I cannot afford this website...
REEEEEEEE
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Mann just skipp some chapters ....u dnt need to read all ...jst read some with intresting title ... Trust me
its best method to keep urself satisfed ...and keeping up with story
For all those who suffer because of premium, wait 2-3 more years and we will have algorithms good enough that MTL will be the same as author translated
Aibele just to point out.. It's 8.99 for one book that may be 300 pages.. Which can be read in a few hours.. Buying multiple books per month if you read once a week is 36 a month.. If you must read.. So 36-20 is spending 16 more per month.
Qidian has no obligation to give us the books for free. Everything is done for profit. I honestly dont see anything wrong with it. If you cant buy ss then read one chapter per day, all you need to pay is time.
Well, this was one of the daily premium ranters vs supporters posts again.
Who's posting tomorrow?
ShouldBeStudying yeah, MTL is improving...
Ansh Exactly, people are saying they follow 40 novels and can't afford to keep up with them all.
All I can think is : reading 40 chapters would take me 3 hours. This means they get 3 hours of reading for free every day. But they're all too addicted and cheapass to buy some spirit stones to support. Absolutely ridiculous.
Literally work for a day : earn 100$ , have 5 months of premium novels. Worth it? Yes. If you go drinking / bowling / eating in a restaurant .... You'll always spends >20$ for a night. 20$ gives you more than 20 hours of reading novels. Stop saying its too expensive, you just have to see it as a hobby. And hobbies are expensive.
- Someone got burned (he knows) :D
- When it came out I though locked chapters would be chill like 1-2 a week, didn't think it was 1 out of 2 would be locked and if you unlock 10 you have to wait 10 days so free chapters catch up to you. So yea they are pushing a bit hard I think. It doesn't matter if it's cheaper than going out or expensive. The thing is nobody else does it. It's inconvenient. All I can say is I see piracy around the corner and it's coming fast :D :D
piracy is aready working.....hard to find but its already there; the strongest system for example is complete on the net (FREE & COMPLETE) and theres also some rough translations of strongest gene.....i almost cry when i found strongest system without adds and shit....like...before, like..... in other webnovel sites that existed before and will go on longer than quidian (if they go on with this); its a pity, this site was great, but the cost of read any premium novel here its not worth,( its cheaper buy a whole book; not the same as here..ok, but there are lots of publised novels of those genres) .I only hope the staff to find that famous medicine for regret before its too late
I have to agree with one thing though, that waiting for 10 days after unlocking 10 chapters for a free chapter really sucks. I really do wish that there was something like where your daily free chapter unlocks the oldest unlocked chapter so that i dont have to wait for 10 days.
Coshak Do they unlock chapters? I was under the impression they did, but then I binged Strongest Gene and realized that they have 70 locked chapters.
My conclusion was that chapters are only unlocked at the whim of TGIF. I came to the forums hoping someone will prove me wrong--are there just 70 set premium chapters that unlock 1 or two per day for Super Gene and an arbitrary number for the rest of the premium novels? Or are we that one step closer to a paywall?
just a few numbers:
- 50 power stones 0.99Eur wich means 5/6 pages
- 420,000 words for George R.R. Martin's latest book, 5000 pages= 5.99Eur (e-book price online in spain)
so 40 pages of a premium webnovel from some more or less known writers ( good writers, no doubt about that;...but not as known as George R.R. Martin ) cost the same as 5000 pages of an e-book by a best-seller writer
even without piracy and counting that everybody can or want to "donate" by your "pricing" to read a novel with the lengt of 5000 pages could cost 1000 euros......what a goob book it should be...
As people mentioned above, just do not unlock chapters and get caught in the loop of having to spend spirit stones all the time. The chapters come out for free but just at a slower rate. I understand it can be hard to control yourself if you are in the middle of an exciting arc, but if you just be patient and stop when you reach the locked chapter you will not find yourself running out of spirit stones or having to wait weeks before you get the next " free" chapter since you already bought so many locked chapters.
And for those who can afford the spirit stones, spend them by all means, what are you even doing here? >.>
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YaoJian
A balanced way to get stones ?
A less outrageous price per chapter ?
Avoiding giving different price for each novels ?
Or maybe just put out a flat subscription service that give you access to it.
Ads is already alright to bring money.
But they still need to satisfy their fan.
It's not China where lot of people love webnovel.
It's the rest of the world.
Where most don't even know about webnovels.
