Refer-a-Friend Page going offline soon

DefenderofDreams wrote: »

Hello Perfect World Citizens,

The Refer-a-Friend page will be leaving us very soon! Sadly, this page is not part of the new changes coming to us in December.

Will it be returning?
I cannot say, other than it is a strong consideration at this moment. I would not expect it back up before the end of this year however.

You can expect the page to be gone in the first half of December. If you have any prizes you want, now is the time to redeem them! Maybe you'll get that gaming laptop? Perhaps a GM bodyguard? (b:shocked).

DefenderofDreams wrote: »

Sadly, this page is not part of the new changes coming to us in December.

wiktor99rr wrote: »

what does a GM bodyguard even mean?

Brillance - Raging Tide wrote: »

*ghost descends to the reply to thread box*

This game has the ability to be another WoWzer of a game. The structure is there for it to have stood the test of time. Unfortunately for the players, someone decided to use that to build a Dynasty of Games.

IF someone had turned it back to a subscription base game after their initial win-fall purchases of games (and, I dont know how you managed to do it - but of all those games you don't have a single one that interests me when it comes to boredom with PW...o.0), you could have been building more players and more servers worldwide and a better name for yourselves and your games.

I understand completely that the folks who manage this game are only human. Its rather obvious with the short-term thinking winning out over any long-haul thoughts, usually. Couple that with the natural human emotions of unleashed greed and lack of ability to acknowledge a footfall in thinking, things change amazingly slowly (i.e. two full years after new players disappeared from starter cities, people become willing to see that that is indeed a fact - but want the instant and negative fix of nerfing FC & Hypers as a remedy - Level 45s, 55s, 65s, 75s & 85s are supposed to go fill up starter cities over that move for some reason that is just totally escaping me, and especially since almost all of them are somebodies alt...o.0.)

In the end, its not too late to overhaul it, and turn it back to something that will bring in sustainable volume sales through subscriptions and cosmetic sales. I dont think anyone but a completely 'its all about me and my wallet' moron would quit over that. Its that good of a game.

It merely takes a short peek at what the real life World economy is like to realize the company is on a 'train-wreck' track. Most retailers have had everything they sell on sale in some way all year long, and are taking drastic cuts now in prices/profits to try to eek their way across the line into the black.

PWI is doing that too in a way. Its just not a very realistic or sustainable path to future profits for most. The 'cheap' areas of retail are the only ones that benefit at that - Family Dollar, K-mart, Walmart, Costco - over the long haul, and they benefit through volume bulk sales. I just dont see how the selective gift of Ocean Orbs to a few players, then short savings sale of +11 & +12 orbs is going to accomplish that same goal.

Who ever your marketing genius is, its time they evolve. Mature. Start making stratagies that WILL effectively sustain a profit over the long haul - for the rest of your lives even, if you dont waste more time hemming and hawing over how to squeak out just one more 'cash-grab' from what die-hard players you have left with the cash to do it.

You dont build a dynasty of success by perpetrating a long line of 'junked' games/companies.

From the perspective of someone that loved this game when it still had new players coming on it, this is all very sad, and a complete waste of both potential profits and a damn-good game.

*ghost takes a sip of water after all that wasted talk...and drifts off* b:bye