Agent327
Overlord
This isn't a complaint, I can see that rewards are random and i'm guessing ill benefit from it at some point, however, just so the game devs are aware of how poor randomisation can affect spenders - I was going to buy some diamonds to help progress to an extra pond to guarantee me being in gold/silver league for the level 8 bridge upgrade I need. I was going to spend £50, but after I spent 5000 lanterns and got 1 pagoda upgrade, when some people in my guild spent 2000 lanterns and got 8, one person spent 5000 and got 13. Now I dont want to spend money on diamonds. Whats the point of me spending £50 if I may not even get another upgrade, it's pointless. I may spend £10, but I don't feel like it and i'm not sure I will.
I'm sure the ones who get the extra bonus feel great, but if this happens to a small number of people, who then don't spend money because they find it frustrating, or spend less money, or even leave the game, I don't know why you'd allow this kind of poor randomisation to continue. I went from pond 3-9, thats approx 40 jumps with a % chance of winning an upgrade of 10-13% each time. 1 upgrade kit is crazy. Im new to the game and really enjoying it, but if id been playing for a year and had a couple of events like that, i'd leave. I dont play games that frustrate me, I play to enjoy and relax, having such poor return is bound to frustrate people. I've spoken to a few others who have had similar frustrations.
From playing other app games, I feel this game is well balanced in all other areas i've participated so far, so well done on that front devs. Good balance of pay to play and free to play. The other thing id say, which I find weird and dont know if it helps, but its coming from a person who was spending £200 a month on an app game last year, is Ive always spent more on games that give you more goodies, like this event (which even though I faired badly in, I think the event overall is great). I always get caught up in the excitement and spend an extra £10 here, £20 there. I dont intend to spend that much per month ever again, but I thought it was odd that I spent most in the game that had given me the most goodies without paying.
I hope this feedback helps.
It is a complaint. This has been a working system for years and you think you know better? Do you tghink they would have kept doing this if they do not make money this way?
Players that complain always come with the argument that players leave the game, or they will leave the game because of this. Go!.Nobody will miss you!