I want an answer.

[y812791434]

These words are all translated by translation software and may not be understandable, this is just a player trying to communicate with you.

I played the game for 2,000 hours last year, and when I was new to the game, it was very attractive to me.
It's not easy to save up silver during the newbie period, and I don't dare to spend it easily, so I read the online strategies, hoping that the silver I earn can buy the most suitable equipments. 98h was a very popular equipment at that time, and the price went up after an update. Luckily, I was able to buy it before the update. But it also gave me a very uncomfortable feeling.
I've prepared a few questions for you, if you can see them, please answer them.

Why do you guys like to secretly change the price of rods, the attributes of rods, the price of houses, the experience value of fish without ever announcing it or explaining it. Players put in the effort and time to buy these things, and because of your random changes it's all for nothing?

Question 1: Adjusting the price of equipment, adjusting the attributes of equipment, and these adjustments were made behind the scenes, without any announcement or explanation. Is this change fair to the players who bought the gear before and after the update?

Then there was another update, and the houses went from almost 100k down to over 20k, while the new houses in Norwegian Sea are just over 40k. Do you know how much it hurt me to see that update? As a working person, saving up silver to buy a house is a very long process that takes a lot of time and energy. That time and effort was wasted because you updated it once. And you don't have any explanation. It is very sad.

Question 2; Is it fair to players who bought a house before the update? And you have no explanation.

Does it make sense that the bait and spots for the fish change so often? For example, when I was a child, carp ate not only corn and wheat, but also earthworms. Now that I have grown up, carp still eat these things. But in the game the bait and position of the fish change all the time.

Question 3: Is it reasonable for fish to change their food and fishing spots so fast?

Because of the anti-cheating mechanism of the game, I dare not accept gifts from others even if I catch rare fish. I don't know if someone else's account is clean or not. I was afraid of being implicated. When I was new to the game, I was helped by many veteran players.
I've received a lot of help from older players, and I'm grateful to them. But when I grew up, I was afraid that their accounts were not clean and I would be banned. If those enthusiastic old players learnt of my thoughts, they would be very sad. But it's not my fault, it's the anti-cheat mechanism that made me like this. I remember once I received a lollipop from a player in another region because I caught a rare fish, I was happy to have someone to share my joy with, but then I got worried about whether that person's account was clean or not.

Question 4: Does this anti-cheat system really make sense?


Question5: The Norwegian Sea is a popular destination for many players, which means that this map is very successful, but at the same time, many maps have become unvisited. Shouldn't the developers make a good balance between all the maps?

Question 6: The lucky bags from the Christmas event were easy to get every year, and it turned out to be a very casual affair, last year you changed the format of the event, and if I wanted to get all the rewards I needed to put in more effort and time than I had in previous years, and I found it very tiring. First Christmas event and one of the most disappointing. Isn't this forcing players to be online longer??


You update again and again, hurt the heart of some players. Recently, the server has been crashing frequently, and many players' long-accumulated emotions have completely exploded, resulting in the steam community incident. Players may need to be rational and communicate with you, but you should also reflect on why this kind of incident happened.

[Joe316 RF4]

Good day,
first allow me some general advice: naming your post "I want an answer" and stating it with some accusations that are not based in reality is not the best way to get in contact with anyone.

Question 1 and 2:
Changes to prices for equipment are ALWAYS displayed in the patchnotes. These notes are published on our Steam store page.
A game like RF4 is not a static object but an evolving process. New ideas are implemented and existing content has to be adjusted accordingly. Sometimes, in case of the player houses for example, we were not happy with the original price balancing and had to change it.
The possibility of prices or attributes being adjusted is also announced in the games TOS.

Question 3:
RF4 is trying to be a realistic representation of real fishing. On a real life water body, a spot can not endlessly be farmed. Instead, RF4 rewards flexibility, knowledge and interaction with other players. There are many different places where players exchange information and post active spots, from our official discord and forums to the many fan-made sites. We invite everyone to join these communities in order to always find an interesting fishing spot.

Question 4:
While RF4 can be played as a single-player experience, there are some multiplayer aspects to it. We have several leaderboards in the game and it is our duty to ensure the results are legit. Otherwise, players who want to play for a spot on these boards would rightfully feel betrayed. If there was no cheating, we would not need these systems but sadly that will never be the case.

Question 5:
Higher level water bodies generally have more valuable fish in them. This design is important for players to experience a progression while playing the game and advancing their character. Also, new water bodies are always more popular. When the entire community focuses on a specific map, there is less information shared on other ones.
That does not mean there are no active spots or exciting fish on the older maps.

Question 6:
It is of course impossible to please every player, but from the feedback we got, most players seem to enjoy the challenge. For players who do not enjoy these quests, we usually design them in a way that allows players to pick and choose. In the New Year challenge for example, a player could just do the first task for free premium and then do the last two tasks to have a chance at the major prizes.

On server crashes:
The recent server crashes were of course extremely unfortunate. Our team worked tirelessly to fix them and we hope that we achieved a higher level of stability now.
In cases like this, players are of course compensated for the down time they experienced.

On communication:
We value our community's feedback very much. Many cool features of the game are based directly on player's ideas. We invite all of you to get in touch with us on our official platforms and let us know your ideas and wishes.
But we will NOT be blackmailed into changing the core philosophy of our game by a small group who has launched an organised attack on the game. This behaviour is completely unacceptable and will not help to improve the game.