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Construction Slot Rental: A criticism

TestdummmyTestdummmy Posts: 5
"Suggestions, praise & criticism"... today is a criticism on the rental slot description . . .

In my desire to speed up construction I thought the extra (rental) slot enabled me concurrent construction capabilities. . . (this business of waiting so many hours is not unlike having a dull pencil slowly pushed into my left ear...)

My criticism? I only found ONE place that actually said "Build Consecutively". Players with 10 or less functioning brain cells can easily see "CONxxxxxxLY" and fall into the same conundrum I have with thinking "Build Concurrently".

By simply saying "Build Consecutively (one building after another)" would have solved that problem AND saved me 680 rubies AND saved me frustration AND saved both me & you time (me writing this post and you reading it).
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  • edited 16.12.2012
    Wait, is this you admiting you didn't read it properly or that you have less than 10 brain cells?
  • TestdummmyTestdummmy Posts: 5
    edited 16.12.2012
    Well, both actually.
    But keep in mind the criticism also includes (at no additional charge, mind you) a suggestion to add a four-word clarifying description to the term "CONSECUTIVE". It would help those of us w/ a finite amount of brain cells from accidentally "seeing" CONCURRENT, which of course is about as different as a capitalist and a communist.

    I'm really believing I can not be the only one that has made this initial blunder.
  • EAH123EAH123 Posts: 127
    edited 16.12.2012
    So what exactly happened wrong to you?
  • TestdummmyTestdummmy Posts: 5
    edited 16.12.2012
    I'm simply saying that I wouldn't have spent 680 rubies on "consecutive" building option ... that I spent those rubies thinking I was getting concurrent construction capabilities. Why did I think that? Because I read the dinky-ass description too fast. The game didn't deceive or dupe me, BUT if the description had included a few extra words as clarification, I would have realized "oh oh conSECUTive.. not conCURRENT... got it". Hence, its a criticism, but not a customer complaint.
  • Ante55Ante55 Posts: 1,156
    edited 16.12.2012
    EAH123 wrote: »
    So what exactly happened wrong to you?

    Good question

    Also if you felt unsure about the construction slot why didn't you just ask the forums? It doesn't matter how silly or stupid it is because i was once about to ask if you could plunder rubies from RBCs
  • TestdummmyTestdummmy Posts: 5
    edited 16.12.2012
    Ante55 wrote: »
    Good question

    Also if you felt unsure about the construction slot why didn't you just ask the forums? It doesn't matter how silly or stupid it is because i was once about to ask if you could plunder rubies from RBCs

    -Let's see if I can break this down so its crystal clear:

    1. At no point in my thread did I mention anything remotely close to "I was confused". One word misinterpretation. However- perhaps you read all of this quickly- and jumped to the wrong conclusion... which is my entire point of original criticism. Its much akin to when you go to delete a folder on a PC, there's an additional clarifier "Are you sure you want to move this folder to the recycle bin?" It simply a second statement to add clarity to the first.

    2. This continued focus on what was NOT the issue sort of underscores just how valuable... or invaluable, this particular "critique" forum subject really is.

    3. My next step will be to search the forum to find out "how to delete an original post since its a pointless exercise". I'll go to the forum for input here- since yes.. I'm unclear on how to remove a post.

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  • J.I. Joe2J.I. Joe2 Posts: 563
    edited 16.12.2012
    Testdummmy wrote: »
    "Suggestions, praise & criticism"... today is a criticism on the rental slot description . . .

    In my desire to speed up construction I thought the extra (rental) slot enabled me concurrent construction capabilities. . . (this business of waiting so many hours is not unlike having a dull pencil slowly pushed into my left ear...)

    My criticism? I only found ONE place that actually said "Build Consecutively". Players with 10 or less functioning brain cells can easily see "CONxxxxxxLY" and fall into the same conundrum I have with thinking "Build Concurrently".

    By simply saying "Build Consecutively (one building after another)" would have solved that problem AND saved me 680 rubies AND saved me frustration AND saved both me & you time (me writing this post and you reading it).

    Everyone does this mistake the first time. I do suggest the solution you have suggested, which is adding those 4 words "one building after another".
    Although ultimately, why do you believe GGS did not change the wording? The official reason is that it is worded professionally with the accurate words. Although in the reality, the real reason behind this is that they are making more money through those purchases. They are well aware that everyone makes this mistake the first time, there's been countless threads about this since the beginning of the game, it is probably the most recurring critic they get.

    Although, that 2nd, and even 3rd slot, is really usefull when needing to speed things up, excellent while you're away to work/sleep/etc. At higher levels, the 3rd becomes obsolete as the waiting time for structures to build become ridiculously long, but the 2nd slot still manages to start the construction of an additional building while you're away and/or asleep.
    Still an excellent purchase if you want to get things moving faster and you have the means of purchasing it.
    I just wish they added it in the premium packages. It's the only thing missing really.

    Edit: Fixed a lot of typos.
  • TestdummmyTestdummmy Posts: 5
    edited 17.12.2012
    JI Joe- your point is well taken. Provides a quick reminder that, behind the scenes of a "game" is really a business, driven by the need to make profit. The fact you provided that this actually HAS been a recurring error (technically on the player's behalf), but well known to the development team speaks (imo) to their sense of fair play.

    I will be very careful on how I spend my remaining rubies, and more hesitant in deciding to replenish said rubies.

    Thanks for that insight.
  • BlaiseFighterBlaiseFighter Posts: 74
    edited 17.12.2012
    yeah i actually went to rent this slot mere minutes ago but saw that with the recruiting of soldiers that they were done one after the other and put two and two together and figured out that the same would be for buildings so it a waste of rubies
  • edited 17.12.2012
    It's not a waste of rubies u guys, it really helps speed the building up.

    Imagine you only had one recruitment slot? Wouldn't it be a lot slower?

    And if you say no well it is.

    They a had a bug a while ago that only gave us 1 recruitment slot and it slowed it down a lot.
  • R0b StarkR0b Stark Posts: 1
    edited 09.01.2013
    So once this is purchased....does it work for all your outposts as well? or would there have to be a separate slot purchase for each individual castle and outpost?
  • EPICJ0SHEPICJ0SH Posts: 63
    edited 10.01.2013
    R0b Stark wrote: »
    So once this is purchased....does it work for all your outposts as well? or would there have to be a separate slot purchase for each individual castle and outpost?

    yes, it works for all your castles and outposts (including your castles in the 3 other kingdoms and the thorn king event camp)

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