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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 286646" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Not so much patience as madness!</p><p></p><p>I simply want to know how this all works, what the thinking is when setting up these freemium games. FarSight did this with their Stern VR app, offering the ability to earn tables for free. I don't have VR, so I had to rely on others to tell me that in the end, it was impossible to do. I was never able to check the validity of those statements but the numbers that were posted showed how laughably out of reach a free table was in reality. Couple that with FarSight's history of abandoning the regular Stern app, and disaster.</p><p></p><p>Zen has me in a sweet spot, in that reaching the goal had been tantalizingly close and within reach while making sure I was playing daily. When the app first got released, I met the goal in 16 days and promptly forgot all about playing until Volume 3 got released. Now they have it set to where the goal is going to continually pull away, and that's not good. </p><p></p><p>I do wonder how many people have given up on it completely. Had the option to be able to play Pro physics been at say star level 2, would that satisfy those that left? Or was the whole freemium nature destined to doom it from the start? As I've said, if it were pay to play only, I wouldn't be playing at all. I have all the TPA tables and prior to the Williams app, I hardly played those because nothing drove me to. These daily challenges are key to me, what makes me come back for more. Do the people that bought all the Williams tables play daily? Do they play using the Pro physics? Does anyone at all mess with the various skins?</p><p></p><p>There's also the factor that I do all this for the benefit of having an ongoing topic to cover in the podcast. It's not exactly investigative journalism, but it's fun to dig deep and discover all the dirty secrets!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 286646, member: 134"] Not so much patience as madness! I simply want to know how this all works, what the thinking is when setting up these freemium games. FarSight did this with their Stern VR app, offering the ability to earn tables for free. I don't have VR, so I had to rely on others to tell me that in the end, it was impossible to do. I was never able to check the validity of those statements but the numbers that were posted showed how laughably out of reach a free table was in reality. Couple that with FarSight's history of abandoning the regular Stern app, and disaster. Zen has me in a sweet spot, in that reaching the goal had been tantalizingly close and within reach while making sure I was playing daily. When the app first got released, I met the goal in 16 days and promptly forgot all about playing until Volume 3 got released. Now they have it set to where the goal is going to continually pull away, and that's not good. I do wonder how many people have given up on it completely. Had the option to be able to play Pro physics been at say star level 2, would that satisfy those that left? Or was the whole freemium nature destined to doom it from the start? As I've said, if it were pay to play only, I wouldn't be playing at all. I have all the TPA tables and prior to the Williams app, I hardly played those because nothing drove me to. These daily challenges are key to me, what makes me come back for more. Do the people that bought all the Williams tables play daily? Do they play using the Pro physics? Does anyone at all mess with the various skins? There's also the factor that I do all this for the benefit of having an ongoing topic to cover in the podcast. It's not exactly investigative journalism, but it's fun to dig deep and discover all the dirty secrets! [/QUOTE]
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