SC - you missed a great opportunity - 1 gem boost

This is a one off post (as i needed to log in to alter sig)

This is a summary of the last month or two, it is my opinion only and i will not be reading any responses.... But i pray to god that SC understand that they had altered their game to a point where it surpassed its previous best... Then they took it away.

TH11 is needed - either that or they need to introduce some major game play changes...

The 1 gem boost altered this game from being the best game i have ever got addicted to, to being a game i could never imagine being knocked off position 1 in that list. Then they took it away.

Its fairly obvious that SC do not play this game as we do, otherwise they would understand the significant improvement this "pay to play" option introduced in to their game. I am sure that there is an opposing view (prob rage threads somewhere)

For the last 6 months i have spent very little on gems... However when the boost came along i was boosting approx 10 times a day ... EVERYDAY

This was mirrored throughout my entire clan...

So we went from spending little on gems to each spending, im certain that my clan was not the only clan that encountered this increase.

Most importantly the gameplay was fantastic, rapid raiding high loots and lots of risky/silly raids just cause it didnt matter that much. I started to make some serious progress on level 10 walls, Clan activity was on the up, troop donation default became wizzies not arcs. It was the best the game has ever been.

some numbers:
5 (barracks and spell factory) * 10 (boosts... I know the SF was a four hour boost but its an average) : 50 gems / day

50 Gems/ day * 7 days a week : 350 gems / week

350 gems * 30 players.... Well you do the math and 30 is not a very generous number

The 45 minute boost suited my game play so much more than the 4 hour boost ... I have a family and do not spend 4 hours attached to the game...

Im not including the 10 gems a day for my DE drills and Mines in the calculation either!

Since Introducing the 20 gems for 4 hours i have boosted 0 (yes zero) times.

The game now seems monotonous and many people have kind of stopped playing. I for one would have happily continued spending on gems, you had re-invigorated my interest in your game, a game that was approaching what appeared to be a natural end.

With the 1 gem boost TH11 is not needed for me as for the first time i envisaged Lv11 walls, now i do not see me completing Lv10 walls and for a maxed TH10 (def wise) im back to where i was 2 months ago.. I.e. How much longer can i justify the time... sigh

cheers guys

Agreed bill, the game is boring now... I log in to collect my mines and that's it. I went from playing 8hrs + a day to none for the past few days. after scrolling through a couple for searches losing 100k and finding no targets above 100k i just turn off the game. no reason to keep playing cus there's no cheap boost so no boost is going to waste.

Agreed. During the boost the whole clan was boosting every day and making good progress.

I bet it is more profitable to leave the 1 gem boosts and have the masses gem vs. a select few boosting at the higher prices.

You should have incentive to raid continuously and I feel 45 mins is probably a great target.

I feel the real buzz killer has been the spell factory prices going back up. This makes hog armies and others more time consuming if you where to hog constantly.

Yes, since the 1 gem boosts have always been in the game, now that they are gone it is broken.

I agree that was a once in a lifetime opportunity. The games slow and my clans activity level is very low now

Even though you won't reply Billy, excellent post! I've been thinking about the very same thing but you beat me to it.

It seemed to me that despite having all the data, SC doesn't have a good grasp of gemming behaviour. There is a huge difference between 1 gem boost for which people will actually buy gems, and a 20 gem boost which almost no-one will buy gems for.

At the same time I'm skeptical about my own understanding. SC is ran by intelligent people. If the data points to 1 gems boost being more lucrative, they would implement it permanently. I cannot state these things as if they were the truth, but I can't help feeling that our reasoning is common sense.

Where is the middle ground? Gem incentivization requires a psychological approach as well as knowning your target group and the content of their wallet. It should be at the core of SC' business model. I just have the feeling they are not fully maximizing this potential.

No, the current boost pricing is great. If anything, they should just scale it down to 1hour or 2 hour per boost and lower the price to match that.
If they were to lower the rates any more, the big spenders will be complaining and many will not buy resources directly any more.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure majority of the casual players aren't even boosting their raxes even with the 1-gem 45min boosts event.

