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Criticism: Gold use
kbahr007 (US1)
US1 Posts: 1,841
Some things to think about, if you have had had pranks used on you during missions think how it feels, it is the same as when players see other competitors get outrageous amounts of products during missions and win simply because they can buy wins.
Secondly. If GGS would simply fix this, then there would be no problem
Finally, when pranks are used on you, think how players that are lower level feel when you use gold to win when they have been doing the best they could and have a possible win taken away from them
It is as simple as that.
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Here are some examples of gold being used to benefit a person in missions:
- buying library books to increase harvests of particular items. Are you suggesting that everyone with a library of a certain size should be pranked?
- using aids such as seaweed feed or humus. Some seaweed is given free by the game, but it can also be purchased with gold. Can you tell who is using weed they got as rewards and who has bought it with gold? Or do you feel everyone using seaweed should be pranked?
- even use of gold purchases such as the Water Tower or fertile fields can benefit people in missions because those items allow people to put more production facilities on their farms. Should everyone with a Water Tower or fertile field be pranked?
If you're going to target everyone who has ever used gold to benefit them in missions, you're going to be spending a lot of gold on pranks.
Then there's also the small point that people who are heavy gold users can certainly afford pranks themselves. And probably have friends who could afford to buy pranks. I have seen farms covered in pranks from members of a co-op who were retaliating for a prank placed on someone's farm. Do you seriously want to get into that?
It's your choice, of course, but really I think there are better ways to use your own gold.
While I was typing, you edited your post & added the part quoted above. I just want to respond that it isn't necessarily the higher level players who are using the most gold in missions. I am a higher level player, and the most gold spending I've seen in missions during this co-op challenge has been done by players level 60-something who were obviously doing a lot of gold pushing to try to win the mission against higher level farms. I don't get upset about that - I understand them wanting to win, and if they want to use gold, they're supporting the game. Probably the reason they are being paired up with higher-level players is because they do so much gold pushing to increase their harvests. But in the end, it comes down to player choice. Should I be upset when my farm, which I have worked hard & spent a lot of time and money building up, gets beaten in an egg mission by a lower level player with 2 chickens, a duck & a pocketful of gold? I laugh and carry on. It's just a game!
-Y
Sounded that way to me...... "I suggest a new tactic against you" .............."If you do not like them being used on you then stop using gold." .... I just don`t think it would affect them at all, though it might start a prank war like Pingo said.
Yes I understand how you got that. But consider his statement from the POV of a non-gold user. Pranks cost gold!
-Y
Edit> And this... though again my tech savvy fails me....
"I have a solution to this. Stop caring about winning. When I play, I lower the screen and have no idea how I am doing until the end results come up. I am not playing to win. I am playing for rep points. I get some no matter what. I think it is funny to see someone who is obviously spending a ton of gold to win a mission. It is just a mission, not a life or death situation. Because of gold use, the silly rankings are not a statement of your worth or ability as a virtual farmer. Play however you like, just keep it in perspective " -- Moonshine1962
I'm not against using gold on missions though, everybody should decide that for themselves. Ofcourse I'll mutter a bit to myself, but that's it. I turn my farm full factory during championships and I work hard. If others want to use gold, their choice. I'm not bitter about it.
Yo GGS hasta eat to there skippy...8|Instead of complaining you should thank the gold users because of them the game is free to play.
Your analogy compares gold users to cheats, which is incorrect, because gold use is part of the game & not a form of cheating. I could just as easily use the analogy of a major league sports team with huge sponsors that could afford better players/trainers/facilities & another team with less money feeling that was unfair, they would not make sponsorship illegal.
You have quite a large library and garage...is that unfair to lower levels?
BTW: If anyone wishes to prank me, please do. I could use the karma points to buy gifts for my friends.
And if you consider using gold cheating, then what about all those fertile fields you bought with gold, and all the library books? Why would thát not be cheating, and speeding up something a little bit because your timing is off suddenly is cheating? Or speeding something up because it helps you win? Why is that cheating in your eyes and buying all those fertile fields and library books not?
Gold use is part of missions. No one forces you to use any and no one is being rude to you by using it.
Quite obviously, using gold in missions is NOT cheating. What I would like to know is how do you know they are using gold vs purple humus/feed? I won a WF mission, during the last CC, by using some purple humus I'd acquired (not bought..received as rewards). I planted special WF seeds, humus, harvest, over and over.
Pranks are legal, and can be used at any time, but I'd be careful using them during a CC. Your farm may be paralyzed. And, as I said above, you have no way of knowing if the player is using gold or purple humus/feed.
By the way, I see a lot of fertile fields and quite a big library. Definitely gives you a 'gold' advantage over someone who doesn't/can't buy.