SC - you missed a great opportunity - 1 gem boost

I could not agree more with the OP. I used to be an 8 hour+ player, but things became too monotonous as I rose to max levels.

But then came the boost over Christmas. I was gemming everything, and I mean E V E R Y T H I N G. Spending well over enough gems a day that I would have to purchase more. But in my opinion, it was more than worth it. It gave me the rush to play that I felt back when I started playing in March 2013. I was able to raid fast, efficiently, and lower amounts as it was still 4x what I could do normally.

Now it is back to normal ( of course now 20 gems for 4 hours on barracks as well as spell factory ) my game has pretty much hit hibernation again.. I speak for many I believe, it is just too monotonous ( yes, that word again ) to raid all day with barbs and archers, hitting not so many good raids, spending 1k to find bigger raids is not an option any more. It's not even the fact i get raided, as I rarely do, it's the fact I'm not going to keep logging in every 20 mins or so, to make barely anything, so I can get barely anywhere.

just doesn't appeal to me any more.

I dont think people will buy gems if they kept the 1 gem boost. They would wait till they could find from obstacles and achievments. Im sure SC must ve observed that good.

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Originally Posted by Tuvya

I dont think people will buy gems if they kept the 1 gem boost. They would wait till they could find from obstacles and achievments. Im sure SC must ve observed that good.

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You don't make near enough a day from clearing obstacles. Make a max 9 gems a day... wouldn't even pay for my pump/mines/collectors.

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Originally Posted by Harrisman24

You don't make near enough a day from clearing obstacles. Make a max 9 gems a day... wouldn't even pay for my pump/mines/collectors.

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Im sayin they would wait.

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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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This may just be the most intelligent response i have ever seen on the forums!Exactly my feelings!

I agree with the OP 💯%! I have been thinking about this same thing.....the boost was awesome...everyone in my clan was playing all day and so was I...Loot throughout the game was very good...now my clan is dead and the loot in the game is dead.....there is no way that I'm spending gems on boosting now....way to many gems....I think SC in the future will decrease the cost of boosting based on what the data says....more people buy gems when it's more profitable for us the players...not SC.

I had never even thought about buying IGC (in game currency) on any ioS game, but when the boost came, i got way low in gems, and actually bought 500 gems. The boost won't affect gem buying too much in the long run, as most people buy gems for builders/buying gold or elixir/speeding builders up, and this would be too small of an update to change those. I was playing about 6-7 hours a day when the boost came on... Plz bring it back for good :D

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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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Permanent 1 gem boosts would be a disaster. This isn't all about what causes the most gemming; you also have to take into consideration what this would do to gameplay. I think pretty much everyone would agree that boosting would be far more common with 1 gem boosts than what we have now, and without collector boosts to help loot, we would have a massive loot shortage.

I find the permanent price decrease adequate (although I do think there is a legit debate to be had over 45 min vs 4 hours). It allows people to boost more often than before, but it shouldn't really upset the loot balance too much. I don't know what effect this will have on SC's profit, but I'd imagine it wouldn't be a huge difference.

And, yeah, some could say just make 1gem boosted collectors permanent too, but that could make the game too easy in the long run. I have seen several (I believe truthful) claims of farming in excess of 30 MILLION gold in one day with boosting... that's just too much to be permanent IMO. That being said, yeah, I'd still like more loot than I cam get now, but there is a limit.

Just my opinion, although I do hope we see more discount events from time to time.

Best 10 dollars I ever spent on this game. Did a ton of defense upgrades and walls at th 10 with the boost. I can hardly stay on for more than 5 minutes now. Look forward to these events again hopefully during a break.

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Originally Posted by Giggitygoo

First of, 4x barracks boost does not mean you earn 4 times the resources. Secondly, top trophy play requires a whole lot more than just a maxed base. Thirdly, Champions players would be happy to see some more players in their flock. The trophy system works terrible up top because there is a lack of 3200+ cups players.

Also, you're thinking about this proposed chance from a hardcore farmers point of view. No regular joe will play often enough, even with a cheap boost, to max lava in 6 weeks. You have to take a wide view here.



Did you even read the thread? That's not the point. The point being made is that lowering gem pricing of barrack boosting could lead to even more profit by SC because players tend to spend low amounts if the result is more fun. Whereas they will spend nothing with slightly higher amounts.

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I'm mentioning a point a bit related to that