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dtOddity92's avatar
dtOddity92
6 years ago

The Iron Crown Event: Just a predatory monetisation tactic?

Please note: This post isn't meant to dissuade players from making their own choices. I am merely providing my opinion through criticising the developers' use of shady business tactics to swindle pla...
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voltageblue8's avatar
voltageblue8
6 years ago

What a useless thread. You're complaining about cosmetics, that you chose to buy. These items have no effect on gameplay what so ever, nor do they give another player any type of advantage. Generation of wha wha wha, boo hoo hoo. The game is FREE you don't have to spend a dime to enjoy the actual game. It's your own choice to spend your money to look different. Get over yourself.

You willingly bought packs knowing it was a gamble then call it predatory monetization. Your logic is pretty far off.

Now, I'm off to enjoy the awesome game EA created. Ill be rocking my snake skin on octane that I got for free. Happy hunting legends.

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Sarrgeras
6 years ago

@voltageblue8  registered 5 hours ago, makes points about logic.... here is a logic you are wasting your time trying to troll this IT WILL NOT HAPPEN 

F2p is an illusion here, players support f2p in any way they can they have built entire companies that gave VALUE to their customers and their money.

Placing skins in any game behind a paywall this high is provocation, every gamer wants to support/own stuff in game he likes and this is just disgusting abuse of that 

  • voltageblue8's avatar
    voltageblue8
    6 years ago

    "Registered 5 hours ago, makes points about logic...."

    What does anything about what I said have to do with how long ago I registered. Your point here is mute.

    "Here is a logic you are wasting your time trying to troll this IT WILL NOT HAPPEN 

    F2p is an illusion here"

    This is a ftp shooter with no way to pay your way to any advantage except looking different than someone else. So youre obviously delusional. Your point here is mute.

    "players support f2p in any way they can they have built entire companies that gave VALUE to their customers and their money"

    EA is already an established company and does not need your funds to keep running. You did not help build this game in any way you merely spent money on cosmetics. Your point here is mute.

    You're never going to get exactly what you want in life, you learn that at a early age in school. Move along now.

    • dtOddity92's avatar
      dtOddity92
      6 years ago
      @voltageblue8 You make some good points however I feel as though what myself and many others here are questioning isn't necessarily the actual cost of the recent event content but rather the reasoning behind said cost. Even after the dev's responses no clear answer was given. People are more than welcome to buy the content, sure. But at least prove to the consumer the prices are worth what you pay for.

      Now I know after reading your previous comment that you criticise this very thread's existence, but when I created it I only meant for it to be a place where people can discuss in a respectable manner how they feel about being "expected" to pay the prices we've been presented with by Respawn.
      To discuss whether or not this is really the devs being greedy at the coercion of EA or if it really is value for money.
      You have to admit, around $200 is questionable in of itself. Especially when the majority of the cosmetics are barely seen by the player outside of the game's menu.

      As you rightly say though, there are a lot of silly people crying and complaining over what is going on but the devs are never gonna react in a positive way to a thread of vulgar language, verbal abuse and death threats.
      (Clearly evident at this point.)

      However, not long after making this very thread I began encouraging players to criticise things in a more respectable manner and I got a response from EA stating that they appreciate the modicum of civility here as, and quote, "That tone really helps to get your point across, and helps the tone of the forum overall.
      So I respect where you're coming from with the points you've raised but I do feel there is good reason to at least question where this game is going. Or a the very least help people be more aware of possible shady business practises that may be going on.

      Glad to hear I'm not the only one still enjoying the game too. *thumbs up*
      • voltageblue8's avatar
        voltageblue8
        6 years ago

        @dtOddity92Thank you for the reply. Glad to hear you're still enjoying the game as well.

        I'm not going to speculate to much more on this topic considering I made my points already.

        One last thing I would like to say though. Sorry in advance if this offends anyone.

        If you spent 200 dollars on cosmetics skins that you can not even view in-game because this is a first person shooter, you're not very smart. No player in their right mind would spend that kind of money on a skin that they can't even see while playing.

        Gamers that play an fps for the competitive nature and just generally getting better at the game (probably 95% of the game) will keep this game flourishing and giving tons of gamers competitive gameplay for years to come.

        Gamers that are worried more about how they look (probably 5% of the game) will either move back to fortnite or get into some mmorpg.

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