Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-175.156.195.86-20131127042603/@comment-11482499-20131127092202

Sonny - they're trying to cling on to the few paying players they've got left. So many have quit already, because of all this cheating nonsense.

This is very, very, very bad - possibly even fatal - for Mobage.

As players leave, the T1 cutoff drops lower and lower as there is less competition, so fewer and fewer resources (and spending) is needed to make that T1 cutoff. If things continue as badly as they are without change, I won't be surprised if the T1 cutoff for the next Raid falls to around 20m only. Possibly even lower.

Since Mobage has lost a lot of high-spending whales due to their apathy/incompetence, they seem to be hoping to replace them with a new generation of whales. A frequent flyer program is basically a discount or rebate given for loyalty and repeated patronage, and therefore is an attempt to try and get paying players to stay and keep spending, as well as convert no- or low-spenders to spend more since there is now (slightly?) more bang for their buck.