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PROTEST: We, the undersigned, will not purchase gold until our complaints are heard.

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  • zamairzamair Posts: 1
    edited 06.03.2013
    I support the protest.
  • Kat Nip (GB1)Kat Nip (GB1) GB1 Posts: 3,796
    edited 06.03.2013
    Fred12343 wrote: »
    So the charity drive is over. And after all of the careful calculations and mysterious non-linear regression algorithms implemented by the great brains at GGS, the winner of the drive is one of the largest gold purchasers in the game who won the drive by sniping at the very end. Big surprise.
    Fred, just as a side note, on my server, I know 2 of the winners of the decoration haven't actually spent much money on gold at all and I very much doubt they would have purchased it for this Event. I don't know who won the 3rd charity fountain though as I wasn't online at the time it ended.

    As for me personally, I could have gone for the top prize too, I had more than enough farm dollars just from saving for upgrades that I wanted to do on my farm. That's without purchasing or spending any gold to do it. I chose instead to situate myself around the 40's in the placing to ensure I got the prize I really wanted - the rose seeds, super humus and super pig feed.

    Kat. Kittie_by_otomosc.gif
  • monica79538monica79538 Posts: 1,932
    edited 06.03.2013
    post deleted.
  • flower farmer4flower farmer4 Posts: 39
    edited 07.03.2013
    i've signed:
  • Mitsumi2Mitsumi2 Posts: 132
    edited 07.03.2013
    I'm gonna get yelled at for this but...

    Seriously guys, calm down! It's just a game! You dont neccesarily have to buy the gold. Enjoy it and don't spend any money! End of story

    Edit: I mean, GGS has to fund themselves somehow...
  • ezio auditore3ezio auditore3 Posts: 2,399
    edited 07.03.2013
    I totally agree with Mitsumi :):):):):)):):):):)
  • Catalyste3Catalyste3 Posts: 45
    edited 08.03.2013
    Can I be the one to say "NO STUFF!" to folks who chime in (respectfully however) with "you don't need to buy it, so calm down. GGS has to have money somehow!"

    Because, and I'll be blunt again, WE ALREADY KNOW THIS!

    So what's the point?

    Well...there are a lot of points here. But ONE MAIN POINT we've never said nor demanded was that GGS stop gold buying or drop their gold currency.

    Seriously? We're not stupid. We recognize the need for companies to keep themselves afloat.

    What's wrong is the way they go about it, and that is something that needs to be changed.

    So if you're here to say "it's just a game," well good for you. However when I find that there's a flaw or something wrong with the system, I'll say something about it. I'm not going to stand around like a puppet and just take it.

    So with all due respect guys, try to understand our points a bit better.
  • Fred12343Fred12343 Posts: 20
    edited 08.03.2013
    Well said Catalyste.

    We love this game. We want it to improve. We don't like subterfuge. We are trying to get GGS's attention to improve the game so that we will happily continue to give them our money.
  • Mitsumi2Mitsumi2 Posts: 132
    edited 08.03.2013
    I totally agree with Mitsumi :):):):):)):):):):)

    THANK YOU EZIO!!! I LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW!!!! ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    And for you Catalyste and Fred... I told you that you would yell at me! I see the future >:3
  • monica79538monica79538 Posts: 1,932
    edited 08.03.2013
    Mitsumi-this thread is a PETITION thread not a discussion thread. If you want another thread to support the way things are running current--then start one.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited 08.03.2013
    are you kidding
    not a discussion thread have you read this thread?
  • Mitsumi2Mitsumi2 Posts: 132
    edited 08.03.2013
    hmph. I didn't mean to get in the middle of people yelling at me monica. That was their choice >:3 ^^

    And thanks toetsoep... :)
  • Catalyste3Catalyste3 Posts: 45
    edited 09.03.2013
    Mitsumi2 wrote: »
    THANK YOU EZIO!!! I LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW!!!! ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    And for you Catalyste and Fred... I told you that you would yell at me! I see the future >:3

    Lol, well it wasn't you I was yelling at, but I felt it would be better to point this out since that's what I've been seeing from people who oppose the petition. It just needed to be clarified. :)
  • ThaifoonThaifoon Posts: 12
    edited 09.03.2013
    I'm too new at this game to have a definitive opinion of it. However, I will say that I recognise the costs of servers, software development et al. But having played many games, I am of the opinion that those who charge a small fee for small benefits are the ones I tend to support (along with the majority of people, I think). Those - like this one is alleged to do at a later stage of development than I am at currently - that charge in order to play the game reasonably are not ones I support and I would not even consider purchasing gold from. So, until and unless I see otherwise, I'm content to add my name to the petition.
  • tinyandme (US1)tinyandme (US1) US1 Posts: 66
    edited 10.03.2013
    Now there is a Gold Box. you buy Gold to fill the tube. You got to be Fen Kidding
  • leanne1leanne1 Posts: 2
    edited 10.03.2013
    Im with you fred, you cant do anything without spending money its really annoying!!!!!
  • Joan of Arc3Joan of Arc3 Posts: 2
    edited 10.03.2013
    I play FF11 and its way better then this, I play this for "fun" but after 2 weeks I couldnt belive how much you cant get stuff done without gold. If I were going to buy gold, it would be more then my monthly cost for FF11. This is such a rip off. So I for one will never buy gold since it cost too much for too little.
  • Kat Nip (GB1)Kat Nip (GB1) GB1 Posts: 3,796
    edited 10.03.2013
    I respectfully disagree with you Leanne. You can do everything on the farm but purchase premium items and speed up production/building and participating in the Prime Day Event without using/purchasing any gold.

