Daoist_4300034905 they've cut weekly rewards by about 130 stones/coins, or about 6500+ if you look at it in the long run. They are also cutting weekend check in from 10 to 5 btw. So instead of a Christmas surprise or a thanks for investing, we get slapped in the face with reductions and are being forced to pay more and use coin farming to watch garbage ads.

    Daoist_4300034905 you should look for the farming pages in forum. Only certain stories have it enabled. Got to the "featured" and then to the "free" tabs and look for "farming" novels. The ones there are the only ones to my knowledge that give rewards for watching ads.

      dsmitty
      I read several "farming" novels, see the bag with the arrow loading into the bag, total coins = 0. Never a notice to watch ads, only a link to the "store". Does farming even work for android phones?

        dwvande it worked for me, but the reward is 2 coins per ad. Ads usually appear every 6 pages for me so I might watch 2 or 3 ads per chapter. If you look at the rewards in the store, half the cost and you see how many ads you have to watch to exchange for them. Multiply that by however many pages you have to watch to see an ad and you have how many pages you must read to afford that reward. Mine is 1,250 pages for cheapest reward and 60,000 pages for the most expensive, which is impossible as that would cost me thousands of Stones/coins to read that many pages

        ResidentialPsycho yes, and it's so sad everything being cut short. Even the weekend SS not like before...it's totally frustrated! Why don't they just maintaining the current SS in the same amount but just change the SS to be the coin? That would be good...1SS=1coin...

        #please let them know that this news not making everyone happy about it...
        #sorry...just voicing out my thoughts because not everyone like about the changes somehow if the changes not gonna ruin people's interest, they would stay using this app for a longer time...

        Today is the last day 60% of SS required for unlocking the chapter. With this new found of SS easy obtainer not by buying it, it will let the readers to only read the minimum pages per day around 1-2 chapters, especially for the books that need a huge number of SS requirements. How was possible if not everyone could buy the SS/coins just to unlock the chapters and worse, to finish one book it requires a huge amount of SS and also the costing? Haven't you guys have anything to say about it? I didn't say it's bad but at least please leave a little privileges for us, the readers to feel happy using this app...you know what I mean, right?

          Vanellope

          CKtalon. I'm upset with this new changes. Honestly before i can get 30pts a dai but now it cut 2 half... How can a reader enjoy this kind of changes when you only gets 15 to 20pts a day... Esp if the novel/books is expensive... I wonder if this will continue how many readers will stay in this app... I'm Soooo disappointed.

          Hm, reading more than 900 minutes will not anymore give 10 spirit stone😲 also no more watching video to give us some spirit stone....
          Hm, why to change it seriously...spirit stone is more cool and nice because all cultivate novel. Coin seem too much simple...
          Can we also have some more way to grab more spirit stone/ Coin? That is for all good readers πŸ˜‰
          I got a lot bug too.......

          Definitely not getting my rewards multiplier today. Tried like hundreds of time today. Every updates seem to be bringing us bad to worse news. Is it time to move on to other platforms?

            Fine, WN always give surprise to us.. Big surprise without announcement (yes, they have but can count by finger) . Reader will make noise at first and slowly tone it down (all the while, always like that).

            If you want to change, why doing halfway.. Want to change the apps then change the website at same time too.

            With fixed 5ss for check-in, certain mission will receive only 5ss., so why not standardize the chapter unlock price too.. Less we receive, so reduce the chapter price too.. Fair enough..

            Don't talk about take slow time or company strategy.. That a B, cz all the while WN always give big BAAM to reader for every version.

            Your version is no different with other apps. For example, if want same format with mangatoon or webcomic apps, at least they are fair .. They also have difference type (have coin vs gem or coin vs point) of collection or mission.. Mangatoon check in is 1 coin per day, so unlock is also required 1 coin. Webcomic is more than that and of course unlock also bigger..(don't talk about they focus on comic, mangatoon also have novel inside).

            We are not a test subject. Does the developer (old and new hire) test it to themself first or to Mod in WN/FB before give it to us?

            ["With recent changes in the app, we, mods and other TLs/EDs, tried our best.
            We also felt your frustrations.
            Also remember we are humans. Stop blaming us for every single thing.
            We already lost our voice here"]

            All the while they cant answer all question, cz shut down ppl out. So, why not they become the test subject first, at least they know what the apps and developer doing and give ppl some guide.

            I'm seldom buy ss but always appreciate the free ss..more on website than apps.

              Is the multiplier down? Always have error

                Before 360 minutes get 10 spirit stone, 600 minutes get another 10 spirit stone ...900 minutes get another 10 spirit stone. If I knew it, I should read early from this week and complete the minutes...I should just at work read it more sigh. That isn't funny at all for not given information to us readers. Or maybe it's should start in 2020....now time for everyone in the world to shopping for Christmas time, family and friend party....our stress is more intense πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… so with some changement like that...we are more stressing πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

                2020 is off to a greaaaaat start guys.
                Also multiplier option isn't working for the check-in.

