2011-09-24, 01:01 AM
Mesos are one more step away than NX.
As long as real money goes into this game real money comes out too. I agree with you that scrolling is different from cubing in terms of how gambling-ey it is, but I differ in that its only in terms of degree. Baccarat versus penny slots, not gambling versus not. There's nothing qualitatively different about spending real money on nx (which you sell for mesos, and buy scrolls with) versus putting money in a casino, or cubing for that matter. Cubes are just hideously more convenient and expensive. It takes a bit longer to sink real converted money into scrolling.
It has to do with the model of success Nexon used. In other MMOs, the best gear is low probability drops from certain instances or other, not-gachapon-machine things the player undertakes. In MS its from success rates from scrolling or cubing or what not (mostly).
So how would Nexon not create this obvious dubiousness? They'd have to completely change the scrolling/upgrading system. Or, by not making NX useful for gameplay purposes. Mesos would still be a problem, but at least it could be a two way street of Nexon saying you can't exchange real money for in game currency or in game currency for real money instead of this absurd one way hypocrisy.
As long as real money goes into this game real money comes out too. I agree with you that scrolling is different from cubing in terms of how gambling-ey it is, but I differ in that its only in terms of degree. Baccarat versus penny slots, not gambling versus not. There's nothing qualitatively different about spending real money on nx (which you sell for mesos, and buy scrolls with) versus putting money in a casino, or cubing for that matter. Cubes are just hideously more convenient and expensive. It takes a bit longer to sink real converted money into scrolling.
It has to do with the model of success Nexon used. In other MMOs, the best gear is low probability drops from certain instances or other, not-gachapon-machine things the player undertakes. In MS its from success rates from scrolling or cubing or what not (mostly).
So how would Nexon not create this obvious dubiousness? They'd have to completely change the scrolling/upgrading system. Or, by not making NX useful for gameplay purposes. Mesos would still be a problem, but at least it could be a two way street of Nexon saying you can't exchange real money for in game currency or in game currency for real money instead of this absurd one way hypocrisy.