2011-11-22, 08:49 PM
Dark Link Wrote:How is it a scam? There's no misinformation in the works. Nexon said "Supplies are limited", and supplies ARE limited. 10 per server is still "Limited to 10 per server".
Calling it a scam due to people stupidity is pretty hilarious.
I think you can safely agree that whatever Nexon is doing might not technically fall under a scam, but it's not 100% ethical either. And if they were a real world enterprise (and sold actual goods that could be obtained elsewhere), they would never have been allowed to continue these practices.
It's actually surprising that they have been allowed to continue these and many more, such as selling cubes as items to improve your gear where as we all know that's not very true. Even if you argue that a cube is in essence is sold as something to re-roll your gear, having so many negative outcomes (like int/luk options on Warrior gear), that Nexon KNOWS is negative but still doesn't inform the consumer of their relative chances seems shady.
(I haven't really played since Ascension, so I don;t know if they changed cubing/released data on the chances of cubing yet).
It's not even almost gambling anymore, it's obviously rigged gambling in Nexon's favor.
TL;DR: People are stupid, but taking advantage of stupidity is not always very ethical.