Boycott the next Gold Rush event

EKW514

If the top 50 posses boycotted the next Gold Rush event, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't see it ever again.

What do you posse leaders say? Don't let egos get in the way of a clear message to CPW, the Gold Rush event isn't an improvement to this great game.

TXP_Charlie

I didn't mind the Gold rush as much as many others does... What I am bothered by and would join the boycott in that if we're going to have events 24/7, cattle then, gold rush, the game will turn into a job if we're to boot need to get 3.5 mill 2 times a week? ( it just sounded like it, not confirmed yet)
And of course the great lack of steel, great lack of card space.

Yeah, this game suddenly became a chore and stressful

Frag

We are in for boycotting. 420Raiderz. They messed up with doc cards. I didn't pay for them but they sure affected me anyway. And then to play two gold rush events in a row is a blatant lie. The whole posse used up their miner cards then saved up cowbells. Now we got valuable camp space used up with cards we can't use for two weeks? It's ridiculous. This game is going down hill fast...

I think all posses should be in for the simple fact of what they did for the doc cards and then not doing cattle battle after that is what was announced.

texfromsaigon

zero posted on facebook that all hang em players will sit out unless its a cattle battle. if he means it that is a great start to getting something to happen. Im talking to my posse to see if we can close ranks with the enemy (hang em lol) and sit out as well

Frag

Internet revolution! Love it lol

But seriously! Not a dime for them this event. Let's play the free part of the game. If you say it's cattle battle then it's cattle battle.

Oblio

I got the impression that the plan was to have one event a week, alternating between Gold Rush and Cattle Battle events.

I don't expect the Dr. Waltz 'balancing' will be reversed, but I expect some major tweaking of the Gold Rush event if it is repeated in 2 weeks.

Xanthippus

Nothing wrong with this idea, but boycotting the diamond store would probably send an even stronger message, especially if it was a large number of high-achieving players who are regularly putting down a lot more cash than the average player.

Trever

I'm in for a boycott. But I don't spend money on this game but maybe. Sorry if some do and got burned for it. That's not right CPW.

Frag

It isn't just about those who spend. Games need players to make money with in app purchases as well as advertisement. Even if a player doesn't spend these guys still need players to make a game successful. Some spend and are ok with that. And the devs needs that.

A boycott would just show them no one appreciates them changing their announcement about this week being cattle battle. Not to mention the doc cards...

If no one plays no one buys. If no one buys then no one makes money. Gotta respect the players that make this game what it is.

Trever

Frag - your like the little old wise man. Lmao. I see what you mean. Thanks

Gazza

I have no real evidence but my experience is that high level players aren't the ones buying diamonds.

By the time you have 5 trains opened up, your 80 battle points and camps maxed out you have no shortage of troops, gold or goods, especially if your posse points is 100k plus, and while steel is still in short supply you only need it for troop upgrades.

When discussed in posse chat no one at the higher levels admits to buying diamonds anymore, and I recall that about 12 months ago admitting to buying diamonds labeled you as a cheat! Personally I just bought some diamonds to improve my chances of getting Rangers (one of the troops I never collected as I didn't feel I needed them ... until now!) and before that, the last time I bought diamonds was when I was trying to get from 3 trains to 5 ...

My point ... while top players and posses boycotting the next event sends a strong message it may not hit CPW where it hurts ... On the other hand it might be nice to let some other posses onto the leaderboard! lol!!

CrazyBurris

If everyone refused to spend any gems for anything, it would send a small messege.
If everyone refused to click on the entertainer wagon for a week, it would send a huge messege.

Frag

I think they don't care. Or they wouldn't have released this awful update. And then turn around and do it two weeks in a row although 99.9% of messages were bashing this god awful event. Makes you wonder who makes decision there... He must be in the mist of a divorce or something and his brain isn't working right lol

Frag

@Gazza you do have a good point. But will the lower levels keep spending when they see how useless it is and they can't send trains? If they make it easy for them it'll be even more boring for us lol

Gazza

Lower level players in our posses are scrambling to increase their camps, battle points and 4 legged troops as fast as they can, as it's clear players with these resources can play gold rush and even get higher points (I did). They are the ones buying diamonds!

texfromsaigon

this is a much bigger outcry than when they changed PvP. And they adjusted that pretty quickly. If we boycott they will have to give us something. This game is awesome when it's good. As such, it must be a cash cow. They lose that many players all at once, what else can they do but try to get us back by fixing the game.

I say boycott!!!

