+1, stopped spending some days ago, too.

Text saved just in case it gets removed - i suggest you post it on reddit, too if you want it to be seen ;-)

Totally agree.

Fusion - events - tournament - shards deals.  All of those are "give us your money" events. What can I actually enjoy in 1.8 and 1.9 without paying for it?  New levels of dungeons, I guess.  If not to mention the drop rates being altered.

Fair enough, they've put on a new fusion. Which is great, and it is a step in the right direction. But I doubt it was planned ahead. More of an "oh, cr*p, they are leaving, we need something quick to stop them". (Ain't that tricky to put one on, hey?)  Although it is a good gesture, it would not make up for the damage done by the Foli fusion. The trust is lost and the community is furious. It would take mounths to re-build rapport with players. Yet, they still carry on with the events and deals as planned.  

Seems like once the "start" button is hit, there is no "abort" one as the damage to the company's reputation is still accumulating, and nothing is done to minimize it. 

Imagine how it was all planned out to be, after 2 months of no updates and 6 months without new content:  a bunch of new weak champs and a money-grabbing fusion, accompanied by ridiculous deals, followed by pointless wallet-bases tournaments. That is it, "the new great content".   And nothing more to it till 1.10.  Which will be out soon™. 

There are only way to stopped them : do not fall in same trap and spending your money. This week they give you special chances to get legendary from void shard you better ignored it. If you enjoy this games keep playing it just for fun. Do not invest too much money on this games. 

ZenZombie said:

The greed of plarium is absolutely disgusting, and I'm disappointed that people keep rewarding this type of behavior.

You sir, you are awesome.

I think it's a most accurate summarization of plarium and current game state.

People are unhappy, but do they care? HA, of course (they not) - JUST GIVE THEM MORE MONIS AND STFU.

Great post.  100% Accurate. 

While this will likely get removed or completely ignored by Plarium, people need to keep getting the word out there.

Sadly, people are starting to learn that Plarium is owned by gambling company now.   They are literally by design and ownership, 100% gambling focused.  They are not a game company in the sense they produce enjoyable content that people can play like other gaming companies do such as Blizzard, Bioware, Take Two, etc.   Those companies are known for building quality and enjoyable games.

Plarium is just putting pretty colors and lights into a gambling machine that will NEVER pay out.

I made a youtube video about some of the serious problems with how plarium has designed their 'game'. The video is slow and not the most concise, but for anyone who's on the fence about whether they should keep playing the game, then for sure give it a watch. For me, it took just 1 day of uninstalling and not playing, after playing daily for 3 months, to realize that the game was severely affecting my mood in a negative way. I would get frustrated out of nowhere for no good reason, and stress continued to build during my time of playing. I'm also someone who experiences migraines regularly, and I only noticed after quitting the game that I had been experiencing migraines more often and with greater severity during my time of playing. It's like having a gambling addiction, but worse because your chances of success are even lower, and don't grant anything of real value in return. I'm thinking of remaking the video to form more concise points and divide it based on key issues (for example, how every single item in the game is made into a form of currency, adding additional silver costs (which is sold for money) to basic functions, like summoning a shard). I just wasn't motivated at all at the time of making the video. But seeing more people realize how much of an issue it is that companies can run like this is motivating enough. Just from text alone, it seems a lot of the players in this post and others are disappointed in their experience, and really the best way to send a message to the company is to simply quit. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcS7vjLm0Ns

Yup, they don’t listen. I sent in a support ticket twice on a game issue only to have them close out the tickets with no response.

I’ve spent money here and there, but have quit. This last “special” with the void shards is a joke. I’m not fallen no for it. For once my common sense is overruling my addiction.

Most of the playerbase is out there enjoying the game. Nobody is forcing you to buy anything. Plenty of F2P players have completed most of the events. If you don't like that they're trying to make money off their game, go try to find a game company that doesn't (Hint: They don't exist, they're all businesses). I saw the previous tournament rewards and decided not to participate. You don't need to complete any of the events or tournaments to get enjoyment out of the game. If you don't enjoy the game, move on to something else.

I can understand frustration, but at the same time, think of how many people it takes to make this game run smoothly, and be as awesome as it is. All those people deserve to be paid. So, I understand that they are trying to make money. Personally, the issue I have, is just that the options in the shop aren't really worth buying. I would definitely be willing to spend around $5-15 a month, but none of the packages really give me what I would want.

If there was something like an unlimited energy for 24 hours that I could time with my XP boosts, that would be totally WORTH. But as it stands now, getting some extra shards, getting some extra gems, not worth. Considering I enjoy this game enough to just continue playing, I can be patient enough to get all of those things over time. But, considering the sheer amount of time it takes to rank up champions to make them viable to see if they are worth investing gear into, its a slooooooooooow depressing crawl whenever I do get a great new champion.

You missed the point, sir.

Its absolutely NOT about greedium trying to make money off their game, not at all.

Its about all the cheap shots, the greed, the scam, the click and bait, the ignorance. 

Im - like most ppl here - totally ok with paying 10-20€ a month IF the game is worth it to support devs.

But you have obviously missed every cheap shot plarium has used in the past to lure ppl in and then fk them up (just a few examples: foli event, steel bowyer nerf + no compensation, all other events which were just a no-fun grind and not at all doable 4 f2p-players, dcs + missing/lost ressources still not fixed, different pricing of same packs to different ppl and so on ...).

FreeGrifter said:

I can understand frustration, but at the same time, think of how many people it takes to make this game run smoothly, and be as awesome as it is. All those people deserve to be paid. So, I understand that they are trying to make money. 

FreeGrifter said:

I can understand frustration

No you dont,

you literally know shiet about plarium and how they threatening their playerbase

lurk more through forum and you will find the proofs that plarium don't give a single fok about anything more than money