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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 4, 2018 17:30:56 GMT
I wonder if the game's reception, and how there seems to be a passionate fan-base, limits some of the game's criticism. In other words, because the fans like the game, it's characters and Blizzard itself, Perception of games and the publisher are certainly a factor. If CDPR's Cyberpunk has live services, I've no doubt they will be heralded as virtuous live services. Some people won't buy a game that has 'EA' on the box irrespective of what it is (seems rather irrational, but there it is).
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Post by smilesja on Apr 4, 2018 17:33:34 GMT
So besides lootboxes, you have in game currency that you can use to buy the skins if you don't get them in lootboxes. The problem is that the ONLY way to receive in game currency is through lootboxes whether it's through the currency or you receive a skin that you already got. It gets even worse when Blizzard changed it so you are less likely to get duplicates because players were complaining of constantly getting duplicates in their lootboxes. The issue I got with Overwatches implementation is that there is not other way to receive in game currency other than buying lootboxes, at least with Battlefront 2 you could earn credits by just playing the game even though you receive very little. With Overwatch you don't get any in game currency at all after playing a game, just a lootbox when you level up. So that means if you buy 20 loot boxes and you don't get that skin you wanted especially in limited time events, and you didn't get enough duplicates or receive in game currency from the Loot boxes. That means you need spend MORE MONEY to but lootboxes and hope that you either get the skin the next round OR get enough currency from them to buy the skin you want. It happened to me a couple of times, where I had to spend some extra money just to get the items I wanted.
Blizzard needs to create more ways for players to receive in game currency other than just relying on the RNG. I don't think they're receiving that much criticism for that.
Yeah, that certainly sounds exploitative. I wonder if the game's reception, and how there seems to be a passionate fan-base, limits some of the game's criticism. In other words, because the fans like the game, it's characters and Blizzard itself, are they more lenient in terms of their views of the companies implementation of microtransactions? In the Overwatch community. do you find people kind of gloss over it or is it becoming an issue for some players? A couple of Youtubers commented on the lootbox issue:
I think the fans aren't as harsh is because Overwatches lootboxes contains cosmentics instead of gaining new weapons or abilities that players can gain to get an edge over others. It also helps that Blizzard for the most part is in good standing with gamers compared to EA. However it's not perfect and I find it exploitative regardless if the lootboxes just contains cosmetics. I keep wondering if EA did the same method as Blizzard would we receive a Youngyea video regarding what they're doing wrong with lootboxes. My guess is: No.
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Post by samhain444 on Apr 4, 2018 17:57:39 GMT
Yeah, that certainly sounds exploitative. I wonder if the game's reception, and how there seems to be a passionate fan-base, limits some of the game's criticism. In other words, because the fans like the game, it's characters and Blizzard itself, are they more lenient in terms of their views of the companies implementation of microtransactions? In the Overwatch community. do you find people kind of gloss over it or is it becoming an issue for some players? A couple of Youtubers commented on the lootbox issue:
I think the fans aren't as harsh is because Overwatches lootboxes contains cosmentics instead of gaining new weapons or abilities that players can gain to get an edge over others. It also helps that Blizzard for the most part is in good standing with gamers compared to EA. However it's not perfect and I find it exploitative regardless if the lootboxes just contains cosmetics. I keep wondering if EA did the same method as Blizzard would we receive a Youngyea video regarding what they're doing wrong with lootboxes. My guess is: No.
To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm. Yongyea would find a way...to criticize EA... I think that's important distinction in terms of loot boxes, in that, despite it being no less exploitative than loot boxes that include in-game advantages, there will be less criticism if it's only "cosmetic". I mean, loot boxes, regardless of what they contain, still possess the same seemingly potentially addictive, psychologically rewarding activity but it seems to be the "reward" that elicits the criticism.
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 4, 2018 19:00:44 GMT
Yeah, that certainly sounds exploitative. I wonder if the game's reception, and how there seems to be a passionate fan-base, limits some of the game's criticism. In other words, because the fans like the game, it's characters and Blizzard itself, are they more lenient in terms of their views of the companies implementation of microtransactions? In the Overwatch community. do you find people kind of gloss over it or is it becoming an issue for some players? A couple of Youtubers commented on the lootbox issue:
I think the fans aren't as harsh is because Overwatches lootboxes contains cosmentics instead of gaining new weapons or abilities that players can gain to get an edge over others. It also helps that Blizzard for the most part is in good standing with gamers compared to EA. However it's not perfect and I find it exploitative regardless if the lootboxes just contains cosmetics. I keep wondering if EA did the same method as Blizzard would we receive a Youngyea video regarding what they're doing wrong with lootboxes. My guess is: No.
I disagree, I think it has been shown any of these people on YouTube are willing to make videos to criticize what EA does even when people just move on from BioWare its the end of the world. People rip apart Destiny 2's system as well and it wasn't nearly as bad as Battlefront 2. Its because its not what the people who play those games want. I think if you look people will make a video to criticize anything that happens at EA/BioWare even if it is someone that has decided to move on, while ignoring when high level people leave a company that is well liked like CDPR.
