Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31028364-20180418161659/@comment-35315474-20180418180928

Sounds like a way of removing rewards. Let's say I visit a friend at 12 noon. That friend can then play the rooms I charged with my bonus. If I want to charge them again at 11:45 the next day, I can't. I have to wait until 12 noon – which is great if I set an alarm! Instead, let's say I'm busy at 12 noon and can't visit the friend until 2pm. Now they have between 12noon and 2pm to play without the charging bonus. AND the next day, I have to charge at 2pm. If I'm busy and don't charge until that night at 9pm, I now can't charge the next day until 9pm. Otherwise, I will charge the next morning. Eventually, the time will wrap around, adding a few hours each time, until a full day is missed.

So the end result – the friend plays with fewer bonuses from charges... and all the repercussions that follow. It has a snowball effect.

I also believe that very little is ever accidental when gaming companies change how things work. They start out being more "game friendly" to get people playing. Once they get enough people hooked, they then slowly but surely start changing the game so that players end up spending money just to keep up. I am embarrassed to say that I spent far too much money on this game until I was lucky enough to be the recipient of some wonderful TT angels on here. This is a very expensive game otherwise. I've watched the "game creep" in other games I've played (and still play), but like TTer's on this board, I figured out how to not only beat the odds for myself, but spread that to other players so we could all benefit. I have to say that doing so is actually more fun than just playing the game straight! LOL! 😄