There is no new castle skin. The one with pumpkins was there since always. 

This is low. Advertising something OLD as NEW and for LIMITED TIME.

The pumpkin cattle skin, I need one of those, Love pumpkins, 

But I have no sapphires left, had 42K last week now less than  100, How do you get those without coining in a limited time

Please add Skins and Improvements to our Dragon Bonuses for CDB +30%

The pumpkin cattle skin, I need one of those, Love pumpkins, 

But I have no sapphires left, had 42K last week now less than  100, How do you get those without coining in a limited time

The castle skin is easy to find but where do you have the "new improvements" what it seems like is that actually NO "new improvements" were added and you are advertising for old improvements that have always been there.

zapelo said:

There is no new castle skin. The one with pumpkins was there since always. 

This is low. Advertising something OLD as NEW and for LIMITED TIME.

How stupid do you think we are?

I am sure nobody believes any of the players are "stupid" as it does take a modicum of intelligence to play a strategy game. 

The pumpkin cattle skin, I need one of those, Love pumpkins, 

But I have no sapphires left, had 42K last week now less than  100, How do you get those without coining in a limited time

I also appreciate the fact that you stopped using the word Halloween, its a sinners word, fashion to extend imperialism. Next is ''winter units'' that come when 90 % of the world is having summer. We must do way with that too.

Please add Skins and Improvements to our Dragon Bonuses for CDB +30%

in that case RED why say "new" ?

he could say something like this : "To those who have not discovered our special Halloween castle skin and many other related halloween improvements "

Dear lords

in my opinion this is just arguing for the sake of spending time. hallowen special masks has been there long time. It's just a way of signaling that are still there, whether they are new or not, or if the word used 'new' is wrong is irrelevant.

enjoy the game and whoever wants to buy it  the mask and the improvements are there

Regards

Red said:

FAILO said:

The castle skin is easy to find but where do you have the "new improvements" what it seems like is that actually NO "new improvements" were added and you are advertising for old improvements that have always been there.

While the Castle Skin and All Hallow's Eve Improvements may not be "new" to you and others that have been in the game for over a year, they are "new" to players who have been in the game for less time. I do believe the lack of specificity in the wording may be a bit misleading, but not to the detriment of anyone.

i know the skin usually comes and goes but there are no new improvements that i can find that only come and go very bad advertiseing.

The pumpkin cattle skin, I need one of those, Love pumpkins, 

But I have no sapphires left, had 42K last week now less than  100, How do you get those without coining in a limited time

I also appreciate the fact that you stopped using the word Halloween, its a sinners word, fashion to extend imperialism. Next is ''winter units'' that come when 90 % of the world is having summer. We must do way with that too.

djmoody said:

Red said:

FAILO said:

The castle skin is easy to find but where do you have the "new improvements" what it seems like is that actually NO "new improvements" were added and you are advertising for old improvements that have always been there.

While the Castle Skin and All Hallow's Eve Improvements may not be "new" to you and others that have been in the game for over a year, they are "new" to players who have been in the game for less time. I do believe the lack of specificity in the wording may be a bit misleading, but not to the detriment of anyone.

One of the worst posts ever. You don't have to justify the indefensible just because you are a mod (and a "new" one by the looks of it seeing as these were your first posts - by "new" i really do mean "produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before").

It's just pure and simple false advertising. It's done quite intentionally to maximise profit and mislead their own customers. It's a not particular  nice sales technique, rush people to buy without proper consideration via a time limited offer. In this case they crossed the line of decency by outright lying.

I'm sorry. Who forced you to buy it? You are spitting vitriol as if you fell for a massive scam and did not realize it until your fortune was squandered. If you know that something is not "new" and yet you spend money on it anyway, rushing to buy anything without proper consideration is how the proverbial fool is parted from his wealth. Someone so fiscally irresponsible needs no help from any marketer to find foolish ways to discard his cash.

Red said:

FAILO said:

The castle skin is easy to find but where do you have the "new improvements" what it seems like is that actually NO "new improvements" were added and you are advertising for old improvements that have always been there.

