Take a step back and view it from the outside in, then you can see how it would be highly suspect. Valid or not.
I dont fault you for spending your money how you want. And never will.
But I dont think anyone here thinks you are the problem. More a symptom of the problem.
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It's fairly strong evidence, or are you saying they dont care about that extra 10k dollars in profit (3 mil bloodscrip i saved when it opened at 7? But believe what you want, you've already made up your mind, I don't know why im bothering to point out the obvious
yeah i mean monks and pallies were both bad at their respective releases (paladins were at least mechanically OK but they were boring). on top of that the (still) persisting issue that neither has any out of combat utility contributes quite a bit. A lot of people like their characters to be useful other than smashing stuff so if you wanna DO anything both are basically ruled out.
But they also aren't entirely wrong. Adoption of the characters would obviously have been a lot higher with better design out of the gate but this isn't WoW where you can cap a new class in a month. When you're game is on a timeline of years not weeks and people are already invested in builds/personas they've sunk thousands of hours and potentially thousands of dollars into, it's harder to get that buyin to a completely new thing.
Don't get me wrong, it's fucking ridiculous to me that we could go this long between new classes to keep things fresh for people who are interested. I'm very pro Savant, personally, (also some kind of elemental / mental hybrid) but it is a comparative lot of work for i dunno, the 10 people who would play it.
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Do you honestly believe all that 'profit' you made them is going back into the game?
It appeares to the 99% of us, they are focused on milking the 1%. Why would they spend money on dev at this point that dont have the same returns. At best a week of dev(being very generous) for a 28k item.
It's probably closer to 2to 4 hrs of dev.
The 506 sk was probably 10 minutes of dev.
Again you do you, and this behaviour is realistically why the game is still alive at this point, but I and many others still think it sucks
Last edited by Sile; 02-25-2020 at 02:58 PM.
There are only 10 types of people in the world — those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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The goal of this event is to drain bloodscrip, massively so if possible. The scrip had already been paid for by that point and it is about removing them from the game (or face customer backlash about the perceived value of same currency)
It protects against inflation for future events and the broader playerbase, satisfies the customers who bought in for the alternative virtual currency by giving them something they presumably want or will enjoy, and overall drives more sales and participation next time around.
Overall, it did its job and the people who bought in (not gambled as someone posted before) prove the demand, regardless of anyone's personal opinion. While it is a crazy high number, it is supply and demand and he is correct that there were others that planned and prepared to spend just as much, as you can see from other sales there. None of this was really a shock, the stockpiles being purchased were known to me at least. SK 506 would likely have been the highest item had he not already owned one!
TLDR: Glad you enjoy the item and I highly doubt you knew about it beforehand. As shocking as this is, it is not the only venue for services or items nor truly that new to the game (just more apparent and more funds going to Simu). Big silver drain is likely next, which nets them nothing much.
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I brought up the gambling, because spending more in the game was triggering the same feelings gambling did for me. It was unhealthy. That is on me.
I didnt point at any one person and say ahah you have a gambling problem. I said there is a good chance that someone is buying in has a problem. Which odds are in my favor (gambling again lol)
Never ment to be a personal attack.
Last edited by Sile; 02-25-2020 at 03:05 PM.
There are only 10 types of people in the world — those who understand binary, and those who don't.
My Trade List (kept updated)
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