no-one, except the rare few with too much money, will spend a dime on this, as it keeps costing more and more money, and for what ? win a tournament.. lol. The reward is lower then the cost to win it atm. As said before, why dont you offer ppl to play 'premium' account, by paying like 10/15 euro's once. Instead of for every f'ing bait. That way contests would still be fun, u might actually get some competition and players. Asking more real life money for a virtual rod then it would cost in real life is kinda silly dont u think:P
My suggestion: offer premium account for a decent amount of money, and then give people access to stuff that is now only banknotes, but for gold. The current way won't work, or at least will give u less profit, im sure.. and also, the comparison to minecraft... take that in account and this should cost 50cents for premium;) but.. still enjoying it:P
instead of asking 100's and 100's of dollars from ppl that want to play full content, try asking 10 or 15, and give them all (for normal gold). Learn from minecraft. He made millions.. instead people just hack this game, making it more annoying for other players. Besides all that, i like the game. But im still wondering why my shop interface is different from someone on another account
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