Originally Posted by
PhilBanana
1.Loot decreases. People complain.2.SC look at their data and see that total available loot increases when cheap boosts are available.
3.SC introduce a 1 gem boost over xmas. They stagger this so that they can collect data on barracks/spell factory boosts, before adding collectors in so they can see they impact of those separately.
4.Their data confirms that available loot had a big increase when more people used boosts.
5.They adjust down the cost of barracks/spell boosts to make them more attractive.
6.They release more free gems through this update.
7.The majority of these free gems will be pumped into boosts rather than upgrades, thereby increasing the loot availability.
By giving more gems away they have reduced the relative costs of boosts compared to pre-update. This will encourage people to use them. It's simple quantitative easing that the US and UK have been doing in the real world for the last six years.
Over the next few weeks i think we'll see a general improvement in loot.
Now you will ask why they didn't just reduce the price of boosts even further instead?
Well the answer to this is that if they did, they would lose a large element of control. This route however means they can simply adjust their algorithms to dictate how many gems the average person gets - and they can do all that server side without anyone knowing.
Now if they want to increase boost usage further, they can simply increase the spawn rate of gem boxes and they'll know what %age of those gems will go into boosts.
Similarly, if they see too much loot in circulation, they can drop the spawn rate and the knock on effect will help to reduce loot.
Makes complete sense.
