As I've already stated, I can see how exploitation can lead to a loss of profit and how that could be a cause for concern. However, profitability should and could never be the only concern of a game developer, it should be the inevitable outcome of a well developed and popular game. To put this into perspective. CoC makes a profit off of people's impatience for waiting. They could exploit this very human weakness by making it extremely difficult to get resources and/or gems without spending cash. But they shouldn't and they don't, as there is a correlation between how much we enjoy a "good" game and how much we feel is reasonable to spend on it. It's a careful balance that needs to be maintained. I don't mean to belabour this point as it's not something I feel is absolutely necessary for me to enjoy this game. But again I think there are many viable options for implementing this trading system if they are willing to put the effort into mitigating some of the dangers of exploitation.Quote:
Originally Posted by JollyRogdawg
Which by the look of things, currently they aren't.
