#diamond system

I just checked (finally hit end book on Nightbound) and you are right. I wonder when they changed it because I know I got 2 diamonds a few days ago when ai finally hit end book on ACoR.

It sucks that they went back to 1 diamond after chapters (and now I am lamenting that I didn’t play more books on my phone because that is a lot of wasted diamonds), I wonder why?

I buy diamonds every 5-6 weeks and I spend as I please and there are several current books that I buy everything for. I got the daily diamond bonus on Feb. 15 and I reloaded my diamonds on Feb 17.

I actually reloaded my diamonds early, but as of today I have 1544 diamonds so I have 44 diamonds left over from the Feb pack + daily rewards and I am caught up on all books but ATV. I generally reload on Wednesdays before chapters drop, so I count my diamond week as Wed-Mon, meaning I am almost through week 7 and with TE back and the fact I am spending heavily on all the books but HSS:CA and AME (but still buying some scenes), I normally would be out by now.

I have gotten a couple asks (and answered them) but am also going to do a quick post on my thoughts on the changes with the key and diamond system. It seems they have gone to 3 hours between keys, gone back to 1 diamond per chapter, and rolled out the 5 diamonds a day for everyone (I finally got it on my phone, months after I had it on my iPad).

1). I am probably in the minority, but I don’t see the 3 hours between keys as that big of a deal, especially since right now they aren’t releasing more than 2 books in the same day, except very rarely in the overlap between one book premiering and another ending. If we had 3 books updating every Friday, this would annoy me more.

The diamond for ad system has always capped ads at 5 or 6 a day and you can still get that with the new key system, so players aren’t really missing out, and it shouldn’t effect replays for diamonds. Sure, it is a little annoying, but I don’t think it is a huge deal in the grand scheme of things.

Though, like the diamond per chapter thing (which I am going to talk about) this is something that effects new players more and offers less incentive to catch up on old books.

2). I do find the drop back to 1 diamond per chapter annoying (especially since I have a ton of unplayed books on my phone I never got around too) but since it is coming with the universal roll out of the daily reward system and they have the ads in place, I can’t complain too much. I do think this is something that effects new players more as it gives less incentive to play old books, while most long-term players have played all the books or at least al the ones they are interested in.

If you play weekly and are caught up, it is the difference of about 8 diamonds a week, so not a huge loss, but if you are a new player and would have played other books for diamonds, it is a loss of hundreds of diamonds.

3). The daily reward system rolling out for everyone is a good thing. I used to have two different daily reward systems. I had the 5 diamonds once a day on my iPad and an ad every 3 hours on my phone. I much preferred the 5 diamonds once a day system, even though I could theoretically get more diamonds on my phone, because it is easier to remember to check in once a day instead of every 3 hours.

I think this is a good thing, assuming it works properly, I think this is a great incentive for players to check in daily and 35 free diamonds a week on top of playing new chapters and ads is pretty good.

Overall I do think it is good that Choices is making the changes universal, instead of different players having different experiences. I do think that these changes negatively impact new players more, which is interesting, and I am not sure what that means. But as someone who has been playing for 2 years, I am only marginally effected by the changes and it won’t change my playing style (except meaning I will likely never finish some books on my phone 😂).

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