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Not to rain on anyones parade or take away from the excellent work Jay and his assistant put into this and all the other packs.
BUT...
Angry_Citizen and others do have a point.
Jay and his assistant are already on the NCSoft payroll, which is income generated from the normal monthly fees that are paid to play the game.
If NCSoft didn't want to put any new outfits into the game for customers or npc's then they would not have Jay on staff.
However, since they do have Jay on staff doing his normal work for which his salary is already being taken care of. And for which his time scheduling is already included. Taking him away from his normal time to produce micro transaction items (Not to mention Babs had to be involved for the emotes), and then charging extra for these items *is* what Angry_Citizen is talking about.
If microtransactions weren't now part of this game (thanks to everyone who keeps buying them {
Myself Included }), then Jay and crew would be producing these same items for the game normally.
Would they be part of some set schedule? Surely they would. It isn't as if they are coming fast and furious as part of microtransactions after all.
So, Angry_Citizen does have a valid point in what his beliefs or feelings are regarding these mircotransactions.
NCSoft has found a way to generate more income for the company without extra expense.
Smart business decision on their part, but it does cost its playerbase. While the playerbase seems mostly favorable to these microtransactions and seems to purchase them (they must, or NCSoft would probably not continue to do them), it could be argued that they would come without the microtransaction itself.
Now,
for myself , I find the idea of microtransactions a little frustrating (based on the history of *this* game not having microtransactions from the start), but I am in a position to easily afford the extra expense so I buy the ones that appeal to me.
Angry_Citizen and those that agree with him completely should always be allowed to voice their opinions as well as those who gladly buy into the microtransaction action. We really shouldn't harp on anyone who disagrees with the party line. They are the ones who help keep everyone honest
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As someone who was once addicted to another MMO that shall remain nameless
*coughcoughEQcoughcough*
and charged me extra for every new release on content and game upgrade,
I can tell you I MUCH prefer the CoH model...
and yes... the add on packs cost extra... but they are "ADD ONS" not
required purchases to be able to continue to play the game...
Complaining about Add ons is about as dumb as b****ing about the 20 disk CD changer or XM Radio that you COULD add on to your new car, but it only comes with a single CD unit...
