04-05-2022, 09:20 PM
The game's economy is a real grind. This goes for non-premium players especially, but many of the things being added to the game in recent times are extravagantly expensive. I can understand wanting to incentivize players to spend money to acquire lump sums of in-game cash, though even this might be getting a little extreme.
The game's economy is complex. It's no big deal to go play a mini-game or two to rent a room for an hour, though it may feel tiresome to have to do it. Clothes are desirable and not often too difficult to grind for, though they can certainly be more work. But some of these things, making their way up to premium items, and then properties, start getting so expensive that players feel like they either need to be working like crazy for it, or to be fortunate enough to find other players who will shower them in cash. The fact of the matter is, no one feels like they're getting enough money through the in-game means to enjoy what they want consistently. You see that this has affects on the player base, including how many players even from low levels are trying to get into exclusively prostituting themselves so they don't have to go through the ridiculously uphill grind of playing mini-games. But of course, for the non-premiums, this is a hard line of work to find success in, so they often just become frustrated that they're poor.
And then there's premium code selling. It's too bad we can't find a better way to put down scamming, but the ability for players to pay each other for codes is not that unlikable. It gives people who don't want to spend real money a way up, and people who want in-game money without working another way to get it. But with how the market currently works, codes often go for upwards of $100k, which is absolutely painful on this grind, no matter what means you have (aside from just having a sugar daddy/mommy).
I'm not really sure what to suggest, but what we have definitely needs work.
The game's economy is complex. It's no big deal to go play a mini-game or two to rent a room for an hour, though it may feel tiresome to have to do it. Clothes are desirable and not often too difficult to grind for, though they can certainly be more work. But some of these things, making their way up to premium items, and then properties, start getting so expensive that players feel like they either need to be working like crazy for it, or to be fortunate enough to find other players who will shower them in cash. The fact of the matter is, no one feels like they're getting enough money through the in-game means to enjoy what they want consistently. You see that this has affects on the player base, including how many players even from low levels are trying to get into exclusively prostituting themselves so they don't have to go through the ridiculously uphill grind of playing mini-games. But of course, for the non-premiums, this is a hard line of work to find success in, so they often just become frustrated that they're poor.
And then there's premium code selling. It's too bad we can't find a better way to put down scamming, but the ability for players to pay each other for codes is not that unlikable. It gives people who don't want to spend real money a way up, and people who want in-game money without working another way to get it. But with how the market currently works, codes often go for upwards of $100k, which is absolutely painful on this grind, no matter what means you have (aside from just having a sugar daddy/mommy).
I'm not really sure what to suggest, but what we have definitely needs work.