Lvl 125 "Power Whacker"

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I hate it when a game forces me to try to force my friends to play it. I've reached a spot in BW 2 where you need 4 friends in order to defeat the challenge and move on. There is no other way around the challenge other than to defeat it. I purchased two of the slots but didn't have enough to fill the other two. So of course, I can't move forward in the game because I refuse to harrass my friends into joining up. I'd rather keep them as my friends.

If it was possible to invite one's friends to play, but not suggested or forced upon the player, that would be fine. But I can't actually play this new Bush Whacker anymore because I already sent out invites once and that's all I'm willing to do. I'm not going to keep bugging people to play a game just because I want to move forward.

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I agree with the previous 2 posters. If I have to either pay to play, or harass friends, I will choose not to play. I am also stuck at a spot that either requires me to pay or harass, so I guess I won't be a Bush Whacker player any more. Unfortunate, as it was one of the games I enjoyed the most.

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I completely agree Nikita. I was excited about a new Bush whacker and thought that it would be better than version one, but I refuse to force my friends to join this game. As it is most of my friends are older members of my family and only have a facebook to stay in touch with me and do not play games and quite frankly get mad when I send them invites. There is no way I am going to be able to advance at this point so what is the point of continuing to play!??

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With the rest of you. I do not like being forced to ask friends and will not pay. Maybe with enough post they will change it.

Lvl 27 "Is Puzzled"

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I will agree with you that I am opposed to the game making you feel like you must harass friends just to try and progress forward. I can however see where they are coming from in that all games need some means to try and get new players. With that said, I still don't agree with the avenue of approach that this game has taken.

Alas, I do have some good news for you if you are willing to bare some discomfort. You can indeed get past the gates that require help. The first option which is my personal least favorite is to buy into bush bucks. Another option is to continue to try and boost your level in the last zone you have unlocked while getting the consecutive daily bonus because the last day at the bottom rewards you approximately 4 more bush bucks. The free method does require quite a few days to boost your level as you only get one bush buck per level and it will take you quite a few days to get to that last consecutive days played reward of the 4 bush bucks. If you are willing to put up with the boredom or the same zone for days for little other reason other than leveling you can do it. Furthermore, I do not know if yet another gate is waiting for me that requires more friends after I finish up the last forest zone or not. If there is, then my willingness to play will likely be shot as I can spend my time progressing into other more engaging games that do not throttle me into boredom.

Lvl 27 "Is Puzzled"

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I was merely laying out the options that everyone has. I personally have not dropped any money into these types of games. I have only been able to justify subscriptions to some major games, but I am a very strict on my requirements that a game must fulfill in order for me to drop money into it. In truth even though the options I laid out do provide an avenue for people to continue progressing without dropping any money, it still feels deep down that I am almost being coerced into either inviting random people just to try to satisfy the game or harassing my friends who I know all to well do not give even a thought to games on facebook. It is my opinion that a game should be fun and relaxing, and not aggravating or a potential spillage risk.

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Shawn, I agree & can understand that this money would go to help improve it. But how can we be sure it goes to the developers & not just in somebody else's pocket?

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I agree as well.. I hate forcing people to play games and it seems every new field you need to ask friends to pass :(

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David, let me ask something: from reading about how BW2 differs from BW1 & that they put a cap on mana spells & so forth, can they put a cap on other things that the audience finds to be a problem? While I understand the suggestions people give about how they would solve it, it just seems that the majority come to the same/similar thoughts. Does their voice get heard?


I've tried playing other games that require friends to assist you past a certain level.....but the problem comes when only a few of them also play that game. So, while I may have several FB friends, maybe only 5 play a particular game. Therefore, I'm stuck @ a certain point because there's no way for me to overcome it. I can't think of a game's name right off hand, but it's usually those where you have the hunt/find games & then "build" something on your land for reputation to grow your character.