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Baal Omniscient
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Posted - 2015.10.19 14:09:00 -
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GM Archduke wrote:Again:
- There is a fix - and easy - daily mission with a key as a reward, so you can open Strongboxes for free.
- Warbarge Components are produced by the Mobile Factory, for free. They are also possible daily mission rewards, again, for free. And you can also get some as salvage. Thus, you can use the Experimental Laboratory for free.
- You can get AUR for free as a daily login bonus. You can use that on any of the above.
- You can buy officer gear for in-game currency - from other players through Player Trading - as in, for free.
I don't disagree with your premise, however it is misleading to say that 'everyone can do the same as everyone else given enough playtime' when the playtime required for a new player (or even a vet honestly) to get the same amount out of usage from certain in game mechanics as someone who pays money for it is outrageously lopsided. If you are an average player logging in every day, playing an average of around 3-4 hours a day, paying no money- your time required to max the warbarge is measured in months or years. If you are an average player as above but you pay money the time it takes you to max out the warbarge is measured in minutes, only the time it takes to make the transactions and click through leveling it up, and the benifits are substantial.
It's basically saying 'Yes those who pay us money get all kinds of advantages now, but if you dedicate a year plus of your life to play our game while at a disadvantage, you'll be there too!' That might not technically be 'pay to win', but it equates to 'pay to have a definite advantage over everyone who doesn't until they finally grind an ungodly amount of time to catch up to you which won't be any time soon'.
"Baal comes...and destruction follows him like a storm."
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Baal Omniscient
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Posted - 2015.10.19 15:47:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:Gotta remember that feeding trolls is a favorite hobby of mine. If there weren't any to feed I'd be freaking bored.
I don't even... How is it feeding a troll to troll a post that was obviously overgeneralized and not particularly well worded but carried a valid point behind it? I can't even wrap my head around how bad the community leadership has gotten if they are ignoring the core issues being brought and poking fun at those who bring them up instead. Every time I think I've hit the bottom level of hope possible for the future of this game, things like this happen and I fall through the floor of that hole some more.
"Baal comes...and destruction follows him like a storm."
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Baal Omniscient
Qualified Scrub
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Posted - 2015.10.19 16:05:00 -
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GM Archduke wrote:8213 wrote:How
Did
This
Much
Officer
Gear
Get
Into
The
Game
? Simple. Every Mercenary has a free Warbarge, that can be upgraded for free to produce experimental and officer gear every day, for free. Every Mercenary can get Officer gear as salvage. Every Mercenary gets a lot of strongboxes and some keys for free from missions and salvage. Every Newsletter subscriber received officer items for free /forgot about this one so far/. Every Mercenary gets AUR for free, every day they log in, this can be converted to Warbarge Components and keys. This is how this much officer gear gets into the game. I'm not trolling and I'm not joking /much less having fun/, I'm here to help. But I really don't think you care to listen.
Do you happen to have any numbers to look at to see what percentage of these weapons produced are from AUR upgraded warbarges as opposed to non-AUR upgraded warbarges (not to mention ALT farming), or is this just you speculating that this is how the market is so flooded? Because new players can't trade without a massive amount of play time to begin with without spending AUR, nor does everyone who plays this game even sign in on a regular basis (I would wager 100M ISK that less than 50% of people who play this game semi regularly or more sign in daily, let alone play a match daily).
In short, do you know it's for the reasons you stated or is that your guess?
"Baal comes...and destruction follows him like a storm."
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