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Post by mmoblitz on Apr 4, 2018 23:56:31 GMT
I wonder if the game's reception, and how there seems to be a passionate fan-base, limits some of the game's criticism. In other words, because the fans like the game, it's characters and Blizzard itself, Perception of games and the publisher are certainly a factor. If CDPR's Cyberpunk has live services, I've no doubt they will be heralded as virtuous live services. Some people won't buy a game that has 'EA' on the box irrespective of what it is (seems rather irrational, but there it is).Unlikely that those people just woke up one day and said, screw EA and any game they make. That is something that EA has earned over the years. If I see something with EA on the box, I get the sudden feeling that my wallet is being tugged at. Now days though that can almost be said of any game. 5 years ago I would see a game and wonder how good it was or possibly look forward to it. Now days I see a game and wonder how shallow it is and how badly it's been monetized.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 5, 2018 0:24:28 GMT
Perception of games and the publisher are certainly a factor. If CDPR's Cyberpunk has live services, I've no doubt they will be heralded as virtuous live services. Some people won't buy a game that has 'EA' on the box irrespective of what it is (seems rather irrational, but there it is).Unlikely that those people just woke up one day and said, screw EA and any game they make. That is something that EA has earned over the years. If I see something with EA on the box, I get the sudden feeling that my wallet is being tugged at. Now days though that can almost be said of any game. 5 years ago I would see a game and wonder how good it was or possibly look forward to it. Now days I see a game and wonder how shallow it is and how badly it's been monetized. Well the issue is that some people are using EA as a Scapegoat while ignoring questionable practices that other popular game companies are doing for montezation.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 5, 2018 0:43:30 GMT
Unlikely that those people just woke up one day and said, screw EA and any game they make. That is something that EA has earned over the years. If I see something with EA on the box, I get the sudden feeling that my wallet is being tugged at. Now days though that can almost be said of any game. 5 years ago I would see a game and wonder how good it was or possibly look forward to it. Now days I see a game and wonder how shallow it is and how badly it's been monetized. Well the issue is that some people are using EA as a Scapegoat while ignoring questionable practices that other popular game companies are doing for montezation.
Really?
Ignoring other game pubs is an issue? This is the BSN, home of Bio game fans everywhere. Accepting / applauding good practices of other pubs' games is what we do. Pummeling EA for bad practices is "standing up for Bio game players".
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did.
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 5, 2018 0:57:54 GMT
Well the issue is that some people are using EA as a Scapegoat while ignoring questionable practices that other popular game companies are doing for montezation.
Really?
Ignoring other game pubs is an issue? This is the BSN, home of Bio game fans everywhere. Accepting / applauding good practices of other pubs' games is what we do. Pummeling EA for bad practices is "standing up for Bio game players".
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did.
I think just pointing out the bad practices of EA and the good of others is only half the story. Other publishers have done bad things as well and Blizzard (or the company that does Overwatch in China for them) has bypassed a law that was aimed at lootboxes. Not to mention people could bring up other lootboxes and microtransactions from other EA games as well as examples of what they like.
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Post by smilesja on Apr 5, 2018 1:23:51 GMT
Well the issue is that some people are using EA as a Scapegoat while ignoring questionable practices that other popular game companies are doing for montezation.
Really?
Ignoring other game pubs is an issue? This is the BSN, home of Bio game fans everywhere. Accepting / applauding good practices of other pubs' games is what we do. Pummeling EA for bad practices is "standing up for Bio game players".
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did.
It’s not in BSN, other websites such as Reddit often have Overwatch as an example of how to do loot boxes right but to be honest it’s far from perfect and is just as exploitive regardless if it just gives out cosmetics.
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Post by correctamundo on Apr 5, 2018 5:44:23 GMT
Well the issue is that some people are using EA as a Scapegoat while ignoring questionable practices that other popular game companies are doing for montezation.
Really?
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Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did.
Nope "we" don't. Double standards are rampant here.
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 5, 2018 6:16:32 GMT
Really?
Ignoring other game pubs is an issue? This is the BSN, home of Bio game fans everywhere. Accepting / applauding good practices of other pubs' games is what we do. Pummeling EA for bad practices is "standing up for Bio game players".
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did.
Nope "we" don't. Double standards are rampant here. Also speaking for everyone runs rampant here as well.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 5, 2018 10:11:47 GMT
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did. Conceptually we should, judging each game on its own merits (or lack thereof). Rampant speculation also has a place in the long gaps between launches.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 5, 2018 15:02:23 GMT
Don't we call a spade a spade? I thought we did. Conceptually we should, judging each game on its own merits (or lack thereof). Rampant speculation also has a place in the long gaps between launches.
Somewhat hard to do since each game comes attached with lots of baggage from the dev and pub... mostly negative baggage at that.
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 5, 2018 15:07:59 GMT
Conceptually we should, judging each game on its own merits (or lack thereof). Rampant speculation also has a place in the long gaps between launches.
Somewhat hard to do since each game comes attached with lots of baggage from the dev and pub... mostly negative baggage at that.
