Poll of the Day > Man I hate MTX so damn much.

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So many games I wanna play or go back to but having to pay a lot of money to make it worth while is just depressing.

so... don't buy the mtx?

Lokarin posted...

so... don't buy the mtx?

Some games are so engrossed in it that its not possible to meaningfully play it without it. Plenty of mobile games use some form of "energy" That means you can only play a couple instances per hour/day for free. Then theres some games that progression has a hard limit without actual money.

I agree. I hope it's banned soon.

I dont mind MTX. As long as I dont need them Most mobile games that have them dont usually make them necessary At least the ones I play The energy doesnt bother me much, either But I usually find ways around it sometimes, anyway Plus, I can easily get busy at work or doing something else sometimes

Straughan posted...

I agree. I hope it's banned soon.

Laws are getting stricter and stricter.

Energy based ones like Clash of Clans get to the point its not worth playing. I played a bit because a friend was into it. Late game you have like 5 or 6 days where its not playable because thats how long it takes for something to upgrade for free. At that point why even bother.

Microtransactions were so overwhelmingly in your face in Runescape around 2012 that I straight up quit playing until they brought back Old School Runescape.

I kinda wanna get back into maplestory. But not having a teleport rock, that is only good for 90 days and costs I believe 15 dollars PER CHARACTER. Plus they have an item upgrade system in place that makes you have to spend hundreds of dollars per item to maximize the stats of the item to be able to fight the bosses makes it just a massive turn off nowadays.

I'll pay for the game all day. But these 60 and 100 dillar packs that are the price of full release AAA games or deluxe versions are outta control.

They're exploiting consumers and I want it to end. We need price controls within reason. Packs should be $25 max and only once per month and maybe 4 packs total 1 5 10 25.

And that's me compromising. If it were up to me, I'd make it so only dlc would be legal. No currency or cosmetics alone. No more milking the serfs. We have to evolve. We cannot continue this shit. So many people are buying this shit ans getting into massive debt and killing off their upward mobility.

We are too dumb to be at the helm of our lives. We have proven that stunningly. We cannot just let people ruin themselves. We gotta moderate it somewhat. Imball for freedom, but people used to be smarter than this. Or at least I'd hoped they were.

Personally, I dont really see a reason to end MTX. Depending on the game, they arent needed, and can have fun things (again, depending on the game) I dont see an issue if people want to buy stuff As long as it isnt needed or used to PVP, I think its fine If the game has PVP type battles, make it so they cant use anything bought that gives an edge. And by needed, I mean needed. If it just make the game easier or something, thats not needed. For example, wanting more energy isnt a need, but makes the game easier

Other than those kind of restrictions, I see no reason to outlaw or further limit MTX

hypnox posted...

I kinda wanna get back into maplestory.

ooo, I do miss MapleStory, but last I played was a couple months after Aran... Aren? Aron? Whatever came out

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hera posted...

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Buying ships aren't the only way to get them. They are able to get in game currently, so it isn't a MTX pay wall. Granted mine has life time insurance so its nice to have. But doesn't keep people who bought the base game from getting it.

LinkPizza posted...

Personally, I dont really see a reason to end MTX. Depending on the game, they arent needed, and can have fun things (again, depending on the game) I dont see an issue if people want to buy stuff As long as it isnt needed or used to PVP, I think its fine

Except they can utterly ruin games. Even in single-player (see also, Shadow of War). If microtransactions influence gameplay mechanics in any way, they're generally 100% bullshit. Whether it's pay to win (in which case the devs will likely artificially spike difficulty to drive purchases) or pay to avoid grind (in which case the devs have motivation to make their game grindy as fuck and boring as hell) or even just including things like real money auction houses (at which point the devs have a motivation to utterly break item drop rates), the mere existence of microtransactions tends to result in shittier games that you would have otherwise had without them. They are absolute fucking cancer on the industry as a whole.

About the only justifiable microtransactions are cosmetic only (with no effect on gameplay whatsoever)... but there are reasons why even those can be immortal as fuck and psychologically manipulative as well (see also Fortnite), especially if they exploit gambling mechanics and FOMO/addictive behaviors (see also Overwatch).

hypnox posted...

Energy based ones like Clash of Clans get to the point its not worth playing. I played a bit because a friend was into it. Late game you have like 5 or 6 days where its not playable because thats how long it takes for something to upgrade for free. At that point why even bother.

That's normal for those kind of games.

Straughan posted...

I'll pay for the game all day. But these 60 and 100 dillar packs that are the price of full release AAA games or deluxe versions are outta control.

They're exploiting consumers and I want it to end. We need price controls within reason. Packs should be $25 max and only once per month and maybe 4 packs total 1 5 10 25.

And that's me compromising. If it were up to me, I'd make it so only dlc would be legal. No currency or cosmetics alone. No more milking the serfs. We have to evolve. We cannot continue this shit. So many people are buying this shit ans getting into massive debt and killing off their upward mobility.

We are too dumb to be at the helm of our lives. We have proven that stunningly. We cannot just let people ruin themselves. We gotta moderate it somewhat. Imball for freedom, but people used to be smarter than this. Or at least I'd hoped they were.

Most deluxe editions are just the game with the DLC included.