Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-5012038-20130518014717/@comment-9083608-20130521001802

Everywhereusername wrote:

Anybody in this thread and other threads who is complaining about Mobage making things harder for people who don't spend money on the game needs to check their entitlement and cultivate some perspective.

Mobage and the other companies behind this app are businesses. Their reason for existing is to make money. The game ends if they don't make money. Their owners and staff don't recoup their investments or have jobs if they don't make money. That's a lot more important to them than whether a bunch of whiny teenage freeloaders are happy, just as it would be to you if you were in their shoes trying to pay your own bills and do as well as you could for yourself.

They're giving you this free product (that wasn't free to develop or host or maintain) as a loss leader. If you don't want to spend money on its optional features, don't. But then don't complain that they're screwing you. You don't have to play this and they don't owe you anything. If anything, you owe them. But they're not here bitching at you about it because they understand the risks and rewards of this model of free game with optional in-game payments.

Take it for what it is and stop playing if you don't feel it's worth it to play as a leech or a miser. I'm a leech who has spent nothing and has only harvested free Mobacoins via other game download promotions, which I've been happy to get, and if they effectively box me out with their revenue-optimizing tweaks, well, that's just that. It's how life and business work and I can pony up if I want better goodies. It's my choice to do what I want with my money and I decide what's worth what to me. It's the same for you.

Mobage will find a balance that works best for them in terms of retained user base vs. revenue and everybody else can just deal with it. Go make your own game if you think you can run it better and are happy to give freeloaders more stuff. Otherwise just enjoy the game or move on.

Well when you spend money on a product, and more than once, and each time you do, and the company or business in which where you spent your money does not care anything about you, then yes we have a right to complain.

I don't mind spending money on freeware in order to show support to the company that makes it. It keeps them going with new content, and I get to play, but when I spend money and all they do is make it harder and harder for myself, and everyone else who also spends money just to get into our own wallets, is a piss poor business.

So many business out there, online, or in person, when your a loyal customer, who spends frequently they will offer you rewards. At least in a point, discount, or at the very least some kind of reward system. And usually with some sort of a friendly thank you, and offers to keep me coming back.

Where as with this, even though I spent 40-50 bucks 2 events ago, and then 15 bucks on the last event, they don't give two sweet fucks. I could spent 1000 this event, and next event would they catch me a break, or a discount? Hell no.

Also the early adapters of this game had a lot easier time with episodes. Giving out 2 cubes for boss defeat instead of one. Giving out x3 cards at a point level rather than a crappy R3 card in which I've sold a half a dozen of, and now as of the last event only giving out a half card reward.

That's nothing worse than a kick in the teeth. Especially if you spend a lot of time and money, and only fail just out of reach of the next bracket to only get a half a card. I mean come on. Get with it. We are people who are playing this game, and keeping them employed. Treat us like shit, and soon enough they can be looking for a job elsewhere which I would not feel any sympathy for them if that was the case.

I know it's a business and as I said I will support and have supported many freeware games, but this one is just foolish and getting out of hand.

Pure greed