This needs to stop.....

This isn't a "moral" decision. It's a business decision.

Some players spend money on the game. Their financial investment (usually) gets them a competitive advantage. In the case of Platoons, it means that guilds that have members who spend money will have a competitive advantage over guilds that are completely f2p.

If nobody spends money on the game, it will quickly shut down, so players who spend money are funding the f2p players.

I also find it frustrating because my guild only has a couple of guys who spend (and only on certain characters), but have recognized that it is the business model for the game, and is unlikely to change.

Cash grab or not, If it helps the game stay afloat then so be it.

"jkray622;c-1784163" wrote:
This isn't a "moral" decision. It's a business decision.

Businesses can make money and still be moral/ethical.

"7AnimalMother;c-1784166" wrote:

"jkray622;c-1784163" wrote:
This isn't a "moral" decision. It's a business decision.

Businesses can make money and still be moral/ethical.

Yes, but THIS DECISION - to provide spenders with a very small competitive advantage - is neither moral nor immoral. It is moral-neutral.

Honestly - in a game like this, I can't think of any gameplay or release-based decision that could be classified as immoral. Any decisions they make in game might make players unhappy, but they can't force you to do anything.

Even if they announced that Darth Revan will be released, but you must pay $500 cash (no crystals, no f2p method) to get him - that's not "immoral."

Lately, CG has done quite a number of morally/ethically questionable things. Having marquee characters in TB is NOT a big deal - nor is it anything they haven't clearly stated they would do.

Putting some "pay to own" characters in platoons (which, if your guild is strong enough, don't matter anyway) when they have said all along they would do it is much different than, say, nerfing characters people have poured resources into (NS, zFinn, etc.) and far different from releasing intentionally misleading videos about character/team performance in an effort to deceive the player base into pouring resources into them...for example.

If you want to hammer CG/EA for being morally barren, have at it - but there are SOOOO many better examples to take issue with than this one.

All a cash grab

"disbeliever;c-1784154" wrote:
All a cash grab

yeah...just so darn frustrating...like do they have a moral compass there seriously?

Yup... our guild have 2 of them at it needs to be at minimum 5 stars to put it there...

This is certainly nothing new and has been going on since the inception of TB. Just get the stars you normally get and move on.