Regarding Referals

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(09-24-2015, 06:48 AM)Zakariaz Wrote: So just read the new dev blog and I must say it made me relax regarding the future of the game to some extend.

Only 1 thing that made me sad when Ray mentioned referals. As a gamer I usually make it a point to avoid games that rewards people for referals like the plague.
I will refer people to the game if I feel liek they would enjoy it and because I like the game.

As soon as people start being rewarded for it they have a tendency to spam their refer links in every gaming forum imaginable. Resulting in some new players yes but alot more being annoyed by it and by association the game.

Ray my opinion is that it is a system you should avoid using especially on fb. decent short term gains but overall it will make your game just another annoying spammer.


Feel free to disagree discuss etc below

  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).
The lest I have played a game like that an hour.

There are some games with referrals that don't give you any real bonus, just an example: some gold or other common things you get in game everyday.

As long as the bonus you get from referring someone to the game isn't big (makes me feel like I have to start bugging my friends to get them to play, so I can stay competitive), I'm okay with it.
I have already told many people about IOU, are they playing I don't know but I did so on my own and without reward.

I'm not for or against referrals, but if they get big rewards then I well be against such a system.