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• MaranaCop 27 Posts

  Sun, Mar 16 2014 11:18 PM

  Ok, I know this has been said and know I'm not the only one who thinks it.

  1st, why is it that the wind is different for everyone on a tourney? I have played multiple rounds on a tourney and the wind is different each time which seems that it doesn't make it a even tourney.

  2nd, It seems that "maintenance" only means "adding ads". Every time the server is down for maintenance, the ads are the only thing that seems to be different and game play is worse.

  3rd, why not increase the hit loss for balls to keep players around. I know "if you don't wanna pay, use free balls". WGT has made it that to use good clubs, you need good balls. I understand that the hit loss was first started to make money to maintain the server, but now with the large volume of ads ($$$$$), how about giving back to the people that have been paying on this "free site" by letting the balls last a bit longer. I understand this is a money business but, keeping the customer happy is a better money maker. Fix the meter, fix the wind, fix the greens, fix the price and duration of balls and people will stay and play.

  Feel free to reply saying I'm wrong and should just play with free gear and enjoy what they have created. Don't get me wrong, I love playing here, will continue playing here, but just believe in the old adage, you get what ya pay for.

   

   

• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 11:17 AM

  hi here are few answers :)

  1. wind is random because in the long run that's fairest for all. in reality, wind is never the same for all players are there are gusts, you hit from different angle and it simple changes based on the morning/afternoon or just hole location.

  2. maintenance often means backend maintenance, when we replace failed hardware or connect new servers or replace others... ad's likely have limited run time, so they get refreshed automatically...

  3. the way balls function and such, is way above my purview but I always pass on the feedback:)

  -wgticon

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 11:45 AM

  MaranaCop:

  I understand that the hit loss was first started to make money to maintain the server

  Can you explain this bit? 

• chuddlymccannon 298 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 11:57 AM

  I would think the wind has to be done like it is

  Is it a complete pain in the rear?  Sometimes yes.

  But, if they set the wind for the same all the time in a tourney the scores that are already low would get lower.

  If say, wind was more like real wind and you showed up to the first tee box you would be able to tell what wind was going to be on which hole........ People would just restart until the wind was favorable and play only those rounds.

   

• easternguy 301 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 3:51 PM

  I actually think the game is too easy and I'm nowhere near one of the better players. We're playing many US Open courses, shouldn't the scores more closely reflect that fact?

• Games4Ever71 623 Posts

  Wed, Mar 19 2014 10:05 AM

  MaranaCop:

  Ok, I know this has been said and know I'm not the only one who thinks it.

  1st, why is it that the wind is different for everyone on a tourney? I have played multiple rounds on a tourney and the wind is different each time which seems that it doesn't make it a even tourney.

  2nd, It seems that "maintenance" only means "adding ads". Every time the server is down for maintenance, the ads are the only thing that seems to be different and game play is worse.

  3rd, why not increase the hit loss for balls to keep players around. I know "if you don't wanna pay, use free balls". WGT has made it that to use good clubs, you need good balls. I understand that the hit loss was first started to make money to maintain the server, but now with the large volume of ads ($$$), how about giving back to the people that have been paying on this "free site" by letting the balls last a bit longer. I understand this is a money business but, keeping the customer happy is a better money maker. Fix the meter, fix the wind, fix the greens, fix the price and duration of balls and people will stay and play.

  Feel free to reply saying I'm wrong and should just play with free gear and enjoy what they have created. Don't get me wrong, I love playing here, will continue playing here, but just believe in the old adage, you get what ya pay for.

   

   

  Paying and free, should not be in the same sentence at all. You can't have both to be free. This is a Freemium site. Pay to play. If you go the free way, then you are limited to only play short time and not get anywhere. This game is made to pay to play. Who ever thinks you can play for free and hit tour legend is nuts. If I had to try again, and never buy anything I would gave up on the first week.

  There is no difference between the free game apps on windows 8, and this game except this is a browser game and those are apps, as to play for free, it is the same to earn free credits or points, and pay to play to do better. The benefit of this game goes to wgt, and nothing we benefit much from it on our side, except a little fun. Most of us just have to deal with not caring whether we want to play a certain way. This site to me only wants what they can give us.

  Why do you think they stopped the chat with us to get ideas of adding features to the site? They don't want to do what we ask them to do. They want to make money, not players. As soon as I am not moving any further at all and my average has not moved down for a long time, that is when I am done, and that is not very far off from now. I barely play daily any more.

• spdemon 1,588 Posts

  Wed, Mar 19 2014 10:27 AM

  shouldnt be to hard to drop ur avg bro just wait till u need -7 or -8 to drop it .01 lmao then the real fun starts

• doran908 288 Posts

  Fri, Mar 21 2014 9:27 PM

  WGT sucks these days.

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Fri, Mar 21 2014 10:23 PM

  WGTicon:

  1. wind is random because in the long run that's fairest for all. in reality, wind is never the same for all players are there are gusts, you hit from different angle and it simple changes based on the morning/afternoon or just hole location.

  Gusts is one thing, but a heavy wind par 5 with simple tail versus head wind so random is a lottery.  Comes a point the world ex WGT thinks it's not good....Appreciate you have to spin the company line, but clearly it's nonsense.

  Won't be agreeing with you here.