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Five Things MMO Gamers Should Stop Complaining About - The List at MMORPG.com
SBFord
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Five Things MMO Gamers Should Stop Complaining About - The List at MMORPG.com
We whine a lot. Not just as gamers, or MMO gamers, but as human beings in the western civilized world, we complain about anything we perceive as unfair or unjust or in any way lopsided. I don’t know why this is, I’m no psychologist. But I do know that there are at least five things we MMO gamers need to just get over already. At the risk of being cliché, we really do beat too many dead horses.
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You seem to believe that gamers are special kind of humans. Wrong again. Gamers are just like everyone else, selfish, spoiled, ignorant (by choice) and arrogant (out of fear). Of course they will complain.
No fate but what we make, so make me a ham sandwich please.
Yes, you can win at PVE. If you spent 3 months getting XYZ gear and some guy comes along and buys it all in 2 days from the item shop I am pretty confident you're going to feel a little slighted seeing how it just completely undermined your accomplishments. Ok, so maybe not everyone will feel this way, but MANY do.
The bottom line is MMOs of late have been absolute cash grab garbage. If they're not P2W outright they will be within 3 months. That seams to be the common trend for F2P games, but it's also infecting B2P games. The only escape is subscription based. I'm at the point that over the past 15 years of MMO gaming that I'm sick of seeing item shops, because I've lived through so many failures.
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Each item that you purchase from a cash shop that increases your survivability (even by a little bit) is pay to win. Any mathematical advantage you have over another player of equivalent equipment/level is unfair.
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With one reply, you hit EVERY thing I called on people to stop doing. Well done.
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You seem to not understand what a column is, and I'm sorry about that.
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You should have known better.
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I don't usually buy into slippery slope arguments but I really don't like the direction many games with open PvP have gone with buying in game cash with RL funds. We should voice our objections, as these devs will run with it until they can't anymore.
I agree completely!
You forgot the BIGGEST one though - the "MMO GENRE IS DYING" debates!
It's a part two piece to the "Things Players SHOULD whine about". It isn't a condescending rant of idiocy".
Though in truth, some of his points have merit. "Gamerz" don't come across as stable, reasonable lot as they rant and rave whenever they get the chance. There is no way this genre is going to gain legitimacy if gamers constantly come across as whining, hateful brats.
Not liking something is one thing, completely acceptable. But the way many express themselves makes it seem like the genre is filled with brats and man-boys/women-girls.
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Where I think the line is, endless game bashing. You know the game wont change its stance. You know there is a fan base that is excited for the game and every time a thread or new feed comes out about that game. The same 5 people jump in and say the same 5 things over and over. IMO they are forum trash. Just as bad as the posters that dont seem to like any game and just bash everything. THEY NEED TO GO AWAY!!!!!!
A bit over dramatic, don't you think? I may not agree on all points, but I love the spirited conversation that those with mature viewpoints can hold.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
game journalism IS about opinion. just straight up only Reuters version of the news would be about 1 article a month.
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Censorship is something I would have thought would been most discussed as well, but somehow I shouldn't have been surprised that P2W was the #1 discussed topic (so far). I'm playing what many people would consider a 'P2W' game right now, Star Trek Online. While PWE has plenty of games under there umbrella that are no doubt P2W, I don't think STO qualifies. But for some reason giving a game the title of P2W seems like a badge of courage. But as was pointed out, the term has become almost meaningless because the F2P crowd thinks EVERYTHING is P2W if you can trade a tootsie roll for a cool looking belt.
And btw, the cash shop in STO is almost completely cosmetic. For every ship you can buy with Zen, there is another ship you can ONLY get by investing time. This is a really good setup, as for real Trekkies the look of their ship is everything! And throwing money at a game is something that all games require, whether by sub or cash shop. No income = no updates, and a short countdown to the game dying.
The world is going to the dogs, which is just how I planned it!
Well of course people should NOT keep their mouth shut if they are tired of these devs pumping out essentially the same damn game for 10+ years. BDO is different and pretty remarkable (despite the monetization issues). Allowing devs to do whatever they want, without pushback is horrible idea. Just because some people have their feelings hurt on a forum, does not warrant stopping people from pushing back against some of the things that are going on within the genre.
Nothing gets me fired up more than when people are telling you to be silent when there are clearly issues within the genre...big issues.