                  @WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL why now u only gv us half of the free ss?? Its very dissapointing thing!!! What kind of new changes is this for 2020??

                    CKtalon this new update sucks .... I really hate everything about it 🀒🀒 I want the old one back

                      its all about money money money........who cares about how you feel

                        dwvande
                        i had same problem then come across something interesting if you are using scroll method instead of page turning method you will not get any coins read about 30 chapters before i figured it out

                          Toje
                          No way😲😲😲😲 it's really true ?
                          I use scroll page forever in webnovel....so I will never get any "coin"? I need to switch to a page version ? ...still I don't like the name "coin" versu spirit stone hm

                            Yuki_Qing those changes have already been done to the website. We last watch video facility more than a year ago!!! Max spirit stones we got was 18-25. And no other means of getting any more. Now it's 15 for us pc site users too.

                              Yuki_Qing those changes have already been done to the website. We last watch video facility more than a year ago!!! Max spirit stones we got was 18-25. And no other means of getting any more. Now it's 15 for us pc site users too.

                                KiraAmor Sorry to ask, are you talking about website or apps? are you sure all those changes in apps is already done to the website? then why on apps, only show free limited reading while website don't have? and where did you watch the video? does it in PC Website/mobile site or the apps? or are you using emulator and install WN apps inside? if it is more than a year ago, where and why it is gone now in website? e-book is on apps, and website? have you seen comic section on apps? sometime they have some event or free comic (can count by finger) showed in apps, and website? Well, cant talk about privilege, collect point and time reading as both absolutely only for apps user and i dont bother on that.

                                I'm not always use their apps (the purpose only for multiple rewards and see what dev done for updating version), more comfortable using website. Sometime rely on their facebook group for free limited reading, if i remember on it.

                                  Toje That sounds like a nightmare.... Using the app is bad enough (I hate the app), but putting it into a page-flipping mode? Who would want to do that? Scrolling is far more comfortable to me.

                                  Of course, if I just use the app to flip through pages to collect coins and SS while not using it for reading, I guess that would work... I can just read on the PC like usual and use the app on the side to earn things. I can't stand reading on the app anyway.

                                  Yuki_Qing I am talking pc site, the only spirit stones we got was through check in, power stone vote and energy stone vote all other privileges like video was removed 15 months ago or free reading etc is not even applicable hence nothing shows. Free reading is only if the author has put the book for free. Getting stones on reading time is not even there for pc users. Just a way for them to force people to use their apps, infact I tried to be a translator through a link they sent sometime back, it said will work only through app. I don't know how it matters to them all it should matter is the number of people using webnovel regardless of the mode, unless something shady through app and they want every individual to have it.

                                    KiraAmor reply from 1 of the mod saying that "the statistic show more apps user than website".
                                    Thats why they "care" for website user.

                                    Thanks for the video info, we leave out the video thing as maybe cant do much at website. Just keep wondering, if their brother/sister website can do better, then why they can't learn from them. Oh, forgot, maybe different team, but still can learn something from them. Well, cant say they didn't do some improvement and learning from others. Fast pass is 1 improvement, new thing from WN, the concept same with other publisher.

                                      Yuki_Qing I have downloaded the app and deleted it several times in the past because it's so buggy. I have the app on two devices at the moment, so I can still use it when one crashes if I need to get Spirit Stones. The only reason I downloaded the app is the get the Spirit Stones; I don't use it for anything else. The one I actually use to read things is the website. I hope they're not just counting downloads. The app is so screwed up, there should be several times more downloads of the app even if it has fewer users.

                                      This morning, I noticed their were no Spirit Stones or coins under "Earn Rewards." Instead, it lists "Fast Pass" as the reward for everything that used to give SS before. Is this thing useful, or do I seriously need to prepare to drop all series but the top five in Webnovel while easing myself away from using the site?

                                        ResidentialPsycho need to wait for their full version/announcement on that. Just check it now, wow, check in will received 1 fast pass. Did you read their announcement in notification? suspect they want to differentiate thing.

                                          Yuki_Qing No. Where is it? Where do I find this announcement? Is it in the forum?

                                          EDIT: The only stickied threads I see on the forum are these:
                                          【New Beta test for Android users!】Chance to win 50SS!!!
                                          Fail to buy SS? Tell us and we will help out!
                                          Announcement: Privilege Adjustment
                                          Book Cover FAQ (an actual, serious guide)
                                          TGIF#97
                                          Winners of WPC #91 #92
                                          Webnovel is hiring Content Editors for our Singapore office!

                                          I don't see anything about this.....

                                          EDIT 2: Found it! It's under the "Messages" in the Inbox. I don't check there as often as I used to because I get so many notifications.

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