People that spend lots of $$ should be rewarded, that's the basis of capitalism. Those with more $$ have the opportunity to do more, and HAVE more.
I'm not a whale, but I'd be damn pissed if I spent over $500-1000 like some of you on a severely underwhelming toon. I'm a 'Freemium' player and I have no qualms about whales having stronger teams-they paid for it. When some dude in a Maserati drives past me am I upset that it makes my Caddy look like a match box? No, that person simply is more wealthy then I am.
I think the FTP players want to compete with whales but that shouldn't be the case, there should be a stark discrepancy between to the two groups. Why would a millionaire want to live in a housing project? (not making fun of Projects I grew up in one just using an analogy) . Someone will argue that the FTP players will leave-yeah ok not going to happen- its EA, Di$ney and $tar War$; they know they got us ALL by our Lekku HARD -. Would some leave? sure but then most would be-if not forced-'coerced' into spending more $$ 'to keep up with the Joneses'. To which is a 'win' for EA
I can use the MMO analogy, lets say an MMO has PvP but not everyone PvPs, you're going to have a small player base that figures out how to maximize their said pvp toon to their fullest. They have the most time to raid, acquire 'The Sword of p0wing +100'. Those that don't shouldn't complain that they can't compete with people that put more time (in this case money) into the game.
Our society is predicated on catering to those with more, is it fair? I don't think so, but that's just how it is.
EA Staff (Retired)
