How do you feel about the B2P announcement

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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superquadockyb14_ESO wrote: »

Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is?

short version: philosophical differences in pay models.

longer version: f2p usually ends up being pay to win. personally, i don't particularly care to play with people that "pay to win." not that i think they are lesser beings to me, i just feel it is a game and part of the game is playing for gear upgrades. whats the point of playing a game that you can just pay to get to the top. same as, why play a game to pay your way to the top, to play with players like me that prefer to work to the top. it just leaves too little room for player-skill accumulation, versus gear reliance- example: i can't beat this mob/boss (cuz i suck) so i will just buy raid gear, even though i don't raid, but plan to. gear progression has already been dumbed down in most MMOs to the point that most don't get alienated from gear, but still don't get the required skills for upper content, paying to get that gear just tends to make it worse. the concept applies to me as well- i don't want to have trouble on harder content and feel compelled to buy upgrades with cash, nor do i wish to get gamer rage on not getting a drop and having to buy it in a cash shop to continue progression at a reasonable pace because drop rates are crap.

togmb16_ESO

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superquadockyb14_ESO wrote: »

Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is?

Sure, at least what the big deal is for me personaly.

Played the game since BETA, january something. Payed a subscription because I like games with subcriptions. Want something ingame? Play as long and hard till you get it. That's what sub is to me.

ZOS insisted that P2P was the only way for their game. I agreed, personaly.

Now they're going B2P with cash shop. Renting DLCs for 15 a month only to pay for them again if I ever consider going no sub. Benefits for further subbing seem like a joke to me. Soon F2P and P2W?

Feeling lied to and don't like it.

Vote the only way I can, with my money, because ZOS does not care.

tl;dr: Feeling betrayed and lied to. Are very angry.

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Zed wrote: »

ahstin2001nub18_ESO wrote: »

Lynnessa wrote: »

I used to play Phantasy Star: Universe on my PS2. Here's hoping that ESO lasts more years than that one did.

I am optmistic. Will be nice to play the game without the hassle of subscription & etc.

omg.... i did final testing for that game..... don't get me started

Putting a game that requires updates on a system that doesn't come with a hard disk is never a good idea. But then again, the 360 was sucking pretty hard at the end of it's life cycle too. Clone weapons everywhere. The Japanese PC version was the only version PSU that ever got the love that game deserved.

i was on the 360 model, it was so care-bear during the "ad shoot" my group got wiped and they demanded i died too because i was just soloing everything...

Throren

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So to all the immature whiners leaving.....



Can I haz your stuff?

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

So to all the immature whiners leaving.....



Can I haz your stuff?

don't be one of those guys that says stuff because its "cool". the fonz used to do two thumbs up and say "aaaaaaa" and look how cool he is now, and was then being a 30 year old man picking up 20 year olds at a high school hang out diner.

black-gryphonb14_ESO

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It is not as easy to answer as those limited questions/options you posted. I see the potential for both good and bad from this move - but until it happens and or more information comes out I am not willing to make a judgment call one way or another.

Throren

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Oh I'm not saying it to be cool, like literally, since you are all unsubbing for good. Seriously, give me your stuff xD

togmb16_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

So to all the immature whiners leaving.....



Can I haz your stuff?

Nope. Will leave it rotting on my account. It's really great stuff though... I'm very sorry.

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

Oh I'm not saying it to be cool, like literally, since you are all unsubbing for good. Seriously, give me your stuff xD

no dice there fonz.... no one is likely to give you anything.

Throren

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because they will all come crawling back to the game once they realize this isn't 'The end of eso' and they hear it is doing well. I guess they need some gear and gold for when they come back to lick their wounds

Soul_bound

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I've been through this with LOTRO. I was in the closed Beta and still played it for 3 years after it went F2P. But I had to watch friends leave and Fellowships close down that had brought a lot to the community, it was a sad time

I'm new to ESO, bought the game last week, so its not going to effect me that way, I just have to look at the cost.

I feel for those of you who have been here from the start.

Cogo

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Cash stores are junk and should be thrown in the trashcan where it belongs.

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

because they will all come crawling back to the game once they realize this isn't 'The end of eso' and they hear it is doing well. I guess they need some gear and gold for when they come back to lick their wounds

i know you are trying to communicate a thought, but all i hear is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W6y7YhHdVE

Throren

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Well *** now I have that song stuck in my head. Well played xD

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

Well *** now I have that song stuck in my head. Well played xD

not ashamed to +awesome that one bit lol

Spottswoode

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That's how I feel.

Mordria

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Throren wrote: »

So to all the immature whiners leaving.....



