THAT IS REALLY DISGUSTING !!
Look, I think Inno has dropped the ball on this Winter Event (a real shame because the Event had great potential), but this might be going a little far.
SHAME on FOE about the Reindeer collection. You think you would win something and at the end you discover that this is a TOTAL SCAM !!!
You didn't find this out at the end. The 2995 diamond charge has always been right there on the screen.
I find this SCANDALOUS and for the DIGNITY of FOE, I ask this is ERASED or offered for OTHER THINGS than DIAMANTS.
It's an offer of additional prizes for diamonds in addition to the free Grand Prize. There's nothing "scandalous" about it. If you don't want it just don't buy it. That's the route I'll be taking if it goes to the live servers chock full of filler garbage, but it's not a scandal. It's just a really bad deal. They don't hide the fact that they're offering junk and expecting us to pay for it.
If it is stays as is I will ask the member of my guild to BOYCOTT this SCANDALOUS SCAM !!
I fully agree that the event needs to be fixed if they want us to spend diamonds on the live servers, but come on-this is really over the top.
Considering this I will STOP immediately participating to this event on bêta.
Just play for the free Grand Prize.
This has been going on in this thread since the inception of the event, and I just don't understand the hostility. If the reindeer weren't there at all you'd be happy, but because you have the OPTION to buy more prizes with diamonds (which are not necessary to max out the Grand Prize) you're enraged?
I can only imagine what it must be like shopping for a new car with you:
Customer: What does the car have for audio?
Dealer: AM/FM radio and CD player with a 6-disc changer
Customer: That sounds like a good deal
Dealer: You can also get XM hooked up but it costs extra.
Customer: This car is a SCANDALOUS SCAM and I'm going to boycott your dealership!!!!!!!!!!
Dealer: Uh, it's not a scam or anything, it actually says it right on the flyer. If you don't want XM, you can just stick with the other free stuff that you said you were happy with.
Customer: SCANDALOUS SCAM!! For the DIGNITY of the dealership XM must be free!!!!! I was perfectly happy with the existing stuff but the option of buying XM in addition to the free stuff so enrages me I'll immediately stop car-shopping!!!!!
Now, in all fairness, the analogy continues with the fact that the added radio feature is essentially charging you for static, but they're not hiding that. The garbage they think you'll spend 2995 diamonds for is sitting right in front of your face. The correct response is to just laugh and not buy it, and also express disappointment that they think we're this stupid.