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AllstarSniper32 11/18/19 6:18:07 AM #8:	ParanoidObsessive posted... which is why item drop rates were deliberately skewed to drop items for classes you weren't playing as, and make really useful drops less common, solely to direct traffic to the Auction House. And the effect of such was made blatantly obvious when the moment they rejigged the game to remove the Auction House, they also completely altered the drop mechanics for items to make them more appealing to players. They basically removed the artificial handicap because they no longer profited from it. Have you...never played a dungeon crawler before Diablo 3? I think Diablo 3 is one of the first to make random in game drops actually always be suited what the character you're currently playing as. And the reason they made the AH was because in Diablo 2 people were buying found items from 3rd party sites. While yes, I'm sure Blizzard felt they could cash in on people buying items in game doesn't mean money is the only reason they made the AH. ParanoidObsessive posted... About the only microtransactions that don't skirt that line are purely 100% cosmetic ones, and even those have issues. Issues like what? For purely cosmetic items you're optionally paying for something that doesn't affect gameplay at all. They're adding cosmetic items which would otherwise not get added at all. Paying for that isn't bad, unless some game out there charges you like $20+ for a character skin. ParanoidObsessive posted... Even cosmetic-only microtransactions exploit human psychology to guilt you via social pressure and FOMO to buy skins so you don't look like a basic bitch. Oh, this is the negative you're trying to say? Yeah, unless they're over charging you for skins, they aren't exploiting this part of the brain. The only other way it'd be exploiting is when they put skins in loot boxes so you don't always get what you're paying for. Buying a skin for your characters is like buying a painting for a wall in your house. ParanoidObsessive posted... Every RPG you've ever played with random loot drops is tapping into the same thing. So are you trying to say all RPGs that have random in game loot drops are bad? --- If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking systems, there would be a revolution before morning - Andrew Jackson <cite>AllstarSniper32 posted [p:930308621] in Oh man Jed... [t:78171988]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>which is why item drop rates were deliberately skewed to drop items for classes you weren't playing as, and make really useful drops less common, solely to direct traffic to the Auction House. And the effect of such was made blatantly obvious when the moment they rejigged the game to remove the Auction House, they also completely altered the drop mechanics for items to make them more appealing to players. They basically removed the artificial handicap because they no longer profited from it.</quote> Have you...never played a dungeon crawler before Diablo 3? I think Diablo 3 is one of the first to make random in game drops actually always be suited what the character you're currently playing as. And the reason they made the AH was because in Diablo 2 people were buying found items from 3rd party sites. While yes, I'm sure Blizzard felt they could cash in on people buying items in game doesn't mean money is the only reason they made the AH. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>About the only microtransactions that don't skirt that line are purely 100% cosmetic ones, and even those have issues.</quote> Issues like what? For purely cosmetic items you're optionally paying for something that doesn't affect gameplay at all. They're adding cosmetic items which would otherwise not get added at all. Paying for that isn't bad, unless some game out there charges you like $20+ for a character skin. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Even cosmetic-only microtransactions exploit human psychology to guilt you via social pressure and FOMO to buy skins so you don't look like a basic bitch.</quote> Oh, this is the negative you're trying to say? Yeah, unless they're over charging you for skins, they aren't exploiting this part of the brain. The only other way it'd be exploiting is when they put skins in loot boxes so you don't always get what you're paying for. Buying a skin for your characters is like buying a painting for a wall in your house. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote> Every RPG you've ever played with random loot drops is tapping into the same thing.</quote> So are you trying to say all RPGs that have random in game loot drops are bad? --- If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking systems, there would be a revolution before morning - Andrew Jackson</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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