You Can't Beat The House
#1
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:13 AM
Russ is first, last, and always a businessman who is looking after the bottom line of PGI. Sure, that's fine because he is running a business and it needs to make money, but PGI definitely DOES take it to the point of manipulating the expectations of players in order to maximize PGI's income.
What do I mean by that? Look no further than the Timber Wolf. When the question came up about how long would IS players have to put up with it being as dominant as it has been since its' introduction Russ assured everyone that the days of seeing Timber Wolves in every match are almost over. He went on to say that it will soon be available for C-Bills, and implied that as soon as it is a "free to play", chassis it will be nerfed into the ground hard just like the Nova was.
In other words, if you even think of approaching MWO from a pay to play perspective you will be taken to the cleaners every time as surely as if you went to a casino thinking you could beat the house. PGI is the dealer. They hold all the cards. They will manipulate the community to buy one hot mech after another and then nerf the crap out of each as soon as it becomes free to play.
The only way to "beat" this game is not to pay. Never pay cash for a mech. Never. Just find something free and have fun playing for free. Don't be a sucker.
#2
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:32 AM
#3
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:36 AM
#4
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:37 AM
#5
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:40 AM
#6
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:50 AM
#7
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:51 AM
#8
Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:55 AM
edit: tags added.
Edited by Praetor Knight, 04 October 2014 - 01:43 AM.
#9
Posted 04 October 2014 - 01:39 AM
#10
Posted 04 October 2014 - 01:51 AM
Balance before all else.
Edited by El Bandito, 04 October 2014 - 01:54 AM.
#11
Posted 04 October 2014 - 01:53 AM
He didn't go all sweet and talk PGI up and pretend they didn't do things they did. He did admit they made mistakes, but he also admitted when he personally was happy with features, even if that didn't line up with what most of the chat wanted. He also was sure to emphasis that they are a F2P developer that needs to make money, and that he believes doing these packs is the best way to do that. He genuinely sounded like he believed that the 'P2W' stuff with the early Clans have passed... and frankly, I agree. We're not going to see overpowered technology anymore, since it's already been balanced pretty well. The packs are simply a way to grab 'Mechs sooner- though I sort of feel that the pack dates go a little too long.
He was really, really honest. And that's something I can appreciate, because now I have a much clearer idea of what PGI and Russ want and think of the game. Remember that PGI are NOT Indie developers. They're not going to sound like the hyper free community style developers of certain other games. He has to balance the business side with the community side, and I think he's done a fantastic job of that lately.
#12
Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:01 AM
#13
Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:01 AM
Of course new MC-only mechs will be slightly op, more people will buy them that way. But it can't be too OP, since then people who don't pay will stop playing, and the game will quickly become stale meaning the population decreases and thus the game dies. When it becomes available for free it needs to be nerfed to the same level as everything else, otherwise people wont pay money for the next new thing and so on, and as said, variation is more fun for everyone, and people are willing to pay as long as they are having fun.
I don't see the conspiracy nor what the problem is? Servers don't pay for themselves and even programmers need to eat.
Edited by totgeboren, 04 October 2014 - 02:03 AM.
#14
Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:21 AM
Enlil09, on 04 October 2014 - 12:13 AM, said:
The only way to "beat" this game is not to pay. Never pay cash for a mech. Never. Just find something free and have fun playing for free. Don't be a sucker.
I liked the way he said to vote with your wallets.
IOn an arrogant way. Arent they supposed to be contrite after the fail of Transverse?
Kilo 40, on 04 October 2014 - 12:37 AM, said:
Irony right here
#15
Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:25 AM
Mechwarrior Buddah, on 04 October 2014 - 02:21 AM, said:
I liked the way he said to vote with your wallets.
IOn an arrogant way. Arent they supposed to be contrite after the fail of Transverse?
Irony right here
The irony is that you did the exact same thing the OP did, then tried to project that onto someone else.
Russ: "Hey guys if you feel you don't want to buy something because features you want aren't in the game yet, then don't buy them. I respect that"
You: "look at how arrogant he is!".
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Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:26 AM
#17
Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:37 AM
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