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    So I've just been chatting then quickly realised that I have to pay for it when I ran out of game coins. WTF?

    That's just ridiculous! Why would you pay to chat? How is that a good way to build a community?

    Stupid idea and a clear sign of the money grabbing developers. I won't be playing this game for long if that continues and certainly feel less inclined to pay for anything.

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    It's something that's in alot of games, and I think it's a good thing, it keeps people from just setting and spamming and makes them make more of an effort to put them to good use. They just need to make them the cheapest thing and have a pack of like 500 though.

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    People keep saying that, yet you'll find there's plenty of people who will continue to play regardless, so a few lost customers here and there aren't any kind of loss at all.

    I'm not saying that's MY opinion. But look what kind of company and game you're dealing with: We have a game that has NO terms of service, NO privacy policy, no clear idea who is behind the game. You can get to the website of the owners of the game, but guess what's there? Nada. No address, no corporate info, no e-mail addresses... not even a WEB FORM to fill out to contact some kind of service rep.

    Something tells me they're not exactly interested in quality, not interested in pleasing the vocal minority. They want bulk, and they'll get bulk, and probably make a killing doing it. And after people have ponied up the cash, who are they going to complain to when things go wrong? /Nobody/.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katarina View Post
    It's something that's in alot of games, and I think it's a good thing, it keeps people from just setting and spamming and makes them make more of an effort to put them to good use. They just need to make them the cheapest thing and have a pack of like 500 though.
    Spam prevention is a flimsy reason to make people pay real money to chat. There are other, better, more effective ways to accomplish the same thing. Using "spam prevention" as an excuse is a cop out.

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    you dont have to chat like that, its just the quickest way, you can also click on a town and send a message, takes time though.

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    Funny, it's the only thing I've ever seen work.

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    But from a 'creating a community' point of view it will not work so well as free chat. And it's the community that will keep people coming back long after they get bored of the game.

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    You've been proven wrong from all the other games that have done that I've been in, Every single one. Not to mention "Community" almost always comes from an alliance and not from a batch of people making bored comments in a world chat.

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    Either way it is still stupid and gay to pay for silly things like this. This fricken game cost more than Wow. Thats just depressing. Chatting seriously...stupidest thing ever. Civony should also get sued for copyright. They copied everything in Age of Empires II The pictures are all the same. This is just a huge joke from someone trying to con people out of money.

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    Katarina, you are a Tool.

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