I have problems with the usless pop-up windows that Inno has added to the newer buildings when collecting also. Why isn't there a opt-out for them, that way those players who want those pop-ups can have them, and the rest of us can get on with playing the game without needless clicking.
Yes! It is super annoying to have to go all the way back into the quest tab to see if the individual task or the quest has completed
A games value is evaluated by it's metrics NOT the game itself. One of the most important metrics is clicks per day per player (much like a website but for a game). Those annoying pop ups are there to jack the clicks per day through the roof and will not be going anywhere. Remember that an investment firm that specializes in game take overs owns 51% + of Inno now and needs to make FoE (It's flagship game) as shiny looking as possible to attract new money and to show at share holder meetings. Ditto for the collapsing menus on both sides of the game. You didn't think this was for us did you lol ?
<big grin> You about summed up how I think too. I actually related to the line above. The changes undo years of dealing with someone else's vision of how things should be laid out on a mobile screen, and we've adapted.
I play only on PC and I have it , wait a bit and you will get to trip all over the popping, sliding mess that Inno is turning the game into.
I’m not an interface designer, let alone a lead, but even I can see this is one of the worst possible fails. Does anyone over there even play the game? I’m not sure who Inno is hiring coming up with this baloney, but I’m available, and I promise I will do better with one eye closed — on the cheap, too!
This is just another example of confirmation bias. MTG has owned a majority share of InnoGames for many years. After acquiring this majority ownership, they implemented the "Aid All" feature which potentially reduced the number of player clicks substantially. Additionally, they implemented the 2K abort limit which also had the potential to reduce clicks. Were player clicks less important, or not important two years ago? I think that you underestimate the FOE development team. Anyone with a lick of common sense knows that the best way to increase the number of player clicks (presuming that it is a critical KPI) is by adding content that players value, not features that are annoying. Examples are GE L5, increased incident spawn rates, increased frequency of events, the daily bonus, to name a few. Personally, I find the reward pop-ups very annoying and feel that continued player pushback is the best approach to having their use curtailed. However, I don't think that their presence is a ham-fisted attempt to inflate player clicks.
That's not what they care about at all - they're targeting two stats: daily active users (DAU), and average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU). It's their goal to get as many active users into the game daily as they can, and also to make as much money off of those players. Assuming you're going to come back and say, well those extra clicks means more active users - that would tank their ARPDAU lol
The collapsing menus don’t drive either of those metrics and only increase the click counts per user per day. I come from a PKI developer background and extrapolated the click count data reason which is important for identifying attacks on the envelope in my field. What metric are they going after with either the collapsing quests and the buff bar ? I say and and not or because of the way they were introduced simultaneously so they appear to be a heads or tails on the same coin scenario. Your response is credible but doesn’t account for the latest changes. They were pushed as improvements but the lack of user input in the decision or development process clearly indicate that user experience was not a concern during either process. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated as the company obviously will be keeping these monstrosities unless the revenue generating user attrition rates cross some threshold that only they know.