I've reached my goal of 10,000 coins! I feel so proud. And I know now what I'm going to do with it all - lockbox keys, right away, because I've won a lot of money before; and I need more to buy enough ammunition to take down the Mechalon and unlock the other levels. I just wanted to commemorate this moment! You know, it was my first goal since I bought my computer in like, 2012.
8,000 more coins - roughly - and I'll be able to clean out the lockboxes completely! But now I know I can do it. I just hope it all works out. But, hey, I can afford over 175 - they can't all be the same thing, can they?
Edit {June 24th, 2017 at 5:22 PM} - Still don't have the courage to spend it all. I'm rethinking this. It feels amazing to have collected this much. My Achievements page says I have collected over a million in total, but I spent a lot before. Well, look at my funds now. Impressive. I wish there was a place where it said who the richest players were! I think I'd make the cut for once!
Congratulations! That's quite an achievement!
ReplyDeleteFrom past experience, lockboxes are a big drain on money and the rewards are mostly crap with the occasional thing you want. The annoying thing is that the rare things players want from the boxes tends to be good enough that they'll keep blowing real money on virtual items.
In Champions Online, the game I play most (if one doesn't count Sims), I like going to the auction house and buying what I want - it can be expensive, too, but at least you know what you're getting; there's no guessing. :)
Thanks! :)
DeleteUnfortunately this game isn't like that. But there's no guesswork for me, either - you just get what you get. Most of it is crap, but some of the treasures are amazing - or just helpful. I suppose in the end, it doesn't really matter - not if the game will shut down anyway. No promises; it might, it might not. I do appreciate a straight answer, but everything for this game is un-certain.
I know I can't take my game success with me when I die, but playing it makes life a lot more enjoyable.
I wouldn't spend real money on a game, but that's because I've never had much to spare. If I could, I know I would. Maybe it's a good thing I can't, because I've had so little shopping fun that when I do have money, I'm reckless.
But spending these coins wouldn't at all affect my actual funds. Which are nonexistent, especially in comparison. I hate when my fake people are more successful than me in every way.
Why don't you ever write books or blogs?
That's exactly what I mean - you get whatever you get from lockboxes, and usually not the stuff you want. I think it's a sales thing; the more someone wants something, the more money they'll spend trying to get it. It sucks for the loyal players and/or those who pay for the game to have an equal shot as the free players and/or those who only play twice a year.
DeleteIt seems to be that all games shut down eventually - online games, that is. Right now, I like my MMO a lot, but I know I have the Sims 3 and will always have it :)
Games do help a lot - I'd be far more depressed without them. G. and I do spend real money on games, but that's only because he has a good job; if I was working (and I already know I can't get a job like his; you need more experience, especially driving) I wouldn't be able to afford it. That stuff's luxury, for the rich or the reckless :p
My best Sim is ultra-successful; it's funny how often a Sim's life is better than the players' lives. That's a decent joke, actually on Google Image Search :D
... I do both! Well, I haven't published a book (of course) or even finished writing one in years (because I want the story I'm working on now to be as perfect as I can make it) but I'm still writing. I'm just not as fast as you are :)
I still blog, too, though a bit less frequently; I just made my blog private. I'm considering allowing certain people to access it, but if I do, I'd want them to agree not to share its contents with anyone else; I know I can't trust Mom with it now, for example ... :p
I used to think I'd have the Sims games forever, too. But when they go corrupt and not even Lorne can fix them, I rely on Trevor, and some-times it's a very long, very boring wait. And I lose it all, time and time again.
DeleteThat joke is also on Facebook, but I think it's sad. If it were less true it would probably tickle my ribs, but right now it just makes me think.
I just meant posting stories online. I actually have over two thousand pages of stuff that's not published yet. Remember when I began writing my ACFs? It's all that, except revised and made better. Except for the fact that four entire books later, the characters still haven't met. So I'm just posting all the little stories within the books and scrapping the whole combination thing.
Wow ... I remember those things got long, lol
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