most of the new features seem great not to keen on the pvp tho i hope this is a choice and not part of the game
most of the new features seem great not to keen on the pvp tho i hope this is a choice and not part of the game
When I said that, I hadn't realised that the extra slots were only temporary, and would require blue gems (my mistake for not reading carefully).Originally Posted by Winterset
I take my comment back. It was a poor idea, and has been implemented in a distasteful way. As a player that occasionally buys blue gems, and has also bought the starter pack, I'm starting to feel spammed and annoyed. There were too many blue gems on display before; now there are four when the building queue is visible, and the gem offer at the bottom of the queue looks tacky. If you must charge for a building queue slot, the upgrade should at least be permanent, and it should be handled in the trader.
Last edited by Winterset; 16.05.12 at 13:16.
the company needs a new product manager when it comes to setting Gems prices, especially considering its a retail box now...
There is no standard value for gems, some things are wildly inaccurate that anyone with half a business head could solve super speedy.
Being able to buy a general for £25 is a joke when the game costs £9.99, 10 building licence for 650 gems or 1 noble deed for 95.... not hard to figure out which is way way better value (just that it can't be gifted)
I'm very interested in numbers, or the amount of people that actually pay 20 euro's for just 1 building slot extension. Nobody's that crazy, right?
I also think that the devs are getting way, WAY out of line here. Settlersonline no longer feels like a free game - it just feels like one big advertisement to buy gems at near extortionate rates. Come on guys, 5000 gems for a single general ? 3000 gems for a single building slot?
The gem prices you guys are offering for things in the game seem to imply they are worth roughly 1 euro per 1000 gems. Which we all know is not the case. The current road of Settlers will alienate large parts of your customerbase - if you really want to base a business model of making a quick profit (near scam in my view) of new customers, before these hop to another game...well fine. But I think that if you look at the competition that you see that providing CHEAP...yes, CHEAP micro purchases that it's actually far more profitable. And people stay...for many years.
While I agree that extended slots are expensive there's no actual necessity to have them. You can play the game perfectly well without and therefor you have no real need to spend the gems. The general is expensive yes, but having him alters the mechanics of the game and is something you choose to have. Again - he's not needed to play the game. Anything available for gems is an optional extra. The extended building slots are expensive, but again, are an optional extra. I usually manage to get my fields/wells re built in less than half an hour. No big deal really
Besides the point that they are a luxurious addition to the game, which I agree with, the cost in gems is way too high for even this little 'bonus'. An extra slot is nice, not that game-breaking, but 20 euro's for 1. Pffft.
The irony is that if they had offered these new items at a more reasonable price, they would make more money overall. We will never know the exact figures of items sold, but from simply playing the game I know many would buy for 500 -1000 gems, where as it stands, the current prices are more of an in game joke than an attractive offer. If they reduce the price now, they will have a few unhappy customers who paid the current prices.
We have the choice to buy or not, so really i'm not too concerned about the prices. what I am concerned about is if this poor decision making carries over into other areas of the game.
i noticed something on the trade pics when the new system is introduced will we be able to directly sell nobles,parrots,watermills,silos through the system..if so does that include ones we already have and have no use for
Nice things to implementHope it comes soon
Thx TSO
Don`t think too much. You`ll create a problem that wasn`t even there in the first place.
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