    Kat. Kittie_by_otomosc.gif
  • leanne1leanne1 Posts: 2
    edited 10.03.2013
    i agree it does look good but its lacking decent information!

    you go joan im with u!


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  • trev9565trev9565 Posts: 1
    edited 10.03.2013
    what is that
  • ezio auditore3ezio auditore3 Posts: 2,399
    edited 10.03.2013
    well, honestly speaking if you care about your rankings and stuff then, yes you do need gold but you can do A LOT and possibly even everything without the use of gold :):):):)

    at the end of the day it all boils down to your PATIENCE :):):)
  • bibike822bibike822 Posts: 34
    edited 10.03.2013
    don't know if that's the case. for the project chicken or eggs you need reputation points as well. the last mission i did was harvest wildflowers, i ended up 5th and got 5 rp. don't know if we get rp if we end up last, but it's definitely safe to say it would be less. for the project you need 300 rp, so that's a lot of missions.
    since the majority of missions go at a point when i'm sleeping or working, i think the chance to finish this task in time is practically 0.
    i would be glad to hear that i'm wrong about this, but if not that's one project you can't do without using gold.
    that's too bad, so if i'm wrong please tell me :)
  • Lil Finebutt2Lil Finebutt2 Posts: 14
    edited 10.03.2013
    You are indeed correct bibike, the missions are not fair by any stretch of the imagination nor are they meant to be, they are set up pressure you into buying gold if you are to have any hope of competing. Even then winning ultimately comes down to who is willing to spend the most gold, again pressuring the player to buy even more gold.

    Sadly every facet of the game is set up this way, the purpose being to pressure everyone, gold-players and non-gold-players alike, into purchasing gold. And in spite of what the moderators might say there are many-many things that you simply cannot do in this game without gold. This is no accident, the developers have and are taking every opportunity to pressure players into buying more and more gold. Basically GGS doesn't care if a non-gold-player is enjoying the game or not, ironically enough it would seem they don't care if gold-players are enjoying it either, thus the purpose of this petition.
  • Katy09112Katy09112 Posts: 22
    edited 10.03.2013
    I don't like cheating either. Heavily using gold sounds like that somehow. Yet temptation exists and we ourselves could surely stand away. Why not? When a player cares the competition too much he/she just got seduced. In this point I agree with the appeal of this thread.

    Yes, GGS develop games for proper revenue, and their staffs need income just like we do. Persuade players to buy gold is fair enough WHEN they really make a GOOD GAME, however this game now does have problems that keep most of the players from enjoy it more.

    Just like their reputation missions...they tend to start in certain time periods in a day. For www@players in some time zones (i.e. UTC+8. yes I'm in Taiwan) will have limited choices. It's another flaw different from the gold using issue.

    Before GGS improve this game and fix the problems, let us ignore the pushes...uh, I mean, enjoy the game in our own way :D
  • ezio auditore3ezio auditore3 Posts: 2,399
    edited 10.03.2013
    guys, seriously your'e starting to turn gg studios into umm.......gg war machine that fuels the whole gg mind control device :S
  • UserSniftybillUserSniftybill Posts: 1
    edited 10.03.2013
    I just enjoy playing the game. I don't have money to put into playing. Why must we buy gold?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited 11.03.2013
    you don't need gold to play this game

    however having/buying gold can help you setting up your farm to run easier
    and more profitable

    when u you play this game purely for a high rank then there is no other way than
    spending a lot of time and loads of real money to get gold

    if you play it just for fun then you will only need gold when you enter a coop that
    wants to do certain recearches but because it's a coop it doesn't have to come from you

    all in all you don't need or have to buy gold you choose to
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited 17.03.2013
    @Fred's post about our ideas being posted: LOL! I was about to make the same comment, as i mentioned somewhere earlier, at other games they even CLOSED the idea section, because they dont do ANYTHING with it anyways. "not currently planned" (that means WILL NEVER HAPPEN) , no ETA (that means YEAH WE THINK ABOUT IT, ehm... no will never happen), and the best one: "hard to implement" (pffft we have to go program something, that means work, ieeuw... e.a. will never happen)
  • edited 17.03.2013
    I just enjoy playing the game. I don't have money to put into playing. Why must we buy gold?

    Well, because the game is a money-making venture for the designers. You don't HAVE to buy gold if you enjoy just dropping in and punching the time clock so to speak and not advancing for a long, long time. You're given enough gold to plunge you into the game but you hit the wall when you go far enough along so that you stall out and it takes
    a long time to keep expanding without gold. You hit needs, like a water tower for example that you can only buy with gold. It cuts the time and expense of producing fertilizer. I reached a point where I had to decide whether I would buy gold or sit in purgatory for weeks, just grinding through the same motions. I bought some....but now, I'm at that place again; be happy just spinning the wheels, buy more gold....or quit the game ?
  • Julie462Julie462 Posts: 5
    edited 17.03.2013
    It is a pity that such a compelling game is spoiled by such 'gold-grabbing'... if it wasn't so bad there wouldn't be so many mods...the gamemakers must be losing out somewhere along the line. We definitely need more cooperation within the co-operative missions; like being able to make partial contributions and perhaps the ability to share resources such as dung, leaves etc. I certainly hope GGS listen and act.

    Mmm...Methinks you may be right, my Lord ;)


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