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This system will not stop the bots, and you know it won't. This will stop new players from playing your game, though. When new players realize they need to have VVIP to play the game without worrying about their fatigue and what they want to do when they play your game, they will likely just leave.
If this system is meant to be a tactic to increase revenue flow, it's a really misguided attempt at doing so. You could quite literally just ask your community what types of things they would like to buy and we'd just tell you. Forcing us to buy something, or just assuming we will is a terrible idea. The Western gaming market isn't the same as the Asian gaming market. There are enough examples of successful monetization business models in other free games in the West that you don't need to make misguided, inexcusable decisions like this. Westerners like cosmetic items. We like them a lot. This game offers a lot of ways to customize your character. Capitalize on that. You used to sell special versions of outfits (either new or pre-existing) that I would buy almost every single month. Since you have stopped doing this, I have no reason to spend $30 every month on something I like, because I'm not about to gamble for a video game outfit and I'm definitely not going to buy VVIP every month just so I can play your game the exact same way I've been playing it for years. I'm sure plenty of others aren't either. You're losing potential business and players by doing this.
If this system is for any other reason besides that, you've done a horrible job at communicating what that reason is. Transparency and communication are important. Your company is evidently horrible at that. We help pay your bills, remember that.
