Yup! The bigger concern is why are issues from beta hitting live, why weren’t we told about the ads and hobby room before they were tested on live players, and why are the ads allowing malicious content to worm through onto player computers?I will say other games I play the ads are not optional and you must watch to continue playing. I am very happy they are optional. I also like that it is a free way to help support the game as I'm on a very low and fixed income and can only buy 20.00 maybe of real money maybe once or twice a year to say thank you to the devs for keeping my favorite game going. Plus if I don't want to do that I don't have to watch them. I'm not upset at all about this as long as it does stay optional and does not turn into my other game that you have zero choice to watch if you want to keep the game. You made a very good point to people that may not realize this. Thank you for this reminder that this is supporting the game by watching if you choose and would like to.
In this day and age, everyone should know to never click on any ad, watch it if you want but never click on anything!OK, OK. I totally agree with you about the pop-ups being optional. I now just wait out the seconds now.
But, because we received NO information about them and I'm always wanting any "prizes" I can get...the first time it happened I actually clicked on the ad and then followed the instructions and logged onto FB....and all hell broke loose. "Trojans have invaded your computer!!! Do not touch your computer!!! Call this number!!!". Finally got wise and manually shut down my computer.
Over the years, I've come to trust Elvenar stuff completely. In this day and age of us being constantly barraged with spam advertising, I truly didn't think that Inno would stoop this low.
@Flashfyre: geez. didn't mean to upset you THAT much!!!!
small footprint cities are mostly before guest races.... diamond farms and for events and FA's... even spire. If you are a good fighter and want to hit the spire and tourney... some find it easier with a smaller city.What is a small footprint city?
Well... I opened an ad from the builder. First run gave me 15 min. increase seed production. Seconded run sent off an alert and my computer went bonkers. It said it detected a security risk and then it totally blocked me from doing anything. It said somethings in the line of " We have detected a threat to your computers safety. Windows had blocked access. Call Windows to release the block." I tried to get past the message but it just kept popping up. I then shut the computer down for a few minutes and came back. I will NOT open anymore of these if this is what is going on. Either it is an actual threat to my computer security or its a scam to get access to my computer.
In this day and age, everyone should know to never click on any ad, watch it if you want but never click on anything!
Malicious code can be delivered without any clicking now. It's called steganography. The extraneous stuff (payload, URL redirect, etc) can be embedded in the EXIF metadata of the image, stuck to the end of the image file, or whatever, but when loaded, the user will still see a normal image. Steganography itself is not necessarily bad either (like the remote desktop software mentioned above). Just like the internet is itself an unbiased communications protocol and how it's used is up to the people delivering or consuming the content. Some people may use steganography to get messages out while cleverly bypassing censorship and some threat actors may use it to deliver malware.
I have gotten free diamonds 5 times this week just watching the adds. And it takes 5-10 seconds to watch before it gives you the prize. I only hope all the complaining does not result in Inno pulling the ads, because I find them very beneficial.I actually like the Hobby room. Being able to increase production of resources by just watching a quick ad is a plus with me. It is not costing me diamonds or resources and if I do not want to watch the add, I don't need to click on it, or I can use the ad blocker.
i will simply go to customer service and ask for them to delete account. i will not keep going the wrong way this game expects. i pay about $20 a month to play, i will quit and play another game. most REAL GAMES cost less than $20. I have games like wow, FF, LOTRO with maps waiting to be played. This game, i would delete. maybe its the built in play or quit as everything rots in this game. they steal 10% of all you most important items every day...Over the years I have pumped more than enough hard currency into this game and Inno's coffers to put a few of their kids through college. And now they expect us to endure a barrage of 30 second gotta haves. I was contemplating a little down time in the near future but now I'm thinking along the lines of retirement. This down right sucks.
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I'm not sure what "real game" you're referring to. Any Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5 Xbox game typically costs $30+ upfront, but there's no updates or new content. Games like Final Fantasy require you to pay a monthly fee of like $10-$15, but that's required of every player to maintain their game. Ii will simply go to customer service and ask for them to delete account. i will not keep going the wrong way this game expects. i pay about $20 a month to play, i will quit and play another game. most REAL GAMES cost less than $20. I have games like wow, FF, LOTRO with maps waiting to be played. This game, i would delete. maybe its the built in play or quit as everything rots in this game. they steal 10% of all you most important items every day...
No, we are not naïve. The ads are not mandatory and if I ever receive them, they'll just be ignored. I'll still continue purchasing diamonds. The ads won't take over this paying customer, despite how small my monthly contributions are. Would you rather they turn into a game like Final Fantasy where they charge $10-$15 every month? If Inno got their crap together and charged a small monthly fee, would they lose more players than by implementing ads? All factors to consider.again seems folks are a bit niave, ads now are at beach head level and if there's no resistence then they move in, longer and must watch ads will be coming, as inno will get less money from members that have paid to "help" keep (insert word of choice here, ****) like this from being in the game, less people are playing and more are quitting, players should be a bit less pavlovian and stop just accepting what they get when inno rings a bell
So what is your alternative, and exactly what form do you think this resistance is going to/should take? I don't know that anybody is as naive as you seem to think, perhaps some of us are just a bit less jaded. You are not the only one who understands that the ads could become much more intrusive, and most of the comments on here acknowledge that. As the ads are now, I find them unobtrusive and they do not interfere with my game play. If that changes in the future, I will reevaluate. But I have played other games where the ads were much more intrusive.again seems folks are a bit niave, ads now are at beach head level and if there's no resistence then they move in, longer and must watch ads will be coming, as inno will get less money from members that have paid to "help" keep (insert word of choice here, ****) like this from being in the game, less people are playing and more are quitting, players should be a bit less pavlovian and stop just accepting what they get when inno rings a bell
My issue isn't with the ads, my issue is with the issues bleeding from beta to the live server, us not being properly informed of the updates, etc. I find issue with the mistreatment of their customer base.
I definitely hope so! I've loved playing this game, I'm only a year in and reached Ch9 so far. I'd love to keep playing for the long-termI agree that this is frustrating, but I do not believe it is deliberate. It is a product of the significant layoffs they recently executed. Eventually, it will smooth out, as workloads are shifted and/or they recover sufficiently to increase the employee base again.
We are all just going to have to ride out the storm for a little bit! Think of all the poor people who lost their jobs, they are way worse off than us.I definitely hope so! I've loved playing this game, I'm only a year in and reached Ch9 so far. I'd love to keep playing for the long-term
I 1000% feel for those that lost jobs. However, I don't compare people's situations, because people's hardships should not be compared. All we see on the forum is surface level with people. Unless you form a friendship, you have no idea what people are actually going through. (you is generalized, not you specifically).We are all just going to have to ride out the storm for a little bit! Think of all the poor people who lost their jobs, they are way worse off than us.