James101

The MainEvent will boycott, all of us saved cowbells as that was the plan, plus my brain still is hurting from the boring event

shadygoose

Up til now 4 top ten posses has decided to join the boycot, hope more Will join, put your posse names on the list, so the dev team can see how disapointed we are!

clint

Yes, this event was a huge fiasco. And, we were told next event was cattle battle, which it turns out, is a lie. I too save cattle battle cards and they are useless. CPW, is providing us a gaming platform that we all enjoy, and they seem to be changing it around in a way where they can increase their profits from diamond sales. If we, as customers, are not happy with what they are foisting onto us, it is prudents for us to say we dont like this, and no thank you. we can send our message by not playing. Top 50 posse's don't play it sends a loud and clear message.

Bigfoot is a bad joke and a stupid addition. Costs are outragious and it has limited usage. The amount of steel we have to use to upgrade from notorious to legendary is crazy and steel is extremely limtied. The doc cards being devalued make them worthless. The event is super boring. As I said in one of my rants, I Would rather watch paint dry. If you create something people dont like do you continue to cram it down everyone's throat and tell them too bad like it or quit, or do you man up and say oops, we missed on this one. Apparently, the is the former, rather than the latter in this case. Sad, sad, sad.

Xanthippus

Gazza said:

Lower level players in our posses are scrambling to increase their camps, battle points and 4 legged troops as fast as they can, as it's clear players with these resources can play gold rush and even get higher points (I did). They are the ones buying diamonds!

I think you're just making wild guesses now, as I know high level players who regularly continue to buy diamonds to buy gold packs, complete healings more quickly, and so on. Whatever the case, my point was that hitting them with decreased participation to send a message is good, but if you can also hit them on the financials spreadsheet, you may get the message through to decision-makers at the top.

Better yet, get your whole posse to not even log in at all for a week. No event participation, no posse points, no ad clicking, no diamond purchases, no logins. Probably impossible to get everyone to go along with it, but if you did the signal would be totally unambiguous.

Kellsz

The gold rush event is boring, and it's the same rewards. Why not switch things up for gold rush events and have them cost gold and you win steel......at level 53 not much call for gold or goods, when will the developers catch up to the higher level players? Instead of making boring events lets upgrade some towers and give us something new in the fort! Let's make another way to earn steel and not just by adding a new furnace (although that will help) changing the Dr Waltz cards was a bad idea, now players have more down time and less time playing the game, don't they want us to play? Bottom line thumbs down for this upgrade........boycott on, its obviously the only way to stop the developers from ruining our game........that's right, it's OUR game......now stop messing it up!
Go 420Raiderz

Josey

I play this game because of the old west theme. It's the only game I play / spend money on. Never heard of a kilt wearing Bigfoot ( silly ,clannish) running around in a western town full of notorious gun fighters . How about a steel war wagon full of angry civil war vets with an ax to grind, a bounty hunter, Mongo, something a little more theme based. Bigfoot is out of scale, tromps over my womenfolk, stands on my miners , and does not keep up in a gunfight. The next time it walks through one of my guard towers I wish they would blast it back to where it came from. Changing the Doctor cards is a total ripoff.

xCF97x

I'd like a Mongo!

EKW514

Yeah, me like Mongo too!

CrazyBurris

Candygram for Mongo!

Xanthippus

As much as we'd like Mongo, we must be resigned to the fact that we are only pawns in the game of life.

KellyGrey

Howdy folks! We are running two Gold Rush events because it's a new feature and we wanted to give players the chance to experience it, BUT after the first two y'all will be able to play Cattle Battles in alternation with the Gold Rush!

Frag

@KellyGrey don't you get the issue here? You said clearly this week would be a cattle battle. It was clearly stated in the newspapers. Forums. And fb. The issue now is everyone used their miner cards and saved up cowbells and now we have no use for them.

You threw out Bigfoot in a cowboy themed game. Made him expensive to upgrade with already rare steel. Took up valuable camp space with him and now you change the event this week? Don't you think if people had known they would have saved miner cards and not use up camp space with cowbells? And now what? Delete all the cow cards we saved for nothing? What about the steel I used to merge my cowbells? Don't you see how your last minute changes effect everyone? It's not rocket science here my friend. If you say one thing then stick to what you said. This game requires planning and preparation. Sending us off on the wrong planning idea is not good for keeping your players happy.

I used camp space and steel merging cowbells based on the fact it was a CB event this week. Like everyone else did. I'm not gonna delete cards I used 100k steel or more merging.

I'm boycotting this event like many others unless you make it CB as you said. My finger is twitching on he delete button. I was impressed with you guys for a while. Now you're turning into another company like Glu Games who did the exact same thing. Not listen to the players. Change things on a whim. And now many avoid Glu games due to their behavior. You want to be the next company that gets avoided? Don't ruin this game. Fix it.