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The way F2P MMO's price their content is pure Cringe
sludgebeard
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I mean good god, just look at that.
Its like their marketing team just decided.
Hey you know what? Lets just through a bunch of REALLY big numbers up on a screen.
Like Yeah 33,500 Points = $200!
Yeah! IT cant fail guys!
There is no way anyone can defend this, I mean look dont get me wrong, someone WILL defend this. Because everyone has to have a counter opinion about something regardless of its lack of basis within reality, but NO ONE that has gone past Grade 10 of high school can look at this and
1. Understand it.
2. Give a crap about what they are serving because its so arbitrary and poorly presented.
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or is it because 5 figure numbers frighten and confuse you??
The more higher their grade are, the more people can't get past this simple math calculation.
See, I'm not defending Turbine, I'm defending common sense here. When you don't give any crap about anything, you don't make a dedicated thread for that crap. From this simple reason I conclude that:
1. You actually DO give a crap about Turbine marketing their points.
2. You hasn't gone past grade 10 of high school.
When you don't want the truth, you will make up your own truth.
/win the thread. Pricing has been defended.
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As in, what's the point of the post? Or at least, why now? They're selling TPs since the f2p switch (that's 7 years now), and they're doing it with those prices.
Maybe it's the bonus points? Those are also there quite frequently, every couple months they're giving bonus points with the purchase.
Or that it isn't enough for a Black Friday? Sure, but there are sales on the in-game and the web store as well (Quad pack for 10 bucks, for example, that's a great deal).
So, yeah. Don't really understand the anger and the timing, but hey, to each their own
(for the record, I won't buy TPs from this sale, since I'm mostly set, but as far as I know most people only buy TPs during these sales)
Yep, they do, and much more than in DDO, especially with a change in the lower regions not long ago. TP purchase is mostly for the convenience, but with grind you can get the entire game for free.
It's like GW2 if they priced Gems too low, everybody would get cheap chop Legendaries just by converting currency or getting premium items that have those random drops. And that'd be RIP economy.
1. Stop crying
2. They give you points every month when you sub
3. You can gain Points by just playing the game
4. Nobody cares what you think
5. If you are going to say a person hasn't passed the 10th grade because they do something you don't agree with it's probably a good idea not to screw up something like THROUGH/THROW/THREW no worries I have a link you can go THROUGH to help you out.
http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-threw-and-vs-through/
Rue the day when devs just asked for a monthly sub and the whole game was available. How any preferred this method over the old is beyond me.
Thinking about it, World of Warcraft still does this without offering an All-In-One deal.
Other than the now constant marketing in your face free to play games have, the amount paid hasn't really changed -- in some cases lower.
Turbine has done a pretty smart move though opening up the ability to gain cash-shop points just by playing the game. Would be cool to see other companies follow suit. Their free to play model was one of the first and best.
I don't see why a sub is needed (don't forget you still have to buy the game). Why not just B2P - that works for me.
I get it Sludgebeard,
Unfortunately not many do here on this site or they have an " everything is good no matter what " attitude.
So many people here can't do the math and look at the big picture.....The big picture is perplexing to them.
In your example of LOTRO, I see no deal at all for short term NONE !.... On the other side of the coin, I see $200 that would give a player almost life time subscription.... But that's $200.... How is that a blow out sale !.... Add to the fact, this deal locks the player into " better like the game forever or no deal ".
Since I'm between games right now, I'm thinking about playing around with LOTRO. I'm starving for a community mmo. In the back of my mind, I know nothing will come of it after a few weeks, so I'll proceed with caution. I'm expecting a bunch of totally free players and as I advance the population will drop to nothing.....Like the free players I'll not give Turbine a dime until I see what's going on.
History with F2P games, tells me it will not be good !
In real life, this is how people think:
My girlfriend and here daughter make very little money. The daughter took an apartment in the summer not thinking ahead about the winter heat bills. She cant afford the rent as it is, so the girlfriend is helping out what little she can................Yet, their both shopping like crazy ( shopping feels good ) !
Here's the real kicker:
If I told someone about how bad it is they would say drop the girlfriend.....That's the advice I would get.
Yet their doing the same exact thing !................For some strange reason, this is 95% of the population.
Then the GF and daughter are not 'realistic' and being with them is part of the problem. Reality checks are important for people.
This is just like F2P games. You do not have to buy anything (unless it is P2W and there are many out there). Play and enjoy. You don't have to buy. Why bother worrying what other people do, they need to be responsible for themselves.
Great perfect example !
Re-read " Here's the real kicker " part of my post.
It's easy as an outsider to be sensible......But ask yourself. Are you doing the same exact thing ?
Are you part of the 95% or the 5% ?
You can only help people when they help themselves. Dealing with a family member, who is an alcoholic, no amount of help would change anything until they decided to change. This is the issue.