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Rare Ships ???
TrinityofMarseille
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Recently Papaya had an event that if u spent a certain amount of money on UWC you would receive new and rare ships. One of the ships I was awarded was the Refitted Susan Constant. So I thought cool I am the proud holder of this limited (rare) ship. Then to my amazement I see these ships being advertised being sold on the Merchant chat, I thought ok some of the winners don't need the ship, and are selling them. Then I learn that to this day, they are still being given away in tickets form. How is this a rare ship ?? If it was a rare it isn't anymore. For all the people that spent their high dollar amounts to get these advertised rare ships, it is quite a let down that they are rare no longer. This doesn't instill much confidence for me in papaya at all. I spend thousands, yes thousands of dollars here, and I expect papaya to do what it advertises. Those ships that were awarded should have stayed solely given to those who won them, period. Not sold in ticket form so papaya can squeeze more money out of them. I would like an explanation, and compensation for falsely advertising a ship that was going to remain rare. At this point I'm finding it hard to have the confidence in papaya play to invest any more money in a game they represent. As far as I'm concerned we were already lied to once for the reason they erased our accounts. (to make money) And now the rare ships continue to be sold (to make money). Im going to give all at papaya a word of advice, respect your player base and do what you advertise, because without our thousands to fuel your furnace, your flames gonna go out. I respectfully wait your reply to this post.
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Papaya have sold an item to a customer for a high dollar price on the promise it is 'Rare'. Then they have made the item readily available to everyone.
What does it achieve?
The customer feels betrayed and let down. She also feels stupid because she has allowed herself to be duped so easily.
A business just cannot do that to it's customers. It undermines the goodwill.
On top of that it's ethically wrong. It's the breaking of a promise.
Whether or not it's good for newcomers is totally beside the point.
@TrinityofMarseille Although i empathize with you, you need to know that those ships wern't exclusive. Let me give you another example...
Back at the server start there was a contest for 'first to level 60'. The first 5 people to reach it got 'rare' items. In maritime top 5 got black rong fu armor. This is the top cannon armor in the game and gives huge advantage to those that use it. So here we are a year later and if those 5 armors were (if those players are even still playing) the only ones on the server, they would be unbalance in the game. Personally I'd be more pissed if they never released them again for others to get chance to get. As new players enter the game there must be a chance to get or why bother even playing if all the top items were 'exclusive'. No player would join as the game would be to unbalanced. I missed it when it was released in the cove but atleast theres more copies on the game now that i have chance to buy if I ever need.
- CS items should have a well balanced / well thought out advantage over non-owning players, not disadvantaging them.
- CS items with a rare status should be rare because they are "nice to have" items, NOT "be way to OP" items. (Prestige status)
Flo!
I feel sorry for PO already spent several thousands just within the first year. I spent the similar amount on OGP but through many years. I eventually learnt that the more I spent, the less I appreciate the game content. It was a big mistake.
A few dozen dollars per month is considered healthy, but any extravagant amount above that would simply kill the game, yes, kill. Because it gives the host a unsustainable mirage of profit guidence, and encourage them further on releasing overpower stuff.
Items like SSIP are supposed to be obtainable from milestone quests such as discovering xanadu, or communal activities such as battle tournament (is there one with papaya?) and premium store is supposed to be a convenience option. Same as a lot of premium ship parts. Ships should be rewarded as people reach certain premium VIP grade. Lottery awards are supposed to be just additional spice on top, not the main staple.
Oh well, i hope whatever marketing strategy Papaya adopts doesnt get themselves bankrupted.