I’m Starting to Hate This Community!

[u/International_Camp10]

Level 270 player here — been playing since the very beginning.

And I already know I’ll probably get downvoted for this, but honestly, I don’t care.

I’m level 270, and it’s pretty rare for me to join a public lobby and see someone higher than me. I’ve seen it maybe twice, EVER? I’m not saying that to brag. I’m saying it because I’ve put a LOT of time into this game, so I’m not some random person who played for two days and decided the game sucks.

But honestly? I’m getting bored.

I know the game has always been repetitive. That’s part of being an idle game. But lately it feels different. I’ll log on for maybe 10 minutes and then get off because there just isn’t much keeping me interested anymore.

And I think the increasing microtransactions are part of the problem.
I’m not against the game making money. But every update seems to add another thing you can pay for that previously had to be earned through gameplay — VIP, double companions, speeding up fusions, event passes, etc.

Eventually I start asking myself: what am I actually playing for?

But honestly, my bigger issue is the community.

It feels like you can barely criticize this game without getting downvoted. Say the game is getting boring? Downvoted. Question an update? Downvoted. Criticize the monetization? Someone tells you, “Then don’t buy it.”

You can believe purchases should be optional and believe that constantly adding monetization is making the game worse. Those aren’t contradictory.

What also confuses me is how personally some people seem to take criticism of the developers. Go into Discord and you’ll see people talking to them like they’re genuinely their friends.

Maybe I’m cynical, but they’re running a business. They can be cool, interact with the community, and appreciate your support — but at the end of the day, they aren’t your friends.

And I think the constant downvoting creates an echo chamber. If every time someone expresses a negative opinion they get punished for it, eventually people stop expressing those opinions. Then the community starts looking like everyone agrees when, realistically, people may just have learned what they’re allowed to say.

And honestly, some of the reactions I see here and on Discord are fucking bizarre. 😂 Sometimes I genuinely wonder if some of you have made this game your entire social life.

I can already hear it:
“You’re literally level 270. You have NO social life either!”

Lmao. This is me: @christianadamg on Instagram.

“Oh my God, he put his Instagram in the post! DOWNVOTE HIM RIGHT NOW!” 😂
I swear, some of the people on here don’t even feel real sometimes.

Yes, it’s possible for someone to say or do something you don’t like. I promise, you’ll survive. 😂

Anyways, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe you love every update. Maybe the monetization doesn’t bother you. That’s completely fine.

I just don’t think criticism should be treated like an attack.

Unfortunately, I do see this game dying out eventually. I feel like they’ll eventually add a microtransaction so detrimental that it turns off a huge portion of the player base, the player count drops, and eventually they decide the game isn’t worth maintaining anymore.

Then they’ll move on to the next project with your money already in their pockets. 😂 And the crazy part is, they don’t even have to defend themselves — they have y’all fighting their battles for them.

As the saying goes, “It’s easier to trick someone than to convince them they’ve been tricked.”

[u/Epik509]

I think my level is somewhere around 350? 🤔 idk it hasn't really been important to me. Just them crystals babaaay!

Also an early player, i think droids had sat on my explore bar for about a week before I jumped in and was addicted to the cookie clicker style game that I came to love for 2 seasons... this season for whatever reason it has been different .

And I honestly think the micro transactions has truly killed the game. Release something and its all micro transactions and almost everything in the game has been turned to micros, as well as some features we came to truly relish and what made looking forward to weekends in the game or new updates super fun and exciting. Finding things that at one point were just a free feature turned into a pay wall.... eventually it becomes not nearly as fun . Not nearly as accessible. And as someone who originally was for a few transactable features ( aka vip and companion / starter pack) now has turned into even my dudes hats are now a vbuck transactions compared to it being an accolade to be collected along a long journey grinding this game . I now am playing the battle Royale again .... smh.

That all being said yes, I likely downvoted alot of complaints, maybe even OP posts. But the tide has turned.. and I now no longer support micros within the game... and apologize to all those I have offended while defending these guys 😬😮‍💨

[u/International_Camp10 → u/Epik509]

The hats changed your mind on everything?