2013-09-12, 09:03 PM
xparasite9 Wrote:Sorry that I made it seem that way. That in fact is not what I believe. ("Recently" was probably a poor word choice. It's sort of difficult to for me to immediately fathom how long this has been going on, and how long I've been playing this game, but in light of the age of the game, the adoption of the business model is relatively somewhat recent.)
What is recent, however, is my personal realization of the trend. Also what has been recent is the noticeable negative consequences popping up in the form of playership and revenue.
Arguing the morality of it just seems counter productive to me, because they aren't technically doing anything illegal. A lot of players have quit, no where near enough players have started to compensate the losses. Especially when you have quest rewards with such small windows, yet have the highest stats given in that type of item. They reward those who play a long time, but at the same time, reward those who just started.
I like to think it like this, they welcome them with a lot of free stuff, a lot of bonus' to catch them up, all up to this door. They ask you, if you want to play this, put a credit card, if you say no, they point you through a boot camp training course. 6 months of your life are dedicated to be gone, at the very least, and you come out barely on top of anything, just where the starting point of those who chose yes are.
Your free to try anything in the game, but it never says your free to be successful at everything either. So if you want to argue about the corruption of this specific company, you're really better off down at wall street.