Honestly, I don't know if they're putting more or less than 1.9, because I don't care. I play in a guild by myself most of the time and am camped in FE so most, if not all, of my FP collection each day goes to whichever GB I'm currently working on. Other players from the hood and my friends list usually donate very large amounts once I have gotten it to a lockable stage. Whether they're profiting or just breaking even from their donation is immaterial to me. Also, my attack boosts and FP/goods/etc. production are completely fulfilling my needs and enabling me to complete every event, finish GE64 every week, reach 100,000 points in PVP Arena each month, take what I want from GBG, and so on. My GBs are not on any schedule, and I frequently switch my priorities based on how I feel at any particular point in time. No point at all in sweating on how long it takes to add gravy to the meal.
New players don't know what 1.9 is, these are the people that tend to actually need prints.
I am not worried about spending more fps by not using these threads. All it would get me is a pointless stockpile of fps and more bps gathering dust in my inventory. I have built all the GBs that I want, some to target level and I am in no rush for the rest. So far, I have had my GBs in that level range during the same time some others on my friends list did and we all made profits while helping each other gain the prints to level past that point.
Do you believe this is the way everyone should play the game?Honestly, I don't know if they're putting more or less than 1.9, because I don't care. I play in a guild by myself most of the time and am camped in FE so most, if not all, of my FP collection each day goes to whichever GB I'm currently working on. Other players from the hood and my friends list usually donate very large amounts once I have gotten it to a lockable stage. Whether they're profiting or just breaking even from their donation is immaterial to me. Also, my attack boosts and FP/goods/etc. production are completely fulfilling my needs and enabling me to complete every event, finish GE64 every week, reach 100,000 points in PVP Arena each month, take what I want from GBG, and so on. My GBs are not on any schedule, and I frequently switch my priorities based on how I feel at any particular point in time. No point at all in sweating on how long it takes to add gravy to the meal.
Bottom line for me is that I'm here to enjoy the game experience. I worked for decades and am now retired and do not wish to spend my leisure time working at a game. If I want to work again, there are plenty of Help Wanted signs around town where I'd get paid for working. Inno, as nice as they are, do not pay me to play this game.
That is not what JBG is saying at all. He is simply pointing out his take on 1.9 and levelling GBs in general. It is his opinion. How he chooses to play and level his GBs is up to him. When I played in a small guild with a load of newbie members. (And on occasion in solo guilds) I was happy to get regular snipers on my GBs. now I play in a large guild and do my best to protect my GBs against snipers. But whatever size or type of guild I was in I sniped every chance I got. The strategy I used decided on how I was playing the game. Am sure if JBG decided to change his game play and get into a big full on war guild his strategy would change. He has played the game long enough to know what strategy works best for himin any given situation. For myself I do not give 2 hoots about the math of 1.9 or anything else game related. If I get stuck my strategy is to ask a friend who does like getting their head round it to sort it out for me.
Look, dude, I was originally responding to a post that made a blanket statement that I know for a fact is not necessarily true. So I pointed out my case where it isn't true as an example. Please show me where I said that this is the way everyone should play the game. I'll wait.
I have found that asking such a person politely to please finish the 1.9 spot usually results in them finishing the 1.9 spot.
Not me. I never "finish" a 1.9 spot, because that is a player construct and not a game mechanic. If a player has a spot that can be locked for less than 1.9, that's on them, as many people have pointed out on the Forum. No player is ever obligated to acquiesce to such a request. Consequences may follow, as @Emberguard points out, but in my opinion they are not much of a friend if they expect you to unnecessarily spend FP just so they don't have to.
I actually did give the requestor the extra points because I was trying to be nice to a friend. But then I got berated by the requestor because I should have known he was running 1.9 thread.
After getting that last nastygram, I did exactly that - I unfriended him. When giving forge points to someone results in a nasty extortion process, that's not a friendly action.
Unless you are sniping your neighbors you should ALWAYS give 1.9 to your guildmates and friends. If you are my friend and you snipe...you get removed.
Unless I'm participating in a 1.9 thread (which I don't) or feeling generous (which I sometimes do with friends, but never neighbors), I'm going to lock spots for the minimum. And if you are my friend and ask/demand that I donate more, you get removed. And I won't miss you, either.
Not always the case. I have people on my FL who are there because they want to be sniped. It is how the raise their GBs. they get people to snipe spots 1, 2 and even 3. then put them on their guild swap threads so low members in the guild they are in then get the spots they can afford. That way their GBs are costing them next to nothing to level up.
I have a a bunch of friends that I snipe daily. Why? Because they are self levelers like myself. Some of them snipe me as well so we are all good with it. I usually prime my buildings at around 1.8 to give a little bonus to donators with level 80 or higher Arcs. I feel this encourages donations and so far my buildings are leveling fairly quickly.
Apparently. I actually tell people not to put 1.9 on my GB if it can be locked for less. Many do it anyway, but that's their decision. I never expect friends, guild mates, or even neighbors to put more on my GB than what it takes to lock the spot. To me, that's being unfair to them. You can play this game cutthroat (like demanding 1.9 when it isn't necessary), or you can play it nice. I choose nice...mostly.