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Orin the Freak
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2012.08.15 19:35:00 -
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alright, well, my main draw for playing DUST was to chat with friends AND play a game. i don't see why you would want to charge for something every other console game gives for free. I understand your desire for funds, but this is not where to get them.
I mean, who is going to only want voice chat for a day? or 30 days for that matter? this is just a cheap, sleazy way to charge a (albeit small) monthly fee, and that is rather silly.
Honestly, I think I'll pass. not really worth the money. ever since WoW I have a thing against monthly fees. The only reason I played EVE for as long as I did was because I didn't have to pay for it every month.
Certainly one could argue "you don't HAVE to pay to play", but I would argue, with as many friends as I have, why WOULDN'T you want to talk to them?
besides, I suppose I could just use Teamspeak, and not play DUST.
Either way, I didn't support Microsoft because they come off as greedy, charging for online play and voice chat.
I refuse to support a company that sees greed as necessary for profit.
if you want to charge a monthly fee, charge a monthly fee, don't make the "game" free, then microtransaction the hell out of us.
Seriously though, if you just make universal voice comms free, and charged more for other things, I would be fine with that.
Voice comms, particularly alliance/corp UVC need to be free IMO. |
Orin the Freak
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
RISE of LEGION
334
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:23:00 -
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yeah, they need to really do a quick "woops" on this, instead of just letting it fly.
c'mon CCP. I know you guys like your reputation for listening to your patrons, well.. your patrons are speaking. are you going to ignore us and go with greed? if so, then you're not the company I thought you were. |
Orin the Freak
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
RISE of LEGION
334
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Posted - 2012.08.16 18:22:00 -
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like I said, Charge slightly more for the add ons, and make corp/alliance UVT free.
I do find it kind of car-salesmanlike of the CCP forum devs to insist that the things we ARE getting for "FREE" are a bargain, but that isn't the case. you tried charging for voice comms separately for EVE as well, and how did that turn out? you could argue that the EVE subscription costs cover that, but I could argue that they could make the OTHER microtransactions in DUST cover free voice comms for everyone (at least for corp/alliance chats).
Heck, then I wouldn't even mind you charged 900 AUR a month for private CUSTOM voice chat (with people outside your corp/alliance) I would be fine with that.
but seriously, I am very active in my corp/alliance, and will need that link, but I absolutely refuse to pay. Here's the question. As not just a business, but a video game developing business, when you see an opportunity to make a buck, but at the cost of coming off as either greedy, or downright out-of-touch to some/most (depending on how you look at it) of your fans/followers, do you take that opportunity, or do you find alternative, less.. invasive ways of making a profit?
Granted, you may have been jaded by all the complaints about microtransactions and skill boosters, etc. in the recent past, most of which have blown over by now. So you might think this is just another one of those things, and people will just swallow their pride and wallets and just pay the cost.
But I have a feeling this isn't one of those things. In a lot of peoples minds, mine included, voice comms, in any form, are NOT to be made an "extra option". But I am not willing to pay extra for it. I can't speak for everyone else, but I can guarantee you, a lot of people are probably with me on this. |
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