Hmm, BioWare has a largely good history (along with missteps). If it was mostly negative we wouldn't have such an active community discussing the games, would we? The publisher is a slightly different story...
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Post by mmoblitz on Apr 9, 2018 11:42:46 GMT
unfortunately over the years most studios become synonymous with EA them when talking about them. You see it in most studios that EA buys out. They seem to lose their identity over time and take on that of their overlords. I'm seeing it in Bioware and I saw it in Maxis before it was buried by EA.
Fair or not, when I see a game by Bioware, I really see a game by EA. Same thing with some other publishers. Like I said, it may not be fair to the studio, but that is what happens when you sell your soul...
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Post by samhain444 on Apr 9, 2018 11:55:36 GMT
unfortunately over the years most studios become synonymous with EA them when talking about them. You see it in most studios that EA buys out. They seem to lose their identity over time and take on that of their overlords. I'm seeing it in Bioware and I saw it in Maxis before it was buried by EA. Fair or not, when I see a game by Bioware, I really see a game by EA. Same thing with some other publishers. Like I said, it may not be fair to the studio, but that is what happens when you sell your soul... Um, EA bought them out in 2007, right after the first "Mass Effect" came out and two years before "Dragon Age Origins" was released, they didn't "sell their soul". Figured this would be common knowledge by now.
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 9, 2018 12:14:08 GMT
unfortunately over the years most studios become synonymous with EA them when talking about them. You see it in most studios that EA buys out. They seem to lose their identity over time and take on that of their overlords. I'm seeing it in Bioware and I saw it in Maxis before it was buried by EA. Fair or not, when I see a game by Bioware, I really see a game by EA. Same thing with some other publishers. Like I said, it may not be fair to the studio, but that is what happens when you sell your soul... How can you "sell your soul" when you were outright bought in an almost hostile takeover manner with no say in the matter. I guess facts are just something people like to keep making up to fit their personal narrative. Besides I hate to be the one that bursts your bubble, there is no evidence that BioWare would not have gone down a route like this without EA. People probably said that BioWare abandoned them and probably could even use the term "lost their soul" when they started down the road of Jade Empire because it was a fundamental shift from the games that came before. People can blame EA all they want, but around that time games overall took a fundamental shift to try and become blockbusters instead of niche products.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 10, 2018 17:41:37 GMT
Three Korean companies fined over LBs. Have a go here: LB Fines
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 12, 2018 11:52:30 GMT
Three Korean companies fined over LBs. Have a go here: LB FinesJust read the article, the way I am reading it they weren't really fined over lootboxes the fine was because they didn't properly follow the law to post the odds of the different items dropping from lootboxes by misleading the customers by publishing them in a way it looked it was an equal chance for the pieces where in reality one was much harder to get.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 12, 2018 15:09:56 GMT
Three Korean companies fined over LBs. Have a go here: LB FinesJust read the article, the way I am reading it they weren't really fined over lootboxes the fine was because they didn't properly follow the law to post the odds of the different items dropping from lootboxes by misleading the customers by publishing them in a way it looked it was an equal chance for the pieces where in reality one was much harder to get.
That's why LBs is gambling.
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 14, 2018 16:20:32 GMT
Microtransactions are back. SWBF2's next patch brings Ewoks and mtx. Players can buy Crystals with real money. Good news is that they can only be spent on "cosmetics". There may be hope for Anthem. link: Ewoks
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Post by mmoblitz on Apr 15, 2018 16:30:21 GMT
A reshuffle in EA's upper management this past week and EA's new chief designer has made some promises.. PC Gamer
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 15, 2018 16:54:55 GMT
A reshuffle in EA's upper management this past week and EA's new chief designer has made some promises.. PC Gamer
Hm...
I get the sense that the original Anthem design also had an aggressive progression system + LBs + mtxs. Well, finally a big cheese at EA got demoted. Patrick Söderlund went from head of worldwide studios at EA to chief design officer. I wonder if he fell on his sword or got thrown on it.
Interesting is EA's excuse. For the game to exist for a long time the player had to pay for that privileged.
This begs the question. "Is Anthem still slated for a ten year life span?"
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Post by SofaJockey on Apr 15, 2018 17:02:10 GMT
SWBF2's next patch brings Ewoks and mtx. Players can buy Crystals with real money. Good news is that they can only be spent on "cosmetics". I'm unsure how extensive the cosmetic options for Ewoks can really be... Then again, I remember the "spoils of the avvar' pack... - Mud daub
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Post by Sartoz on Apr 15, 2018 17:19:10 GMT
SWBF2's next patch brings Ewoks and mtx. Players can buy Crystals with real money. Good news is that they can only be spent on "cosmetics". I'm unsure how extensive the cosmetic options for Ewoks can really be... Then again, I remember the "spoils of the avvar' pack... - Mud daub
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Exactly....
Cosmetics can be anything. ... different coloured baubles, axes, bow designs, ... items with a limited life span.... I'm looking forward to player comments about these new cosmetics.... Anthem won't be limited to the Disney universe so Bio has more freedom there... Path of the Exile is , imo, an excellent source of cosmetic inspiration for baubles, in-game currency... etc.
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