is the cost of winning a further DS ... after having won it already.The Shuffle is a good reward, if you've already found the main prize; it gives you a shot at one more.
Even gold can cause inflation ... as in the Spainish inflation of the 17th Century ...None of which is counter to what I've said. If you simply print more money, the value falls, because the true values (goods, merchandise, commodities, labor, patents, etc.) that the money represents, haven't increased similarly.
If you simply print more money, the value falls, because the true values (goods, merchandise, commodities, labor, patents, etc.) that the money represents, haven't increased similarly.
Bullcrap!
Money is printed all the time. Value only drops whem you bring extra money into circulation.
How do you know those numbers? Do you have a link to an official source?this game cost 1 million to make you made 100 million
Inno themselves give the 100 million Euro Revenue in 2015 figure ... but they don't mention anything about percentage profit, nett profit or the cost of development of FoE (even the revenue figure includes all their gaming products).How do you know those numbers? Do you have a link to an official source?
Forgive me for being imprecise: If you simply print more money when you need it, and then actually use it as money, thus putting it into circulation, then the value of the money will decrease, unless production of real values, that is the goods and services that money is traded for, have increased similarly.Money is printed all the time. Value only drops whem you bring extra money into circulation.
Well, it would seem that private banks can create money without even printing it ... electronic money ... through deposit money creation (29:43)If you simply print more money, the value falls, because the true values (goods, merchandise, commodities, labor, patents, etc.) that the money represents, haven't increased similarly.
I'm afraid a lot of people end up feeling that they've been taken advantage of, yes. Of course, they also feel that they're too invested (literally) in the game to quit. Obviously, Inno believes that the balance ends up in their favor. The question is if it's sustainable. For us who like the game, let's hope that it is.that's just taking advantage of people
Even "paid for" games have come under the spotlight with the introduction of Lootboxes."Freemium" is definitely a very clever scheme....
That's life ... it pushes you over the edge and forces you to go forward.I'm afraid a lot of people end up feeling that they've been taken advantage of, yes.
Of course, they also feel that they're too invested (literally) in the game to quit.
How many trolls are needed to start "heavy" conversation? The answer is ONE!This thread got heavy quickly!
For me - 5 years entertainment - total cost £0 - I call that a bargain.
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They were trying to print money faster than people could keep up, to finance the government, with subsequent loss of faith in the currency, which exasperated the problem. You got your pay, often in a brand new, and much higher denomination than ever before, and before you reached the shop with your newly printed 100 trillion note, you'd need a wheelbarrow of it. Slightly exaggerated, but not by much, and the 100 trillion note was real. That's 100,000,000,000,000. It's a wonder they could fit the number on the bill...