# What happened yesterday will shock you! (I've quit GoW and you should too)
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871 "2022-11-16T15:03:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Graeme](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Graeme)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871/42 "2022-11-23T23:15:37Z")
I noticed after the 6.6 update there were some unowned pets that appeared in the game for 2 future Holiday events. A standard and ‘golden’ version of each. These disappeared after the 6.65 update.
So, @Fourdottwoone may be right about this.
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### Author:  [@S1eepy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/S1eepy)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871/43 "2022-11-24T03:32:05Z")
Thank you for your post, it motivated me to quit game after 1.5 years of playing! 🙂
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### Author:  [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871/44 "2022-11-24T04:01:05Z")
I uninstalled the game on all my platforms (two computers and my phone) the day I made this post and haven’t logged back in since. While I didn’t ask for my account to be deleted, I have not had a single urge to play the game. It’s honestly refreshing. I’m glad you took the jump too. This game isn’t healthy.
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### Author:  [@Moriad](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Moriad)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871/45 "2022-11-24T17:03:23Z")
> [@NerdieBirdie](#):
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> TL;DR - The current advantages provided to paying players are minor, and much more fair than I’d expect for a game offering non-cosmetic IAPs. That said, should the devs continue to monetize more and more heavily, kingdom progression could theoretically become a larger barrier between paying and non-paying players.
Totally. I’ve always been F2P in GOW. This has not stopped me from joining a competitive guild, nor from going 5/0 against other competitive guilds in GWs.
But I couldn’t care less about leaderboards, especially when the rewards are basically symbolic.
I guess whether someone considers the game P2W or not depends _entirely_ on what they mean by “win”.
In dedicated P2W games, every competition between players results in one gaining a significant advantage over the other. A loss can be devastating. This creates a feedback loop wherein the winners win more and more and the losers fall further and further behind.
In GOW, a “win” counts for little more than bragging rights. You can happily play without caring about rankings at all because they have insignificant effects on your progress.
Let’s hope it stays that way. It’s the very best thing about GOW, and what sets it far apart from many many other games with similar mechanics.
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### Author:  [@RottenSis](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RottenSis)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-happened-yesterday-will-shock-you-ive-quit-gow-and-you-should-too/77871/46 "2022-11-24T19:00:11Z")
> [@Moriad](#):
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> In GOW, a “win” counts for little more than bragging rights. You can happily play without caring about rankings at all because they have insignificant effects on your progress.
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> Let’s hope it stays that way. It’s the very best thing about GOW, and what sets it far apart from many many other games with similar mechanics.
Well said and I agree with this 100%
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