The last guild war ended with record breaking numbers for many people, and the top four guilds did incredible numbers.
I offer congratulations first.
Second, I offer this: 1 chance per 3 hours. 168 hours a week = 56 rolls maximum free. 1200 (for simple math) maximum points per chance. That means doing pure max, 67,200 points per player. 32 players in a guild = 2150400
The top four guilds all greatly exceeded that number. This means that people were paying. Guild number 5 did not exceed this number.
This game is 100% pay-to-win.
I'm done with playmage. I play Timeworld, Dreamworld, DragonEra and DragonTear. I'm done.
In my guild, one member did over 1,000,000 by himself. Our guild got 4th. I paid. I paid in previous wars. The problem is, I have paid more for this game than I would for a high quality console game. The guy doing over 1,000,000 had to pay minimum 8500 gems. And his reward? The same as fifth place.
So we lost and now member S is complaining? Rage quit already, right?
Here's the thing, last four guild wars we were close to beating the top three. Less than 100,000 each time with our members paying money. I paid. And I just watched many of my friends pay, tons, for nothing. Because we have less disposable income than the guys in the top 3.
And what about the people below us that obviously don't have as much disposable income? Is it fair we are better than them?
Nope.
See, I didn't spend this round, because I was tired of wasting my money. And I realized that with all the money I have spent on this game, I wasn't even in the top 50% of my guild. I was the second member in this guild, top performer until I stopped paying.
So here's the real takeaway: This game is going to take your money, give you a random chance for nothing in return and then make you suck as soon as you don't dump ludicrous amounts into it.
Playmage, you built superior f2p games. Based on the money you had to have made from the last guild war alone, you have a great business model that obviously works for you. But it is time for your customer base to wake up. I stopped spending and you punished me for it, now I'm not going to play at all.