Reading the live Forum responses to the St. Patty's Day Event, I have a fun idea for when the Egypt Settlement rolls out. I'm going to have a couple of FoE buddies over my place. In a "worst-ever" homage to the Egypt Settlement, we'll get the worst-reviewed beer and hot wings we can find in the area and we'll put
Showgirls on the TV while we read the Forum responses and laugh uproariously at who can be the most creative. I'm easily amused
It occurred to the conspiracy-minded part of my brain that Innogames might be ripping a page out of the "New Coke" playbook here. It's almost inconceivable that a company who could create as fantastic a product as FoE could also create as miserable a feature as the Egypt Settlement. It almost seems like it's intentionally bad (yes, I know technically New Coke outperformed original and Pepsi in taste tests; all analogies break down at some point). I think that they want to roll out the Egypt Settlement in its current "trainwreck" (to put it kindly) form, then they'll "correct" it in the hope the relief/gratitude will increase brand loyalty. In fact, I'll go one step further-I bet anyone 1,000 Forge Points that the true Egypt Settlement is in a software update that's already done and ready to go, probably to be released ~2 weeks after it goes live. They'll let the hopelessness and despair set in, then swoop in and save the day, and customers will be so grateful they'll be more willing to buy diamonds.
Of course, it's also possible I'm just in the "denial" stage of grief. Time will tell...