That being said, I think the best improvement SC can give is better loot.

Absolutely agree 100% (with OP)

I even tried using the new boost of 20 gems for four hours and didnt feel i was getting the most out of it, as i cant put stints of that length in. And whilst its better than it was before (25 gems for 45 mins) it still adds up. 2 normal barracks, 2 dark barracks and spell factory equals a hundred gems. You can only do that five times for £2.99. And as the loot has dropped off since people arent boosting collectors anymore, it just costs too much to find any profitable loot (for me at TH10 anyway).

I really hope SC review this and consider making the 1 gem boost permanent.

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Originally Posted by billwinkiesbear

This is a one off post (as i needed to log in to alter sig)

This is a summary of the last month or two, it is my opinion only and i will not be reading any responses.... But i pray to god that SC understand that they had altered their game to a point where it surpassed its previous best... Then they took it away.

TH11 is needed - either that or they need to introduce some major game play changes...

The 1 gem boost altered this game from being the best game i have ever got addicted to, to being a game i could never imagine being knocked off position 1 in that list. Then they took it away.

Its fairly obvious that SC do not play this game as we do, otherwise they would understand the significant improvement this "pay to play" option introduced in to their game. I am sure that there is an opposing view (prob rage threads somewhere)

For the last 6 months i have spent very little on gems... However when the boost came along i was boosting approx 10 times a day ... EVERYDAY

This was mirrored throughout my entire clan...

So we went from spending little on gems to each spending, im certain that my clan was not the only clan that encountered this increase.

Most importantly the gameplay was fantastic, rapid raiding high loots and lots of risky/silly raids just cause it didnt matter that much. I started to make some serious progress on level 10 walls, Clan activity was on the up, troop donation default became wizzies not arcs. It was the best the game has ever been.

some numbers:
5 (barracks and spell factory) * 10 (boosts... I know the SF was a four hour boost but its an average) : 50 gems / day

50 Gems/ day * 7 days a week : 350 gems / week

350 gems * 30 players.... Well you do the math and 30 is not a very generous number

The 45 minute boost suited my game play so much more than the 4 hour boost ... I have a family and do not spend 4 hours attached to the game...

Im not including the 10 gems a day for my DE drills and Mines in the calculation either!

Since Introducing the 20 gems for 4 hours i have boosted 0 (yes zero) times.

The game now seems monotonous and many people have kind of stopped playing. I for one would have happily continued spending on gems, you had re-invigorated my interest in your game, a game that was approaching what appeared to be a natural end.

With the 1 gem boost TH11 is not needed for me as for the first time i envisaged Lv11 walls, now i do not see me completing Lv10 walls and for a maxed TH10 (def wise) im back to where i was 2 months ago.. I.e. How much longer can i justify the time... sigh

cheers guys

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he's right you know

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Originally Posted by Giggitygoo

Even though you won't reply Billy, excellent post! I've been thinking about the very same thing but you beat me to it.

It seemed to me that despite having all the data, SC doesn't have a good grasp of gemming behaviour. There is a huge difference between 1 gem boost for which people will actually buy gems, and a 20 gem boost which almost no-one will buy gems for.

At the same time I'm skeptical about my own understanding. SC is ran by intelligent people. If the data points to 1 gems boost being more lucrative, they would implement it permanently. I cannot state these things as if they were the truth, but I can't help feeling that our reasoning is common sense.

Where is the middle ground? Gem incentivization requires a psychological approach as well as knowning your target group and the content of their wallet. It should be at the core of SC' business model. I just have the feeling they are not fully maximizing this potential.

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+1

I like your reasoning towards this, partly because it's what I did. I've only bought gems for builders before, but I spent $5 because of the boost. It would make sense that more people will spend 4 gems for 45 minutes than 20 gems for 4 hours. Most casual players either think A) 80 gems is too much at a time. B) 4 hours is too long. 1 gem boosts quickly add up to large amounts, but individually, it doesn't seem like a large amount. 20 gems however, will seem like a hefty price, especially when you have to boost 4 of them.