Please don't be like blizzard

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Gwonam#5505 a écrit :

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JakkerONAIR#4902 a écrit :

The game is F2P and needs a way to earn money and the moment you need stash tabs for QoL you've spent 100 hours. The 30 bucks for EA came even with points worth 30 bucks to spend in the shop... so... no, it's not "to be fair" when the comparison is f'in BLIZZARD.

Blizzard takes your money for the game itself, takes money for cosmetics, takes money for mounts, takes money for QoL (level boosting etc.), takes money for gold, and takes money for expansions - while being a giga company.

I already said this, but GGG takes money for QoL in the form of stash tabs that make playing the game much less of a headache. GGG is counting on you getting to the point where you will need those stash tabs. 100 hours for maps seems a little off; and besides, you can make the same argument for Diablo 4 wanting you to buy its stash tabs (most players won't get to the point where they'll want them). They also take money for cosmetics - which are priced quite high, might I add ($40 for a single armor set, and that's before we consider supporter packs).

Just so I'm clear, Diablo 4's MTX prices are worse. But people have gotten this weird idea that a game being F2P suddenly absolves it of wanting you to buy QoL and cosmetic purchases that amount to way, way more than what you'd spend if it were a retail game.

Sorry, but the Smol Bean GGG excuse doesn't really work anymore. They may not be Blizzard-sized, but they're no longer a smol bean studio.

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avantasian#4928 a écrit :

You really think if you tune down monks and mages by flat -30% and buff warr and merc by +30% the game will not spike from 100.000 to 200.000????

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outlander19900#0213 a écrit :

Agreed. Its more GOTCHA than free to play. Being a full retail priced game would be much cheaper lol. Probably spent 200 bucks already but im due stopping playing until new acts. If end game is the same im moving on after the new campaign.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 a écrit :

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outlander19900#0213 a écrit :

Agreed. Its more GOTCHA than free to play. Being a full retail priced game would be much cheaper lol. Probably spent 200 bucks already but im due stopping playing until new acts. If end game is the same im moving on after the new campaign.

Keep in mind, while you and many others spend way more, than a full retail-priced game would cost, on PoE, that's not only a decision we made, it benefits the player base.

If you spend 200 bucks in PoE, you had your reason to spend more money than you would have only on stash (don't forget stash sales), but YOU spending more money evens out with ppl spending nothing (or only money on stash).
These people, you basically finance with your spending, are really important.
They contribute to the in-game economy and keep the game alive too.

I know many ppl who bought stash and that's it. They get their MTX for free via challenges. It's a great thing that ppl can technically play the game for free, while we mainly keep it running with cosmetics.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 a écrit :

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avantasian#4928 a écrit :

You really think if you tune down monks and mages by flat -30% and buff warr and merc by +30% the game will not spike from 100.000 to 200.000????

This alone proves I shouldn't waste time having a dialogue with you.

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avantasian#4928 a écrit :

I understand you only have micro experience, like POE1 volume. You don't have to understand how macro works, thats fine. Im dealing with macro games about 2 decades.

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JakkerONAIR#4902 a écrit :

It's not perfect to do it in bigger patches (new league), but it has many upsides to consider.