They need to adapt their business to the aimed target. Basic business right ?
I don't say they should remove premium, bu limiting the amount of chapters in front of you would be enough.
I mean 10 to 20 are alright but a 100 locked is just a dick move.
10 to 20 won't mean much in the story.
But a 100 could start a whole new arc.
So... I was saving my spirit stones until it reach 1k and only use it when there's a cliffhanger.
And then,i just found out that there's this "expired" thing on spirit stones too.
I feel like they're forcing us to use the spirit stone.
The other day i lost 99 spirit stones cause of expired.
sigh
*dont mind me... just venting out my frustration and pardon my poor english :)
Morinu I almost agree with you I can pay to unlock chapters and I would but the system is shit I mean I would totally pay for SS to unlock chapters if I can keep getting my free chapter a day too, but if I pay for 100 chapters, next what? I have to keep paying for all the novel and there are chinese novels with 2 or 3 thousand chapters or not getting anymore a chapter a day for three months till qidian catch up with me, I'm totally in for this system but that flaw is just too much you should get a free chapter after a day summing up the chapters you unlock otherwise except if you are goong to pay for all chapters till the end of the book you would end up having to wait anyway all the days that you paid no to wait, just later
YueZise prisoners who are locked in confinement aren't happy, but they continue to survive.
being "happy is necessary for one's well-being, but not necessary for one's survival. i'm talking about survival, or the biological ability to continue to exist. I am not talking about the mental psychological state.
YueZise Living isn't the same as surviving.
I was not talking about the semantic of living versus survival. I don't want to go into such topic because it's neither here nor there, and wasn't part of my initial argument.
YueZise What's the point of life if nothing is fun and you're not happy ?
again, my initial statement had nothing to do with this. you're just extrapolating on what i did not say, and changing the topic as a result.
Aibele I have 15 novels in library 5 is premium and 1 is going premium on april 11th(nooo)
HD usually 3 chaps daily i think-9 to 12
TM usually 2 chapters daily-14
AGM 2 chapters daily-22 28
BNW 2 chapters daily-6 to 8
IRAS lets just say 1 chapters daily-8 to 11
so the cheapest i costs # 62
while daily i am getting 10 from voting
6 to 16 by checking in (might be wrong)
6 to 16 by watching add (meaning you have a smart phone)
lowest is # 22 while the most is # 42 so daily i am losing about 20 ss
My only concern is what is QI's limit? As in, 2 months ago the price of 1500ss was 9.99usd whereas now it is 33.99 nzd - my query is, will the prices continue to rise? or it is set? I myself have 1060 ss and I don't mind paying because at least I know that some of my money is going towards the author. I could be reading on a different site where it is pirated, but I am a big believer in backing those who desrve it. Wuxia novels introduced me to my love of literature and I don't want to feel like the spark which brought me to this wonderful place of enlightenment, is being taken advantage of. I understand that this is a big business but I just hope that they still leave some room for the loyal patreons. To reiterate, I do not mind paying, I just hope it doesn't get to a point where the community is being taken advantage of.
Daoist_Lightsouth will the prices continue to rise?
When did they rise? The only thing which changed is that the promotion time for the bonus is over :thinking: https://forum.webnovel.com/d/4122-last-chance-for-amazing-bonus-spirit-stones
LemonAid0708 And 20 SS is literally 40 cents. You can't complain with that.
Morinu if you continue to read for like 2 to 3 months it adds up 90 * 20 = 1800
1800 if you just use the 50 ss thats 36$
YueZise
I agree with some of your suggestions, I originally wanted to "go premium" I decided to sit back & watch the fallout, see how this system operates & then make a decision.
Truth be told I think that the quite a lot of the "free" crowd seem to be whining scroungers, however I do agree with some of your suggestions... A monthly subscription fee is by far my favourite & what I thought "going premium" ( that term is soooo amusingly pretentious) was going to be, not this "candy crush stone buyer's habit forming addict maker" that is premium.
I believe you complained that they should do proper marketing & research of their target demographic... They have, the results are being used as we speak & I find it quite brilliant. You'll spend, run out, have that cliff itch & spend more, run out & repeat for as many premium novels are in your library.
We live in a time where forming habits is easy... You are being farmed.
Well done Q a round of applause, I think I'll use this as study.
Sanrico_
That info is in the book of answers & was provided from the time Spirit Stones became a currency.
Heyun
Only a flaw if you can't leave them alone & let them pile up