disclaimer--i'm not in the beta. this is a general comment.
decisions have to be made in a broad scope. it's not seble's job to cater to the loudest 20 people who have played the longest. if this is part of a serious move to invest in HD, then....well, i think we all could look at this differently and try to steer the ship. but if the update is rolled out and there is no intention to seriously advertise/market/recruit new players, it is a poor, poor decision.
the loss of coaches is only a big deal because we all know how depopulated the worlds are already. if they actually market the game, the loss of coaches could potentially be overcome. you have to think that it's not much of a viable long-term plan for a game to have a tiny pool of dedicated users each with 7+ teams or something like that. my guess is that some of the most vocal people against this update aren't paying users anyway--they've been playing for free (or maybe just at deep discount) for years. how is it a viable business model to have a tiny user base and then have them playing for free or near-free? as an aside, i know there have been forum posts complaining about playing the same people in every world.
anyway, if they're not going to market this, this update is the final blow. the question i would be asking is--what's the next play here? are you rolling this out and forcing it on the existing user base or is there is a serious play to invest in and expand this game? for me, that's everything as to how to look at this.
tl;dr: it's not about you but maybe it is
6/26/2016 10:49 AM (edited)