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Originally Posted by ckerider
Ok so now the rules have changed again regarding cash items. I knew it was coming when you halted the sending about a week ago. I guess I can understand that it is a business and required money to operate, but when I see there are 2.6 million likes for this game and even is half of those people play and again and then 25% of those players spent $50.00 every three months (like I do), it give the owners $65,000,000 per year earnings. WOW. Now try and convince me that you need to get MORE money from the players who have been doing this game for a very long time. Customer service should be your main priority, but apparently getting more cash overrules that.
This latest rule is purely a money grab, and because I have been debating over the last year about keeping doing this game, I have to make the decision as to what I am willing to give the developers. They make us spend real cash for any item that helps us do this game to our benefit, and then they will not give us real cash back if we decide to sell the time. I have spent $50.00 every 3 months x 4 x 4 years = $800 on this game. I am thinking if all of us keep on giving and then we get back very little, it is not worth my time and effort any longer.
I always justified the spending by thinking I used to spend a lot more hours a day on the game and these items have saved me a lot of time. But, now that I think of it, there is a lot of games or TV channels the I could buy for a lot less than $200 per year and I would be just as happy. Time to rethink where my entertainment dollars should go at this stage of my life. Retirement is about finding things to do with you time and Farmtown was a good way to spend my mornings. For $200 per year I am sure I can find another game that will keep my entertained. Just saying that the developers will lose a lot more than they gain in this new rule. It was my time to spend again and I will not do it any longer. Thanks for the entertainment, but it is time to move onto another venue.
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I respect the varied opinions of any player who takes the time to post and express that opinion.
Here is mine....
The concern the developers have - IMHO - is to curtail cheaters. I define cheaters, in this particular issue, as those who are or who have taken advantage of ways to get FC to buy items which many other players have.
Granted, the "need" for the advanced tools is necessary to play for faster, bigger, more productive results. I can't imagine H/P/S on a 40x40 farm that is 9x staggered with the original tools.
I don't believe the $65 million scenario either. I don't know what it takes to maintain the game servers, and bandwidth etc..... but it works.
So, assuming the game will be around for many years to come, I advise some to just play for the "free" FC/levels and other minor FREE FC bonus awards.
As to the 2.6M Likes... that is an accumulation over many years. There are probably only 10-20% of that number who are active, and perhaps only 25-50% of those play regularly.
I spend a LOT of FC every month, and will continue to do so..... not to support a developer, but to enjoy the game my way. And with problems with FB, I have had to use some one else's account to use a gift card to purchase more FC, or wait for FB to drop off used gift cards....Oh well, the things we do to play.
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