Do You Prefer High Volatility or Frequent Small Wins?

I hate slots which just eat your money until you get the occasional 2000x+ win to balance it out, I much prefer to get given occasional small-medium wins to keep me going and leave the 1000x+ers to be something that shows up once a year or so at most, a noteworthy surprise rather than part of the regular gameplay model. 

RTP and volatility aren't always as advertised. No slot is always the same. I've tried many times, and after a 1000-2000x win on any slot, yesterday's potential disappears the next day on the same slot

I personally think a good game understands how to both be volatile and to reward small-medium wins along the way. I think what's happened a lot in recent times is that providers have opted for more features, bigger and more common max wins and that rtp has to come from somewhere.

I remember when achieving a max win would've been considered a 'bad thing', in the sense of you've 'lost' all the winnings higher than the cap. Something changed in the streamer era and there has been a shift of focus towards seeing max win's as an achievement and getting wins slightly less than max as a 'shame'. This, I feel, created a shift in direction for a lot of providers into ensuring that they can provide max wins to as many players as possible, moving a huge amount of rtp into the upper end of the win spectrum and calling it 'volatile'. 

This is why I don't really like the term 'volatility' in current times, either. It seems you can have a game with 'insane' volatility that is still capable of giving a good playing experience and those with 'high' volatility feeling like they just constantly eat and it just depends where the mathematician has decided to focus the math.

Posted by: @jordqka

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getting wins slightly less than max as a 'shame'.

I had 2 non bonus buy wins that's like 10%-15% away from the max win. I must be feeling so ashamed that I need to dig a hole and hide there for a week or two, so that when I come out people has forgotten those "shameful" wins that's a near miss of a max win.

FitH2 has 30+ volatility but still quite enjoyable and can last quite a while even with a 300x-500x smaller bankroll. So does Remember Gulag. All those base game 20-50x and bonus that tend to pay 20x-50x rather than go big or go home.
Gator Hunters only 20+ volatility but can be very brutal if all revolver misses you get a dogshit bonus. Especially with xBet, 300 spins without bonus, then 2 disaster bonus, well you're done with your 500x bankroll.

@ilya_play_c i used to be like the low-medium volatility games, but in my experience for the last a year those games that titled as a low-medium volatility looks & feels like an extreme volatility one,

@hxlohar When I describe it as a shame I don't mean a shame to me or you. That's not who these providers are thinking of when the games are designed.

I've seen plenty of streamers crash out because 'omg it was almost max, how is it not max'. That mentality spreads.

I prefer low volatility to just enjoy the process of spinning. Although never hurts to try your luck in high volatility games, which is less likely to reward you, but might bring more emotions 

Mix of both, my usual deposits are quite small so i cant really handle 50+ deadspins. But i also dislike slots that give constant small wins and never the big ones. Certain hacksaws really hit the spot for me

Small wins all day I spent so much money on some slots and get nothing is wild 

Like Lua here i also prefer small wins.Like him i spent so much money gambling on super bonuses and getting nothing is simply wild.

I prefer high volatility slots. Less frequent wins, but the payouts actually feel worth it 😎 

If I’m playing small, I go for low volatility just enjoying the game even if the profit’s small. I only go for high volatility when I’m in battle mode😂

I prefer a mix of small and medium wins over chasing huge ones. Feels like most providers are leaning more toward high vol lately, which makes regular play less fun.