Kinda defeats the purpose doesn't it?

so you want to buy medals using olives. sure you can just spend 50 olives at once and you will get 1 medal if you really want the medals that badly

to get 20 medals need to spent 1000 olives. If you really need pruchase experts or other stuff do it if you want, but spent money here is ......

Making it so everything is achievable via money is not how a Free to Play model game works.



Every Free to Play game has some content you can't get with money.






If it didn't, you can't call it Free to Play, it would be a free trial, pay for full access. 

I get what you all are saying about being against "buying your way" to things, etc.  Trust me, I don't like spending any $$ on this unstable server...

While that is a part of it, it's also about trying to keep players interested in NF by giving access to new things sooner.  Imagine a newer or less active player looking at the medal cost of the EBBs and saying  to thmeselves "how in the hell do I get 200 medals?"  If it was another avenue to get to that point, in addition to events, in addition to spending olives, in addition to W@W etc., it might make them more likely to stay active.

I just hate seeing 200 ppl on the server during non-event periods and we can barely fill a room before 10 mins.  Occupation and Axis/Allie modes simply aren't going to get it done and keep players active.  I think the allure of bigger, more powerful ships and new stuff keep players active and the more ways to get to those, the better....

The first goal in running a multiplayer game is to make sure the game works.




New Content Should be released periodically, however not frequently.



The key to a F2P game model is to have three types of items:

Normal Items (Regular Ship Tree Ships)

Premium Items

Special items (Items you can only get a certain way (Such as originally you have to win a massive battle and get the most attack to earn EBBs.)



The first keys is maintaining game functionality. The game needs to work.

The Second key to maintaining the game life is to have a good 3:2:1 balance between the Normal, Premium and Special items. 

The third key is to introduce new content that fits into the current game.

Fouth key is to listen to your player base

Fifth key is to promote your game.

Sixth key is any game that earns money is its a business and should be after these 5 as so. 

i would suggest also the reverse of these( Trading Medals for Olives? Or using Medals to "buy" Olives...

Despite of being called as "free to play Game", you also need to have equip your crew essential premium items to make this an enjoyable game. These essential items are boost, vets and experts. Can u imagine a player without this essential items? or if there is, will he last long in this game? Majority of the players have no Credit crad or paypal to go to item store for this items.
Noted from the 3:2:1 of normpearii, 3 or 50% of players (normal account holder) that supposedly will make the game  last long. The only way to have olives was the attendance system but has been removed few months ago. No choice but to wait for events and pray to all the Gods that you will receive what you are needed for.

if you spend 50 olives in the item store entitles you to have additional 1 medal, the value you received was the the item and  medal.  I would suggest the exchange rate of buying olives thru medal would be 1 medal = 5 or 10 olives. That would be reasonable enough compared to 50 olives = 1 medal (plus the  item bought) spending rate. 

I woulf of say, Increase the rate of medal drops with premium account. And keep the current medal store be purchased with medals.