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Next steps with Mobile Video Ads (Feedback thread)

Roby the Constant

Roby the Constant

New Member
Add me to the list of those who don't play games with ads. Fortunately, I don't have to deal with it much right now since I play mostly on PC, and when I'm on mobile I am careful not to click on those icons. But if this comes to PC also, I'll be gone. And I would be willing to bet there will be a mass exodus of long-time players. Go after the young players with this strategy if you want; they are a lot less likely to remain loyal.
 

The Burninator

New Member
I've been playing this game on mobile for over 7yrs. It was one of the last places I could go for ad free mobile gaming, where it was just about playing and escapism. I'd even pay a few bucks for diamonds to help me through a special event from time to time.

The new ads are terrible. I've got prompts to click on adds all over my screen. I constantly hit them by mistake and have to close out. The two I've watched (I actually gave them a try) were terrible. 30sec+ ads that kept taking you to a new screen where an ad would continue to play while waiting for the "X" to load so you could get out of the darn thing.

The new ads you're rolling out are frustrating, and make me want to play the game less and less each time it pops up. Please, I understand the need to make money but this is too much, it just feels wrong.
 

SomePlayer5000

Active Member
Inno should think again about this decision. players pay during gameplay and they decide to step up their monetization further with video ads which no one likes AT ALL in a mobile game. I dont like where this is going. They already have a decent source of income from their game.
mellofax said:
Dear Kings and Queens,

Please leave any feedback for our announcement Next steps with Mobile Video Ads below. Please keep it constructive so we can pass along your thoughts. Thanks!

Your forge of Empires team
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calladia1

calladia1

New Member
Tarcotti said:
Please don’t turn FOE into one of those many many mobile games that gets interrupted by ads every 5 minutes. Those are just junk. Inno is better than that. And speaking of which…why is FOE plus so expensive? Most games pay to play are just $5-$10 a month anyway. I’d pay $5 a month.
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Exactly! They put the price point so high that it's just unreachable for so many of us. What would be better 100,000 people paying $30 a month or 3 million people paying $5 a month? I mean why don't you also make the diamond packages more affordable? You put them on sale but it's rare and more people would give you money if you offered things at a lower price point. I agree with someone else who mentioned the business model being off, I totally agree with that.
 
Xenosaur

Xenosaur

Well-Known Member
Dear Inno.

First a little succinct vitriol to vent some stress....

Boo on this. Seriously.

I'm NOT (NOT) watching a 30+ second video advertisement multiple times a day to get 5% more attack from your new tavern tab. You've chosen to make that my nuisance first screen when I see who's sitting @ my table. I wasn't even doing this seriously (other than a novelty to try it...) when it was FREE for me to try. This will FLOP badly and as you can see - it sends a really bad message.

What are you guys smoking?

If you want to tightly unite a player point of view on this forum - seems you've succeeded.

We hate the idea.

Tactically - with the "adaptive" nature and re-tooling of your new FoE WAR AI - 5% attack boost is mathematically and intellectually "relevant", but practically - isn't of any value. Where people have taken their attack boost in this game, 50% might not be of much value either. That new AI has that all figured out, for sure.

So net-net: It's darn insulting. We sell 5% boost potions to the Auction dealer, why on EARTH do you think we'd pay for them with our time? We're NOT even using them when they're offered for FREE!! And the rest of the stuff you're offering with the 5% attack boost - LESS than worthless. Building time compression? Defense boost? Gee - hope someone attacks me in that 4 hour window, right?

The entire package is ludicrously HOLLOW.

If you want to monetize the game, do so. Give people something of value for their time and they might warm to helping you. The decision to give nothing and ask for more isn't fitting for a corporate position.

You guys really need your game strategists, product and program managers, decision makers and bean counters - to play the game you've built, and have been offering for 10 years.
 
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calladia1

calladia1

New Member
Still looking for the replies that say this is such a great idea thanks Inno! Am I missing something? It just seems like nobody wants this no one. You have probably thousands upon thousands of players that aren't even registered in the forum, they don't care enough to post but those are also the people that won't care enough to spend money. I've been playing 8 years and I buy diamonds but that will stop if I'm forced to watch ads. In fact I think that my game will stop. I move through ages incredibly slowly because I enjoy thoroughly becoming strong in each age maxing out what's available in each age. Wallet warriors are already there passing me in ages as they age up incredibly weak cities. But those people are not your core customers! Those people burn out because they don't have anywhere to go once they bought everything.

