Alternatives to Pay to Win?

[Necksahn]

The troop cards are fine as it is disposable. Once you use it is gone. The really bad pay 2 win games are where you pay money and get permanent upgrades/heros/weapons. In those games if you don’t spend and you are destroyed 100% of the time.

ive played a half dozen games like Dominations and this game is not near as bad as the others. It is the reason I settled on this game (for now). That some of you think this game is bad makes me laugh.

 

[Persia]

Uhh...aren't you IA or low global if you rushed? Don't think you need to have such strong opinions if you yourself don't participate in top level wars.

 

[SiuYin]

The troop cards are fine as it is disposable. Once you use it is gone. The really bad pay 2 win games are where you pay money and get permanent upgrades/heros/weapons. In those games if you don’t spend and you are destroyed 100% of the time.

ive played a half dozen games like Dominations and this game is not near as bad as the others. It is the reason I settled on this game (for now). That some of you think this game is bad makes me laugh.

Dominations is better than most of its kind, but Dominations is worse than one of its kind, while the one got 90% of market share

 

[Houkai]

Shut up and take my money! Pink HT MK6 FTW!!!

 

[HawkEyeHK]

The troop cards are fine as it is disposable. Once you use it is gone.

I am pretty sure you will change your opinion once you have faced 10+ consecutive WWs with 4 elephant archers troop card placed in stronghold of maxed AA or CWA base.

 

[KniferX]

Pink HT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Elephant archers

 

[poop_]

I didn't read everything, but Nexon doesn't know how to make money off this game without ruining it because they don't play their own game. They don't understand the game or why their core players play it... or the value of anything in it. They are clueless.

Also, I think they might be drunk. This is been my new theory.

Not sure why they spend all day dancing around in panda costumes: https://www.glassdoor.com/Photos/Nexon-M-Office-Photos-E1084845.htm

Or playing drunk foosball: https://www.glassdoor.com/Photos/NEXON-Office-Photos-E143099.htm

 

[Necksahn]

I am pretty sure you will change your opinion once you have faced 10+ consecutive WWs with 4 elephant archers troop card placed in stronghold of maxed AA or CWA base.

i won't. If you lose you drop in Glory Leaderboard and soon you will not be matched with alliances that use all elephant archers. If you lose 10+ in a row you got other issues. And, in other games you would spend $500, lose 50+ in a row, but will have done 0% damage to the other alliance/guild (at the same leaderboard level).

For these guild based micro transaction games there are three ways to make money:

#1. building/weapon/hero skins, and other visuals that make you look unique : this makes very little money for them
#2. disposable items to win battles : this makes moderate money (and a lot for big spenders)
#3: permanent items to win battles : this makes the most money and (in my experience) where you can spend hundreds and still suck bad at high levels

Every game does a combination of the top 3 because they are a business and they need to pay for their sports cars. The question is figuring out the best ratio between the three revenue streams. Obviously, players only ever want #1 but that doesn't bring in enough profit. So then you have #2 and #3. The reason I like this game (and stopped all others) is they do focus much more on #2 over #1. Sure, I'd like them to only #1, but I know the profit is not there. A trade off exists.

And, I don't expect most to agree with me, they will be convinced that #1 is all they need and if you don't do that the devs suck and are idiots.

 

[FroggyKilla]

Have you quit Game of War?

 

[FroggyKilla]

They used to play the game. Some of the Moderators here played it. Don’t know what happened to them, but for the time being, they honestly should get some of the staff to play.

 

[Manifesto]

FroggyKilla , as soon as I got my crowns l deleted the game.

 

[poop_]

There is also watching ads... or those other offers where you go play dumb other games.

I will continue that nexon doesn't play their game, and so they are unable to properly balance what they sell. Because of this, many players have stopped spending money. Many players have quit. That isn't making money.

They need to play their game.... I just don't think they care, or they think they are experts, and they aren't... or drunk.

 

[KniferX]

Matchmaking isn't based on glory points but on average war weight.