My MOBA of choice since 2014/04 has been Prime World. I really enjoy the talent system, it’s RPG like elements, I don’t have to buy any gear from a shop because it’s all based on my talent choices. I’m not overly fond of their Facebook Style Kingdom Simulator, but that’s a moot point, it’s not that big of a deal. Most of the loyal fans of the game don’t care for it, but it’s in there, what can you do. This is how much I’ve enjoyed Prime World, I’ve spent almost 900 hours in it. Here’s a Screenshot.
You’ll notice, not only is it 900 hours, but I also have the Level 5 Steam Badge. I’ve been quite loyal to Nival. Even though Prime World is a Free to Play game I have invested quite a bit of time and money into the game.
I’ve gotten other friends to join Prime World, obviously it wasn’t hard, it’s Free to Play, I even wrote a positive Review for the game, because I really like it and think others will too. Now my friends, when we play, obviously we mic. Over this past week something odd has been happening. One friend, they gave me Moira and two skins for free. Another friend, I got one the recently added Guardian for free. Yet another friend logs in and exclaims I got Swamp King, two skins for him, a thousand gold, and a unicorn pet. Now this really shocked me. That’s a lot. I’ve been playing since the Beta, the unicorn pet was given to people in the Beta, and I never got one, but it was no big deal, I bought the wolf pup. Now this new player has the Beta unicorn…
As if all of these items were not enough, each player was also given Golden Age which is a cash paid for item to give your champions a boost with better talents and double the experience. They also had 100 Prime Crystals. I earn 100 Prime Crystals in about 8 days, that’s kind of a lot of Prime Crystals.
As if all of that wasn’t enough, there is still more. They were given Golden Runes so that they could adjust talents for free because of recent balances and changes to the way several heroes work.
Now, as extra salt to the wounds, we’re playing with a friend of a friend, and he’s bragging about the 3,000 gold Nival gave him. Okay, something must be going on, and Nival must have just forgotten about me. You know, because I’m the loyal player that has invested money into Prime World, I must have fallen through the cracks. After all, I spent money, and my friends didn’t spend any money, so surely I’m suppose to get something too.
I e-mailed customer support, because I’m wondering where are my free items, or unicorn because I was a Beta player, or even the golden runes so that I could fix my talents for free too. In order to make talents unassigned you have to spend between 6 and 14 Gold pieces. This is the real world cash money currency.
However, a dark revelation was revealed to me today. Nival answered my support ticket by saying this:
Hello SaintKilljoy,
Thanks for contacting us.
Your friends received presents as they were fresh players (that had played not a lot).
Unfortunately we can’t help you in this case, because support team isn’t engaged with such giveaways.
Best Regards,
Prime World Support Team
New players, who have not spent any money, are being rewarded with gifts, some with 1,000 and 3,000 gold. $4.99 of real world currency gets 150 gold. Some new players to the game are getting $200.00 to $600.00 worth of free gold. These are just the cases I’m aware of. This seems extremely excessive, but what is worse, is it seems like a complete disrespect towards veteran players. You know the players who have invested time and money into Prime World.
Okay, so now, I still need to fix my talents. Right now Prime World has an offer, if you buy gold then you will receive 30% more gold for free. Okay, here’s 5 bucks. I was given 150 gold. Where’s my 30% more gold bonus? Here’s a screen shot after purchase.
Okay, well, I went this far, I intend to fix my talents. Nival made changes to Prime World, and yet, I’m having to pay to fix them, because I’m a Veteran player. Let’s do this. I’m game. After stripping my Sesha, who is all but useless with the changes. I’m left with 19 Gold. Here, have another screenshot.
Something is deeply wrong with this picture, and I feel the need to bring this not only to Nival’s attention, but to all the Veteran players as well. I’ve promised Nival that I would e-mail them the link to this story, and after reading this, I would really like them to provide us with some answers. Hopefully something positive can come out of this for all of the players, not just the new players. I will report back with whatever news I’m given, and if they say nothing, well I’m sure I can talk about that too. By the way, what about my 30% free gold?
Original Author: Travis Patterson