You put the price point so high that it's just unreachable for so many of us. What would be better 100,000 people paying $30 a month or 3 million people paying $5 a month? I mean why don't you also make the diamond packages more affordable? You put them on sale but it's rare and more people would give you money if you offered things at a lower price point. I agree with someone else who mentioned the business model being off, I totally agree with that.

But I think you should just cut to the chase and have porn ads... that's where the real money is right? Why prostitute this game so many of us love...really love? Just be out loud with it. In fact, make one whole world $50 a month and you can build brothels and trap houses and drug kingpins, link to porn sites, offer sex chat etc

Then you can leave us ALONE!
 
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Cuddlebugz

New Member
I've been playing this game for over 2 years now. I'd like to share my thoughts because I am reaching a point of frustration.

Forge Plus: $29.99 for 28 days is a bit excessive for only 1 city. At a minimum, it should be a full month, 30 days. A better idea would be to increase it to $49.99 and have it apply to all of a player's cities... so make it account wide. I'd pay for that. But I am not going to pay $29.99 for all 4 of my cities... that's over $100/mo to play this game. I'll give the game up before I do that. The Forge Plus package doesn't even provide forge points. I also purchase diamond packages here and there. I should not have to see ads across any of my cities because I do spend quantifiable dollar amounts. It's absurd. I am beginning to feel nickel and dimed. It would be one thing if this game was without bugs that never seem to be fixed, but that is not the case here.

These video ads are too long and disrupt gameplay and make me want to go play something else. Why should I pay for this game at all if portions of the game are not ad free?

I would reconsider this strategy. For those that don't spend an average of $50 a month? Perhaps. You do have to make some revenue, I get that. But I average more than that. Given that is the case, I don't think I should have to do any more and if I keep feeling like this, given the state of the economy, I'll go elsewhere for my gaming wants.

These are just my thoughts and my 2 cents, for what it's worth.

Thank you
 

BOTNameError

New Member
- Add the ability to completely remove all ads as well as features associated with those ads on both mobile and PC.
Make it easy to access the selection and don't display the features if the view advertisements selection is disabled.
- Add the ability to request all personal data be deleted from INNO's servers in compliance with GDPR and provide a proper verification method once ALL personal data has been deleted.

Great decision making INNO, you're awesome at killing the fun of the game!
 

honey55

Active Member
If I count right, I have ads on 4 incidents, 3 for aiding, 1 for a quest, send 1 for the tavern. You really think I'm going to spend the time to watch 9 ads for such minimal rewards. The only reward before today that was good at all was aiding but I aid those who aid me, so some from all 3 areas, hood, guild and friends. That's 3 ads (the ones I tried back at the beginning were quite annoying and long). I can aid from the town hall faster. It is easy to ignore the aid ads. The incident ads are slightly annoying. The quest ad is easy for me to ignore. However the tavern ad is terribly annoying. And you don't even get anything worth watching it for. Add to that, browser players get all the benefits without watching one ad. Makes me feel like you hate mobile players. Bad enough we are excluded from gvg. Also changing troops and doing recurring quests are more annoying. Maybe this castle reward will be worth it. I don't have internet or I'd go on once a day on the laptop and clear the ads but since I can't do this at home, it isn't doable.
 
Sharmon the Impaler

Sharmon the Impaler

Well-Known Member
Inno actually thinks that their primary revenue base is minors not adults by the way they are handling this. Typical air gapped management getting fed info from a monthly bean counter report. This is a capitalist game but they aren’t playing by capitalist rules and like so many others will learn what happens when the greed butts heads with the customers. The money always wins.
 

King Of Malevolence

Member
I have spend over thousands of dollars on forge of empires to make my city one of the best in the game with over 3000% attack. However, if I have to watch ADs on PC, I will never play it again. You are getting too greedy and desperate and you are not thinking about the player base that actually makes your company run. INNO will die very quickly if you don't remove this stupid AD idea, and you will lose many of your most active top players forever. I will not sit there and watch a stupid AD while I'm fighting in GVG or GBG, it's petty and an embarrassment of my time. I play forge of empires to have fun not to be hassled by a greedy corporation and advertisements every 2 seconds. Many developers try to change the game for the "Best" but actually always end up screwing up and ruining the game, I've seen many games go down, and this BY FAR will be the most hilarious and saddest one to watch. Make some updates the players want and not just YOU want, and actually care for your players instead of just the money you make off of them. I will not pay a monthly fee to this game and I will absolutely not watch an AD.
 
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