I don’t think there is a good solution to the GS thing. Even if I do tend to agree with Jasan somehow, I do not think, it’s that easy.
Look at other f2p games, where I can get 10k pay points for six bucks, while all the stuff i can buy costs a lot less, and how games like that robot-lego has increased its active logged-in playerbase from 0 to 30k in just a couple of weeks. I do not complain about stuff like this usually, because with all DLCs and whatnot, I have enough stuff; As a dev, I know, money has to come from somewhere for development; as a backer of other games, I know, prices can even be higher in a beta; I know that participating in forum things can even bring you more GS. I can see that StarGem is actually trying to give away GS to enthusiasts. The player program, the events, the discounts show it.
What does not change is, that you get the “pay now” message all over the game. It destroys the epic core of the game, which is non-stop pvp. Invasion is a big thing for the dev team, and I do appreciate its existence, but there are numerous problems with the core (UI, pvp), which would need adressing. Making every third patch focus on optimization, bugfixing and pvp enhancements would be a great idea, instead of just flipping menus and changing how incomes work.
Interacting more with the international community as well, would maybe bring fresh wind into the dev process, instead of just talking to the same people as 2 yrs ago on the russian forum. It’s really time to lose the blinkers.
I don’t think thats a problem of moderation or money, it’s simply a problem of the dev team not growing into it’s audience. Our english forums are a lot less active, some even criticize it to have a lot less quality in comments - and it’s mainly understandable, why a lot of people do not even speak up, since they know, nobody hears them. It just creates a different atmosphere for all participants, if sometimes the lead dev answers a question himself. It also creates better posts, better discussions. Get out of the comfort zone. English isn’t native lingo for most of us.
It would reduce a lot of rage and emotional discomfort, and this game really needs to be boosted more into the international audience.
Fact is, the free 1 day license is better than 10k loyalty.
It does mean, if you buy a 6 month license, and you log in daily, your license will almost win a month extra, given you cannot play every day, that’s a good deal if you buy it 50%.
Something looks to me that they are trying to get free advertising through the use of facebook. Smart.
that was considered smart 5 yrs ago. I still think it might be a nice addon. But Facebook interest groups for SC are already working without the share button, and advertising on fb has changed a lot. you do not want to be the one who spams news nowadays.
