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Buzzwords
Deadly Blue Dots
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2012.08.16 10:28:00 -
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the existence of any kind of real money voice chat, COMBINED with the fact that even free voice chat is hidden behind default options that nobody seems to understand. (it was off by default in the last build, and is push to talk by default in this build. not to mention different channels for squad and team.) is a recipe for a massive shitstorm.
people will log in, try to talk to people, and get no response because they're not pushing to talk. or they are not opted in for voice chat, or even if they are nobody else is so all they hear back is silence... they will then wonder why voice chat "isn't working" they will see a real money item that has ANYTHING to do with voice chat, and they will flip a ****. instantly "knowing" that that was why their voice chat didn't work earlier.
if you don't believe me, think of how rare comms were in the last build. even LATE in the last build. that **** was out for how long? and MOST players either never plugged in a headset, or never figured out that they were "opted out" of voice chat by default.
the very PERCEPTION is dangerous here CCP. |
Buzzwords
Deadly Blue Dots
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2012.08.24 05:00:00 -
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RydogV wrote:It seems this plan goes against much of the F2P data I have read. Most of which acknowledges that in this model a vast majority of players will spend nothing or next to nothing in-game. A considerable amount of "profit" is made from a small number of players spending a lot.
Targeting UVT's as a source of profit aims to try and capitalize on the majority element. This seems like a poor business decision regardless whether or not it is "fair". Perception is a strong force, especially within the greater gaming community.
It feels wrong. It will be perceived as wrong no matter how people try and justify it. Therefore, it will hurt the game and ultimately undercut CCP in the long run. Better to hit restart and try to develop a profitable element of the game that will be more widely accepted by the greater community.
Just my opinion.
i was thinking "i thought i read somewhere that only about 10% of people actually pay for stuff in f2p games" but i had no idea if maybe i just imagined that.
i am now emboldened in that i probably didn't imagine HIM reading it to.
so i submit that the uvt be changed to an out of clone augmentation. plug it into your custom channel to enable voice chat for the entire channel. this way the 10% who are willing to spend money can, and it won't be utterly useless because the other 90% won't be on uvt anyway.
at the same time however, i still feel it is incredibly important that voice chat be ON by default, and push to talk be OFF by default. as it causes a lot of misunderstandings about how voice chat works and what uvts actually do.
i had a clanmate message me "are UVTs needed?" he was not new to dust. he had his voice chat properly set up, but since nobody else did, all he heard was silence. making him wonder "maybe it's the uvt ******* me over" now if he were a slightly less level headed man, or didn't have a clanmate to ask, you could EASILY see him coming here and being pissed right? |
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