Matthys wrote:AAFitz wrote:So, right now your a freemium which of course is fine. I assume its partly because you can't play on the weekends. If a 72 hour option was implemented, would you then buy premium, not having to worry about those weekend turns,
AAFitz, not always being able to play over weekends (although I do try), really makes this site something I wouldn't seriously consider paying money to use. I do look forward to every Monday morning's turns and missing any of them over the weekend messes up any and all strategy I have conjured up before. I don't live on the internet, nor do I live to play this game, which I see, purely as a fun break away from a hard day's work, it helps me clear my mind. I will more than likely become a premium member if such* an option is introduced, but I would most probably not play more than 4 or 5 games at a time.
* - the option I'm referring to is however not the 72hour option, albeit the simplest solution, it will make for a very slow game experience overall. But if that's the only solution on the table, I guess I'll take it. I'll probably have to join up to 10 games of that turn length to ensure I have at least a turn or two every weekday.
Well, that was the answer I expected. Certainly just a weekend pass for people is not fair, because the entire term week end is subjective given varying time zones, work weeks etc. By the time you factor those in to be fair, your at 3 or 4 days anyways, and you pretty much might as well make it the rest of the week.
I do like the 48h and 72h, and hell, even a 7 day waiting period for some games. It would be interesting to grab the few players out there that really probably have a lot to add to the game, but simply cant commit to even checking every day.
It would be a smaller number of people playing them, but I do think it would definitely add a few players....would it be justified? thats hard to say really.
You should keep in mind though, I would still expect most in a 72 hour game to actually be playing every 24 hours or so. It would really probably only be once in a while that a player took the whole three days. It would be more of a build game that came onto the radar every once in a while.
Also, with a 72 hour option, you could easily buy premium, and play multiple games, and not increase your real game load by that much, because it would be more rare to have all the games be at your turn at the same time.
The idea for every suggestion has to on some level be based on gaining new paying members. Its the only viable way to keep CC growing, and insure it can be updated with such features, so features just aimed to make it better for freemiums, without really increasing the likely hood that they might actually buy a premium, simply cant be prioritized in my opinion.