While the Castle Skin and All Hallow's Eve Improvements may not be "new" to you and others that have been in the game for over a year, they are "new" to players who have been in the game for less time. I do believe the lack of specificity in the wording may be a bit misleading, but not to the detriment of anyone.

RED: 

1) It has been detrimental to me (I have requested new improvements under suggestions, so my hopes were raised when I saw this thread, and dashed when I read it); 

2) it has been detrimental to your own credibility, and, hopefully, your own conscience; 

3) it has been detrimental to Plarium's relationship with players; and

4) it is detrimental to people whose decision to spend money has been influenced by false information. 

False advertising is considered unethical because it is detrimental.  Do you have the moral courage to acknowledge this?

I realise, that like a lot of companies, you seem to put marketing analytics ahead of direct customer feedback. I can understand how this applies to new features, etc, but does it apply to ethical issues as well?

1) Your marketing department has concluded that false advertising is the way to go - 

2) You have direct feedback from customers saying it's not acceptable.  

Please pick one.

(Please note; it's never too late to do the right thing: you can close this thread, create a new one acknowledging that this one was misleading, and then correctly state the facts - if implemented, I would be incredibly impressed; and if such a correction made it to the "news", I would be blown away.)

Community, please assist me with this one, I may be mistaken:

When I look at the list of improvements available to me, I see nothing new whatsoever, which suggests that the "Limited time" line only applies to the Castle skin.

Red said:

zapelo said:

There is no new castle skin. The one with pumpkins was there since always. 

This is low. Advertising something OLD as NEW and for LIMITED TIME.

How stupid do you think we are?

I am sure nobody believes any of the players are "stupid" as it does take a modicum of intelligence to play a strategy game. 

While the "Haunted Castle"  Castle Skin and the accompanying themed Improvements may not be "new" to you, they may be "new" to players that have not been in the game as long as you have. However, the "limited time only" is accurate.

The castle skin and all improvements connected to Halloween are there from "forever".

Either they will be removed or it is another lie in a series.

And the wording of the original message about it being "new" is not a "bit" misleading. It is a plain and simple lie. 

English is not a complicated language to understand. 

So it leads me to repeat/upgrade my question.

How stupid or brainwashed do you think we are?

Keaton said:

Community, please assist me with this one, I may be mistaken:

When I look at the list of improvements available to me, I see nothing new whatsoever, which suggests that the "Limited time" line only applies to the Castle skin.

It looks like they mean the skull candle - http://prntscr.com/cxii9c

I don't think any of these arguments are constructive nor helpful.
Seasonal items have always been offered in games like this and are often shown as 'new'
Veteran gamers take such claims with a pinch of salt, and realise that they will be new for most players but not for all. Its not important.

The price of such items, however, is important

We can get the same skins on other servers 60% cheaper - and they are 50% stronger too

The Haunted Castle costs 2,000 not 5,000 and gives 1500 bonus not 1000

http://prntscr.com/cximp5

Only 800 Sapphires with 60% discount and gives 1500 Castle Bonus

in that case RED why say "new" ?

he could say something like this : "To those who have not discovered our special Halloween castle skin and many other related halloween improvements "

so technically it was false advertising !

djmoody said:

Red said:

FAILO said:

The castle skin is easy to find but where do you have the "new improvements" what it seems like is that actually NO "new improvements" were added and you are advertising for old improvements that have always been there.

While the Castle Skin and All Hallow's Eve Improvements may not be "new" to you and others that have been in the game for over a year, they are "new" to players who have been in the game for less time. I do believe the lack of specificity in the wording may be a bit misleading, but not to the detriment of anyone.

One of the worst posts ever. You don't have to justify the indefensible just because you are a mod (and a "new" one by the looks of it seeing as these were your first posts - by "new" i really do mean "produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before").

It's just pure and simple false advertising. It's done quite intentionally to maximise profit and mislead their own customers. It's a not particular  nice sales technique, rush people to buy without proper consideration via a time limited offer. In this case they crossed the line of decency by outright lying.

You are entitled to your opinion of any post on the Forum.

While I am "new" to the Forum on this site, I am not new to being a Moderator nor am I new to the game.

I don't believe Lord Oberon's message was "done quite intentionally" nor do I believe you have proof to support your libelous statement, so please consider your words carefully.