Nocturnalis wrote: »Some $15 a month barrier to keep out riffraff? Newsflash... Paid sub games still have plenty of trolls, jerks, 12 year olds, and ne'er-do-wells.Scarletblaze wrote: »Many of us believed they were improving the game and adding content to justify paying a monthly sub. Instead, we WASTED money on a sub.
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REFUND OUR MONTHLY SUBS FOR THIS GAME, AND WE CAN MOVE ON!
Yes, they do, but not nearly as bad. The "free plus microtransactions" formula attracts stupid people like nothing else. Do you really want to argue that people playing Candy Crush are no worse than people playing EVE or pre-F2P ESO?
Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Scarletblaze wrote: »Does anyone else not see the issue with charging for aYou say the game was "beta quality" as though somehow things are suddenly going to be dynamically different and better after the swap.
If you are calling it "beta quality" now, console users will still be calling it a "beta quality" game in the summer.
I would prefer to play a 'Beta quality' game for free.......which is what ZoS is NOW doing. There was no need to pay a sub if this was their plan from the start.
Scarletblaze wrote: »Without our consent, we all paid a subscription for a Beta quality game. Please refund our money for the past year. You failed to fully inform the public of your intentions and you failed to deliver on your promises.
Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Scarletblaze wrote: »Without our consent, we all paid a subscription for a Beta quality game. Please refund our money for the past year. You failed to fully inform the public of your intentions and you failed to deliver on your promises.
Full refund is the very least you guys could do.
Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Except time (which I value highly, don't know about you)
That, and atleast I was fully expecting my money to make this a better game, not a worse one.
Bad answers are bad.
For extra education, take a look at the definition of investment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Except time (which I value highly, don't know about you)
That, and atleast I was fully expecting my money to make this a better game, not a worse one.
Bad answers are bad.
For extra education, take a look at the definition of investment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment
Name one brokerage that returns your money in the form of 'time'.
Ill wait.
Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Except time (which I value highly, don't know about you)
That, and atleast I was fully expecting my money to make this a better game, not a worse one.
Bad answers are bad.
For extra education, take a look at the definition of investment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment
Nocturnalis wrote: »Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Nocturnalis wrote: »Analogy time:
An fund promises you a safe, long term investment. You take the offer and keep steadily depositing money in it.
Suddenly, the fund goes back on its promise & makes some high risk trades aiming for some quick money. You lose your money.
Some people would call this a scam.
Now replace the word "fund" with MMO and the word "money" with time.
Or the fund found out they couldn't continue investing in the sub fee market and stay afloat. So then the fund changed its investment tactics in order for them to remain profitable and still provide a return to their customers.
Rather than the fund continuing in something that is losing them money and in turn going under and unable to provide anything for their customers.
Sounds like a good business decision to me.
Except that's not how investment funds work (thus the analogy), and lawsuits would follow.
Source: what I do for a living
Yes, but a game company doesn't have the same tight restrictions as an investment fund. So that part of the analogy fails.
Maybe an individual broker would be more comparable.
I have plenty of experience with untrustworthy brokers, in fact I was part of a lawsuit against one & got my money back (well, most of it)
Why are we comparing an MMO sub to a brokerage and investments?
You werent investing anything in this MMO. You were purchasing monthly access to the game and any updates/new content that was added as time passed.
An investment would indicate you expected some form of financial return once you stepped away from ESO.
Bad analogies are bad.
Except time (which I value highly, don't know about you)
That, and atleast I was fully expecting my money to make this a better game, not a worse one.
Bad answers are bad.
For extra education, take a look at the definition of investment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment
Are they deleting any of our characters that we invested our time into?
No.
We don't know ultimately what the game will turn into by going b2p. I will reserve judgement until a few months into that change.
Sub fees do not necessarily make for a better game.
corpse_run wrote: »The amount of entitlement in today's society amazes me. They made a business decision to change payment model. That is their right and it entitles you to nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
The original 'contract' (it is not really a contract but that is a good word for it) between you (the player) and Zenimax was that they would provide the game, occasional updates and access to the servers for the price of the initial game purchase and $15 a month. They did exactly that. That is all they need to do.
They are now changing the business model for the future. That has no effect at all on prior subscriptions. Those have all been fulfilled and they provided exactly what they said they were going to provide.
Your choice is now whether to continue playing or not. They have no further commitment to you unless you do. Quit being entitled pricks.
marcmyb14_ESO wrote: »They are retroactively rewarding subs with crowns, you'll use those to pay for upcoming DLC. I don't see what the issue is. Nothing has to change if you don't want it to. Just don't be a baby about it.
corpse_run wrote: »The amount of entitlement in today's society amazes me. They made a business decision to change payment model. That is their right and it entitles you to nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
The original 'contract' (it is not really a contract but that is a good word for it) between you (the player) and Zenimax was that they would provide the game, occasional updates and access to the servers for the price of the initial game purchase and $15 a month. They did exactly that. That is all they need to do.
They are now changing the business model for the future. That has no effect at all on prior subscriptions. Those have all been fulfilled and they provided exactly what they said they were going to provide.
Your choice is now whether to continue playing or not. They have no further commitment to you unless you do. Quit being entitled pricks.
Are you really calling people "entitled pricks", while defending B2P model & cash shop?
What would you call those people who want to play a game, but not pay a dime for future updates (other people will have to do that for them)? Or the credit card warriors that think they deserve extra stuff because they can come up with $$$?
Hypocrisy is strong in this thread