"Gifafi;c-1993303" wrote:
"Zippy_3000;c-1993288" wrote:
Like I said, that’s not the original quote.. it was something she verbalized earlier this year .. it’s been on the forums before. Still, the link shows CG’s lack of respect for any FTP player- IE: the game is p2w. Example:
-release new “must have to compete” characters behind a massive pay wall
-f2p players must plan resources to farm a swath of toons to get the one that whales will just buy out of the gate
- the new must-have dominates for the whales, while f2p tries to catch up
- then f2p base innovates/finds exploits with existing toons to take down “must-have”new paywall toons.
- CG puts a stop to that real quick,ensuring that everyone who wants to truly compete, has to do so primarily with their wallet.
You won’t convince me otherwise. I really don’t understand why people defend them. (CG) There are lots of f2p games out there that are totally balanced, and nowhere near as motivated by greed as CG is. 12 million a month in gross revenue dude. TWELVE MILLION A MONTH. Yet they are constantly dangling **** in front of you to tempt you to just PAY TO WIN. Their greed is disgusting.
no such thing as a pay wall
yes, FREE to play players have to plan while whales can buy.
yes, whales can get things sooner (except for events like GAS. and starring malak. and negotiator. and hoda/wampa etc)
the only thing I can think of was the unintended EP nerf (malak buff I guess is a better way to put it? i don't remember tbh)
Not sure why you think I'm trying to convince you, just pointed out where you are wrong. Facts aren't "defending cg." I'll never understand that argument. "CG says it cost 1 billion to get GAS!" "No, they didn't" "Stop defending them!" WUT
The pay wall they use is this:
You can just BUY the character right away vs making people who are f2p spend months farming and planning to get the same thing. By the time they get it, CG has released another paywall character - and the cycle begins again. After 3+ years of playing as f2p I have stables of well geared useless toons and ships that can barely compete because I will never spend money to get this stuff out of the gate. To be honest, I might even consider it if it WASN’T INSANELY OVERPRICED - once again pointing out their GREED.
Probably your Geonosis experience is different than mine - I personally don’t enjoy getting curb stomped in every single battle. There’s a big difference in gaming between facing a challenge, and getting murdered into the ground before you ever had a chance. This wouldn’t be a problem, except that since everyone needs the annoying rewards from geo, there’s no choice but to run it every time. Even though it’s really NOT FUN for most people.
Challenge is not equal to - “let’s just make it super annoyingly difficult UNLESS they have separatists WHICH WE CONVENIENTLY START SELLING IN THE STORE FOR THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF AROUND $1500 FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE”
Making this stuff isn’t as hard as it seems, and I really can’t understand why people would defend CG. Every, single decision they make is more about GREED AND MONEY rather than making a fun game. I have not seen one single thing added to the game in the last 18 months that isn’t about money.
And yeah - no sh!t - they need to make money.. all developers do - but there are plenty of other examples of free to play games that aren’t as shamelessly greed-focused as this one is.
