I had high hopes for Firestone: Online Idle RPG, but it's a massive letdown. The game is heavily skewed towards a pay-to-win model, with micro-transactions that are absolutely insane. If you want to make any real progress or stand a chance in leader-board, you better be ready to open your wallet frequently. The constant push towards spending money makes it feel more like a cash grab than a genuinely fun game.

To make matters worse, the game is moderated by players who also act as moderators. This creates a biased and unprofessional environment where favoritism and personal agendas can run rampant. It's frustrating to deal with a system that lacks impartiality and proper oversight.

Cheating is rampant across every server, and you can literally google the game's name to find cheats that let you one-hit everything and skip stages. Even when cheaters are pointed out on Discord, it can take months for them to get banned—if they ever do. This lack of proper anti-cheat measures and slow, inconsistent enforcement only makes the game's competitive aspect even more pointless.

The developers also seem to open new servers every 45 days or so, clearly as part of a money grab scheme. Old servers are left to die, and it’s clear that maintaining a balanced and engaging game world is not the priority. It's not surprising to see moderator players consistently in the top 5, likely because they're compensated with in-game currency. There’s no other reasonable explanation for why someone would spend at least $10,000 just to skip three months of game grind—unless they’re receiving perks as moderators. (This goes for new servers. I myself dropped $1000 on a server that is 100 days old, and top 3 players must of dropped $20,000+, and all of a sudden they all quit once a new server launches)

Additionally, the game’s design feels outdated, and the content is repetitive. There’s a lack of meaningful updates or new features to keep things fresh, making it feel stale after just a short time. Combined with the overwhelming focus on pay-to-win mechanics, it’s clear that player experience isn’t the priority here.

Overall, Firestone: Online Idle RPG feels more like a paywall simulator than an enjoyable game. Unless you're willing to spend a significant amount of money, I would advise steering clear of this one.

NOTE: The competitive side of the game mainly revolves around the leaderboard, which is essentially dominated by whoever spends the most money.

Unfortunately, I’m still playing with the goal of reaching 5 billion hero power. As of 9/11/24, I’m currently sitting at over 500 million. When I say I’m playing this game, it’s more like the game is just running on my second monitor, basically serving as a dynamic wallpaper. There's a bot available that automates everything for you, making it an absolute must if you plan on playing. It's completely legal and even listed on the game's official Discord.

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1.) "I am not interested in a pr training. Im a game developer"
-> If you represent a business and decide to talk in public, you should care about PR. Especially, when you are emotionally invested in the topic.

2.) "Nobody forced you to play firestone. If you believe we have wrong choices you should go to play the game you like more. Games are supposed to be fun not a chore. Also if you want someone to say the right things and agree with you follow some politician on tik tok. We are game developers that focus on creating experiences not saying the things that you want to hear. Arrogant? Maybe. We still do what we believe its best for thr ones that like it"
-> Nobody is forced to play this game, correct. But if we all just leave, there will be no more pay check for anyone employed at Holyday Studios. And instead of leaving, the players, who care about the game, are trying to communicate their discontent about changes made.

3.) "Giving negative reviews in spite you just harm the people thay love the game"
-> People giving negative feedback does not mean, they hate the game. Or that they do it out of spite.

4.) "Data Driven Company"
- "Nobody is your definition for a handful of vocal people. We are data driven company"
- "Data are always counted when its from new players unfortunately. You are biased because of th4 shock of th4 change"
- "The voice of data matters. Telling me that you like it or not is irrelevant as the sample of players will not be representative"
- "You are just adding reasons why we only care about behavior data"
- "You dont need to have data as you cant act on it"
-> A "data driven company", which will not disclose said data to help players understand how some questionable decisions were made.
-> The only positive reviews since the latest Patch (v8.1.2.) were made by fake accounts with under 5 hours played and less than ONE HOUR played after making their review. Everything else, especially on other platforms such as discord, reddit and the ingame chats, people are upset and are voicing their complaints about the player-unfriendly UI/UX changes.
-> The person stated it clearly: Player feedback does not matter, unless you are a new player. And we see based on the player numbers and how quickly new servers are losing players, how that works out.
-> Not providing the leading data in the decision making is fine, every company has that right. However, even if the playerbase can't act on said data, transparency is the key to a healthy provider-customer-relationship. That includes acknowlidging when you made a mistake. Be it a bad patch, or an emotional outbreak.

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This concludes my review and constructive feedback.
Your negative behaviour while representing a business will negatively affect that business. There should be consequences, no matter the internal rank.
I hope to see improvements for the future of the game and a mature communication from the developers.

Cheers,
Hawks [S14 - Trinity Island]

Raid: Shadow Legends, but 2D? If you're going to play a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ gacha RPG why would you play one that looks ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than most lmao