Dalmont Legrand wrote:The guess might be at what those players spend on this game or just CCP tries to assimilate Dust to EVE.
Even if only 1% of them spend money, the more of them playing the game, the more money CCP will win.
Even if none of them spent any money in Dust, they would still be content for the ones that do, and would help improve the player population, something this game really needs.
But none of the above is the case. Obviously, I have not played with every Spanish player in the game. But I have easily played, and I'm not exaggerating, with more than two hundred of them. And more than half of those have paid real cash to CCP at some point. Most long time veterans have easily spent more than 100Gé¼, and that rounding down.
It's true that a lot of those have stopped spending money the last months, mainly because the lack of content, the repetitive nature of the game, and CCP walking in circles nerfing/buffing the same things over and over. But that's a different problem.
The worst part, is that it does not matter what CCP's original intention or reasons were, the message that CCP is sending across with this kind of decision is: "You are a second rate customer. Just give us your money and shut up."
Iron Wolf Saber wrote:This doesn't mean that the game language itself is no longer being continued, just there is not enough GMs to go around. Most of the old staffers are likely on Cerberus providing localization for both eve and dust. Until they get more folks in those departments and budget willing there isn't much more than can do.
First of all, thanks for answering. I know that CCP is not eliminating the language from the game itself. Yet. But once you enter into the dynamic of reducing costs and save budget and resources, it is the next step. So I prefer to make sure they don't take it.
And about support, I am not asking for 24/7 support, just
some support, because after 1.8, CCP will provide
no support at all.
I will repeat myself. One of the biggest selling points for Dust, that makes it stand out amongst other products, is that it is both translated and supported into Spanish. A lot of the Spanish players in Dust, have chosen this game over others because of this.
Stopping to do that could be that thing that would turn them to those other games. Don't eliminate the selling points of your product to reduce costs.
Also, what I told Dalmont about CCP message coming across as us being "second rate customers." If the problem is lack of staff and budget, it would come across much better if CCP simply gave that as a reason, instead of saying that it is because they want "to ensure parity with EVE".