Hey everyone! So, several factors made me want to start this thread. It started with discussion over in the event thread bringing up things such as the worth of spending money on the Event Gacha; Friendliness of the game to F2Pers; Nutaku's handling of the 8.7mil bug and really just a bunch of subjects involving the playerbase's experiences and feelings toward the game.

That, coupled with a good share of new members joining us recently (Welcome all recent members!), had me thinking it would be a good topic everyone could chime in on if they wanted to and make a friendly discussion the community here could have.


Sooo...a bit of my thoughts so far

I'm usually never a completely F2Per of any game that I decide I'm going to stick with for a time. I don't mind throwing an initial bit of support to games I like, which usually has me grabbing a few smaller newbie deals or maybe a mid-tier one. I totally understand the feeling of keeping up with the top players as F2P that was being mentioned as well though, I've been there too! For PeroPero I definitely could have used my contribution a lot more wisely, but I'm happy overall with what its gotten me and it enhancing my general enjoyment of the game.

I think PeroPero is just a really enjoyable game early on. Its so freaking silly, but it sucks you in and gets addictive. Some of the common negative points for early game that I agree with are the "I love to read things one character at a time!" text speed and the monotony of just pressing that go button for eternity until the event came along. Still very much enjoyed it the first month and was super excited for the event to come along.

Event comes along, enjoyed about all of the first day of play. I did summon an 8.7mil Kasumi that first night, but wasn't sure how the sharing mechanic worked. So while it did seem like a big jump I didn't understand its true terror at the time. Over the next two days I start to understand how that really can't be right and watch my EP progress begin to completely stop. Nutaku then puts up the apology and compensation notice. Loooong state of limbo waiting to see what they're going to do.

Leading up to where I feel they really dropped the ball in basically retracting their previous statement, saying nothing was wrong, then going completely silent. Not going to rant on about it, there are points which they can be defended on, but I think the whole handling should set off at least a feeling of betrayal or 2 in every player. Kinda kept trudging along after that just seeing the event though, and it really wasn't until the N Gacha finally gave me Akie that it started to get enjoyable again.

Its really really crazy how much difference the Elite SR Alpha makes! I had the Normal and two Rare Slayer cards right away from the event box and had Wild Cards saved to level them up right away. While noticeable damage increase compared to not having any multiplier, the 8.7mil bug pretty much rendered them useless in being able to contribute to taking them down. My mind is still blown by how much having that Akie card can really change your perception of this event. Nutaku should just give it out to everyone for the last day or something so they can understand lol.

I also think its super interesting that obtaining Akie is just as much about luck for free players going the N Gacha route or spenders who would probably need to dish out something upwards of $250 to reach the 100% guarantee point of getting her.

And that's kinda where I am now. I think if I still didn't have Akie that I would have a much more negative outlook on this event. I'd still be playing a lot, but I'd be a lot more angry about the whole "bug" situation. I'm very interested in what they are going to say when they next communicate with us.

Summing up the whole package so far, for me PeroPero still comes out well in the positive. I'll give Nutaku some leeway to redeem themselves because the game is enjoyable and could have been really amazing with proper Kasumi scaling in the event.

Get it together Nutaku! I want to like your handling of this game, so do it good!
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Come chime in with your thoughts! Say as much or as little as you'd like! Don't feel you have to say if you're a spender or F2P or anything else! Whatever's on your chest about the game (besides a lot of pie) vent it out here! Whatever! =D