Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26829117-20160522124555/@comment-28753807-20161020121059

Clsj35 wrote:

so, my conclusion is the resotre trick does not have a material impact on the long-running average. i still think the model is the ad quantity is randomized around a target average. using the restore trick limits the low values in the sample, so the game will respond by reducing the high values to maintain the average over time. Admitedly, it is only 10 samples. but that's my theory and i'm sticking to it.

i'm going back to not using the restore trick. it is extremely annoying and doesn't seem to do anything. i'll probably get low values for a few days before the wider variability returns. i'll report if it doesn't behave as i expect.

This seems to imply FM/EA's implementation of the new gold coin free for watching an ad was pretty competent, after the beta test in the beginning.