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I am fine with 'referral events' that have some form of gain for trying to boost up the population of a game within a limited time frame. Say only for the month of October each referral you do you get X and each 10 gets you Y.
I tend to not like permanent referral bonus systems because I feel if the game is good, it naturally will spread/get referred. But on the other hand I do understand that Ray's trying to push popularity of his game up to I feel the level of like Adventure Capitalist, and having a referral event/campaign would be a possible manner in going towards that goal.
I don't feel that Ray's being all p2w currently, but there have been a concerning number of people who have invested into the game and, i feel, are trying to cash in on their 'support' by having very notable royalty status within the game. My hope is Ray keeps a ton of his original views for how the game expands with the new game modes, as they were all very refreshing ideas.
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In general I'm against referrals for the same reasons of it just becoming a huge spam contest. But I do like the refer a friend and both get bonuses type of thing when it's limited to just a few people. For instance once a month you get a code, give it to a friend then it links you and them. They get something free for starting, and then after they hit certain levels you get free stuff also. Key is it's just a person or two that you are focusing on, not just spamming the entire world.
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I'm OK I guess with referrals, though I wouldn't participate.. I agree that referral games often mean medicore games.
That said, as long as the referral prize is just something you can get anyway (diamonds, say), it's no big deal.
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One technique that I have seen work to a limited extent involves making a well designed forum signature that people can tack onto their posts when they interact elsewhere on the web. A brief character summary level/points/rank etc. with a link that takes someone to the signup page tends to come across a little less sleazy than a direct advertising link.
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While it can be done in a better way and such and can be lowered the fact for me remains that it gives the game a bad rep all over the web. Which is something that should be avoided at all costs. Already I have talked with other idle game players that refuse to touch it due to the nature of p2w aspects in the game.
Im not against supporting games and I have also supported this one but using both unlimited cashing and referals is for alot of people = wont even touch it. Myself included
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(09-24-2015, 05:58 PM)Zakariaz Wrote: While it can be done in a better way and such and can be lowered the fact for me remains that it gives the game a bad rep all over the web. Which is something that should be avoided at all costs. Already I have talked with other idle game players that refuse to touch it due to the nature of p2w aspects in the game.
Im not against supporting games and I have also supported this one but using both unlimited cashing and referals is for alot of people = wont even touch it. Myself included
I agree 100% with Zakariaz here. Don't get me wrong, I've dumped a decent bit into IOU, but the more it becomes p2w the less I feel interested in dumping more in. Referral spam gives horrible press for games, and this game deserves FAR better. Just the two cents of an avid player, take it with a grain of salt.
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I do the same with referral games, I tend to avoid them. Sometimes I check them out, but every game I went to because someone referred me, I only have ever played at most one month(not in total time just an hour or 2 a day for a month).