This original post was deleted but I 100% agreed with everything said here by -_-TheLadyBoss-_- so I am reposting again because its removal feels like a compete disregard to your customers feedback. "Dear ATA, Yes it's your game means your rules. However the way you went about taking away EC transfer was rude and abrupt. You honestly should have given a weeks notice. Many people buy the EC sale to be able to transfer to friends, for buying mcs items, for transferring to main etc.... If we spend our cash to buy the EC who are you to tell us who we can give it to? Many people who did not buy EC before are now buying EC to transfer. Now because of your rude way of deleting it with no warning thousands of people are saying in multiple third party apps to boycot ATA spending. Is that what you really wanted? You say you deleted it for abuse but hey there were no rules and constrictions on how to use it. Real reason is because you feel your losing profit. That's why you deleted it. So your back to caring more about your revenue than you do your customers. Your customers are what makes the game without us you would be an empty internet shell. You should have more consideration for us. Okay your game your choice but you should have gave notice." The fact you felt the need to delete this post on top of locking your original announcement about the EC transfer removal shows a lot of neglect towards your players opinions, regardless whether it was a fair choice on the companies behalf or not.
Boycott ATA spending :lol: will that actually work? 'cause I doubt it, not everyone is gonna stop buying items on here just for that reason :lol: Look forward to seeing how it works out for you "boycotters" though :lol: :lol: :lol:
Didn't read wall of text. Reason why they took down your post is probably cause of all the other ones that are being made. There's probably like 10 people that would actually not buy anything and I'm guessing they don't really care or that they have some new money maker on the way.
Although most of the content of the thread is true, i don't really think people would stop buying, maybe they'll buy less. I'd like to know what they see as "exploitation" because they didn't really set any rules on how we could use it.
I don't think this new change is that bad I mean I don't spend on anything here besides my data but I'm still happy with the way the game is I mean I preferred it how it was a few years ago but hey what's a good game without some changes ????
ATA has removed the option to send ECs via RS transfer as people were buying starter packs to get 800 ECs for the price of 200 which alot of people do. I think they have made a big mistake there thinking that people will pay the standard rate to get 800 ECs but alot of them wont including myself, and the gap between larger players who drop regular cats and smaller players who drop less due to having a limitted gaming allowance will get bigger and its the majority, the young players who will suffer and be left behind in growth etc because of this. I also think that the lack of warning was really unfair and akin to false advertising for those who have purchased starter packs in the last couple of days who were waiting the 3 days before being able to transfer to find its no longer an option. In my opinion, those who have purchased starter packs on alts who missed the chance to transfer them should be refunded at least the 79 ECs to RS with their former RS as that is a loss that cannot be recovered now without further EC purchases. On another point, the loss of EC transfer option has now taken away a major part of the trading aspect of the game, as alot of people purchase ECs to buy the larger mcs items. I think ATA will lose out on a great deal of EC purchases due to this lost option as people pay 400+ ECs for the high mc items and even if people are willng and able to afford 400-800 ECs for a trade transfer without an alt, they still are unable to do so. So this will also make aiming for top 10 or 100 in hunts less enticing now as the large items will only be attractive to stat collectors, whereas they were coveted by non stat collectors before this change because they knew they could sell them for a large quantity of ECs via transfer. I for one, am not happy about ATAs decision to remove the transfer option for this reason. People can still use new alts for starter packs to get more ECs and then more cats and then use their alt to drop them, that won't be much of an issue given time but sales will definately drop now people can no longer buy large items with ECs. I will not be buying as many ECs now anyway as I only need enough to buy 2-3 cats per 2 weeks, and will not be buying 800 ECs a week to purchase big items any longer, and I know I speak for the majority of larger spenders. Considering theres a high amount of youngsters playing PIMD who have limitted allowances, I feel they will be the ones loosing out and falling behind with growth etc. ATA has always had profit as a priority over happy customers on this game and on their other games so its not surprising they've done this. I just really feel they've misjudged their decision this time. With the new EC gifts being added all the time during hunts too, and now less people being able to afford them, those people who can no longer keep up with their showcases will lose interest in the game, because lets face it, without the trading this game would be just a childrens social app to most people. Well thats my two-pence worth...Probably a waste of my time as it seems ATA doesnt bother listening to the people putting money in their pockets, but hey! Guess the only way to get large mc items now is via cat drop trades. So if anyones selling any HDs, Ovos, Fridas, Bacons or sand dollars and would like cat drops in return PM me...and good luck getting RS ECs or relationship tokens refunded to all those who have been conned into thinking they had extra ECs to re-RS their loved ones and can no longer afford it?
At a never cared about the consumer, if they did things here would be different, like no cat cafe, more iwars, and whatnot. If you don't like the games changes uninstall simple as that
Relationship thing was stupid in the first place. Ec transfer to relationship even stupider. Why would you need to give EC to a 'relationship'? A friend posted an item trade she'd been trying to make the other day. Poster told her he'd get back to her as he'd been offered dirty photos from one potential buyer and wanted to see what else he could get. People are quite literally selling themselves to get a picture of an item to sit on their profile because it has nice stats that they're collecting for no apparent reason ever. Nice job ATA. I hope you're proud of what you've created on Pimd now.
I agree Casper. There are way too many people on here selling themselves on here for items and the sad thing is that the youngsters sending explicit photos to guys don't realise the impact it will have on them in later life. They will look back and feel so ashamed, worthless and violated it could literally ruin lives. Theres not enough good moderators here either as I regularly see guys posting in campus chat asking for young girls for pics for items, once or twice even stating they were looking for 12-15 year olds, and to my shock and horror wasnt even silenced. This game is a dirty old mans candy shop and seriously needs to be more carefully monitored to keep our young members safe because they know no better. I have even reported one guy for asking for xplicit photos on a 3rd party app in a very detailed and disgusting message, and what horrified me the most is that he didnt even ask my age, and surprise surprise he wasnt even silenced, even though in my opinion his device shouldve been banned all together. And with the EC transfer no longer an option for trading larger items, more and more youngsters will be selling their soul to get them now. Good point Casper. This needs to be addressed ATA, or one day a very angry parent of a 12 year old is going to end up dragging your company through the courts because their little girls life has been ruined and the lack of monitoring on here will be at fault. I know there is an age restriction written into the TOC but theres nothing in place to enforce that and everyone knows theres minors using this app without parental supervision as with any other game. The difference with PIMD is though, that theres alot of predetors who know this too.