Can I haz your stuff?

Yeah, that's real mature.

Throren

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Spottswoode wrote: »

That's how I feel.

And this is all I see on the forums

Nazon_Katts

Spottswoode wrote: »

That's how I feel.

Yep. It shows.
http://www.horseracing.com.au/horse/552702-spottswoode/

Mordria

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togmb16_ESO wrote: »

superquadockyb14_ESO wrote: »

Can someone enlighten me as to what the big deal is?

Sure, at least what the big deal is for me personaly.

Played the game since BETA, january something. Payed a subscription because I like games with subcriptions. Want something ingame? Play as long and hard till you get it. That's what sub is to me.

ZOS insisted that P2P was the only way for their game. I agreed, personaly.

Now they're going B2P with cash shop. Renting DLCs for 15 a month only to pay for them again if I ever consider going no sub. Benefits for further subbing seem like a joke to me. Soon F2P and P2W?

Feeling lied to and don't like it.

Vote the only way I can, with my money, because ZOS does not care.

tl;dr: Feeling betrayed and lied to. Are very angry.

Yep, me too. Another thing this model does to games is completely changes the atmosphere. It will now seem like a cheap carnival rather than an epic adventure.

If you had dreams of possibly crafting cool stuff in the future like clothing or other items - that's gone now. You'll have to spend crowns to get them.

Zenimax gave in to greed and passed off creativity to board room ideas. It's just a complete let down.

Spottswoode

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Nazon_Katts wrote: »

http://www.horseracing.com.au/horse/552702-spottswoode/

I want royalties from that horse.

Micallef

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I feel completely cheated, lied to and taken advantage of. With all the problems still plaguing this game, this is the insult added to the injury. My two accounts and my friend's are already unsubbed and we've started multiple annual subscriptions to our alternate game.
It was fun while it lasted but this particular party is over.

Nazon_Katts

Spottswoode wrote: »

Nazon_Katts wrote: »

http://www.horseracing.com.au/horse/552702-spottswoode/

I want royalties from that horse.

As it stands, you won't be in for much, I fear.

SantieClaws

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I think I can sum my feelings up as sort of a bit cheated - not cheated in a monetary sense more a sort of emotional sense.

We bought into the vision of this game and stuck with it though all the bugs and problems and bad reviews over the last year. We stuck by you ZoS through the hard times - supporting you with our time and our money. Some of us (not me) even defended you endlessly these last few weeks when the rumour mill was practically on fire.

We supported you and the vision you told us you had for the game.

Then yesterday you turned that all on its head and stuck a knife in our backs while telling us we asked for the knife all along.

The trust is gone and you are going to work hard to get some of it back.

Our relationship is forever tainted now though. We can't trust you will do what you say anymore.

Throren

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I think you folks are getting way too emotionally invested in the developer/customer relationship. ZoS isn't your girlfriend, isn't your spouse. They are a company you do business with.

Nazon_Katts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBwFPSa54w

Faulgor

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Mordria wrote: »

If you had dreams of possibly crafting cool stuff in the future like clothing or other items - that's gone now. You'll have to spend crowns to get them.

This is something people don't seem to get when they are fine with "just cosmetic stuff" in the cash shop. Character appearance is an incredibly huge incentive in an RPG. If you can circumvent playing the game to get the style, motif or dye you want by paying money in the cash shop, there is no reason for you to play the game at that point. It totally changes the dynamics of the game. As you said, it will be a cheap carnival.

Every time somebody buys cosmetic stuff from the cash shop, that's instant money for ZOS, and less time played on their servers. Simple.

ahstin2001nub18_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

I think you folks are getting way too emotionally invested in the developer/customer relationship. ZoS isn't your girlfriend, isn't your spouse. They are a company you do business with.

any relationship requires trust..... kinda like my sweet vile of snake oil. it curse all your ailments and is only 20 dollars. its a great product that you should buy. gets rid of acne, cancer, and soothes toothaches, removes scars, or if you wanna be tough it can add scars. just a few of the perks of the great snake oil. its also 100% organic oil, from free range, grass fed snakes.

since trust isn't an issue in business you should be glad to hand over 20 bucks for my snake oil. after all you don't need to trust me.

togmb16_ESO

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Throren wrote: »

They are a company you do business with.

And that's exactly it... Not longer doing buisness with, because...

Yes, I'm butthurt. And I plan on staying this way.

Just see all the butthurt commentaries as a follow up customer survey we were denied while unsubbing.

jamesharv2005ub17_ESO

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I guess they relaxed the forum rules. You can openly mock people now?