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Quote:Actually, IMO, that was one of the things CO did right. Just because the game is failing doesn't mean all its ideas were bad. They had some fantastic ideas. The bad just outweighed the good.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
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Quote:Players have returned to MMOs after longer absences.Originally Posted by Mr_Mud
It would be rather silly of you to consider that player's disinterest an assumption rather than a fact after six or seven years of not even logging into the game, wouldn't it?
More to the point, that person would have to have logged into the game sometime in the last few years to qualify as anything other than an ex-customer.
Now, overall, I'm indifferent to the name sweeps. What offends me is the overblown sense of entitlement from the OP. -
Quote:Except inside trialsOriginally Posted by Machariel
How lazy ARE you people?
There are stores everywhere,
Which could be more than enough time for distraction to tilt a bad pull into a wipe in a trial.Quote:deleting the nearly worthless stuff takes seconds,
Which doesn't help you, say it with me, IN A TRIAL.Quote:and there are so many travel powers that you can pop to a store and back in under a minute.
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Quote:Funny, I thought terrible customer service was taking something away from someone after they'd paid for it ( In this case, the name on the character. Having paid for it being having paid for the game and possibly subscription time ) on the assumption that they're not interested in it anymore. Silly me.Originally Posted by Mr_Mud
It's just terrible customer service.
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Quote:And I'm only interested in the orange gumballs and really hate the green apple ones. Sorry, the comparison still stands. Just because you don't like some of the "prizes" doesn't mean the gumball comparison doesn't work.Originally Posted by TrueMetal
This is exactly where the comparison starts to fail. And the trading card game comparison too.
Gumballs might be gumballs and trading cards are trading cards, but 'goodies' certainly aren't all 'goodies'.
Costume parts =/= merits =/= enhancements =/= totally superfluous and uninteresting (to me) consumeables of all varieties.
I don't care about any of the above except the costume bits. I REALLY hate that in order to get those costume parts I need to buy and sift through piles of worthless crap in order to get them. So I won't. So now I'm annoyed that I can't get those costume parts. -
Quote:And that's comparable to these packs, IMO. I get goodies out of them. I don't know what goodies until I open them, but they're goodies all the same. Just as I don't know what flavor gumball I get out of the gumball machine. It's still gum.Originally Posted by Warkupo
Guys
You put quarters in the machine and it gives you CANDY. Did you all miss out on having a childhood or something? It's not a gamble when I get CANDY. -
Quote:Yes, by a ridiculous stretch of the technical definition of the term, it's gambling. What you're doing is what we like to call "nitpicking semantics". Its generally a tactic used by someone who has a very weak argument and is considered petty. Yes, by the literal definition of the term, it's gambling. But so is hitting your attack button every time in the game.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
No actually that was agreeing with you confirming that it is gambling, attempts to minimize and belittle the fact notwithstanding.
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Quote:Thanks for confirming that you have no argument.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
ok.
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Quote:Haven't even been a f2p game for half a year yet.Originally Posted by Foxy_Ferret
There should be some sort of time line imo though. That way it gives you a chance to log in within say 1-2 years. That's plenty of time especially for a f2p game.
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Quote:You don't know that those used names fall under 1) though. As for 2), that's you. That's not everyone. Yes, there are those returning players that wouldn't mind. But there are current players who don't mind finding their first name idea(s) is taken. Of both situations, the players who DO mind enough to leave/not return are slim, but the "not return over losing their names" side is bigger.Originally Posted by Foxy_Ferret
Would I like to have it still? Yes. Would I be upset if someone else took it if 1. I don't plan on coming back and 2. was away for years? No.
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Quote:By technical definition, since we're being so nitpicky, real life money is irrelevant. We're gambling every time we attack or get attacked in this game.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
The gamble comes from paying real life money for the chance at the items. It has nothing to do with your personal desire for the items.
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Quote:Do you have an inherent right to the names just because a person hasn't played in a long time? No.Originally Posted by Foxy_Ferret
That's not my issue, I can come up with names any given time. Do I like those names as much as I would another that could be released? No.
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Quote:The letter of the definition isn't necessarily the spirit. Yes, on a wildly nitpicky technicality, it's gambling. But it's ridiculous to think of it as such.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Definitions like to bet on an uncertain outcome from stupidly liberal Merriam Webster and her bunch of leftist rebelrousers...I see.
I'm sorry, you're the one using a stupidly nitpicky application of a term that happens to have negative connotations, then whining semantics when people challenge that use of the term.Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
You seem to want to fight for some reason.
EXACTLY! No one in their right mind calls that gambling even if it fits the technical definition of the word. There's no difference here. The only reason to call it "gambling" is to try to bolster a weak argument against it using a negative term.Quote:Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Am I only the only person who ever bought trading cards?
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Quote:There hasn't been a third run because neither of those previous runs freed up a significant number of names that were subsequently used. It turned out that the gain wasn't enough to be worthwhile. It's far more likely that a potential returning player will not return because his name's been taken away than it is that a current player will leave over a name he wants already being taken.Originally Posted by Stormbird
Their old name script:
First time:
- Account inactive for 90 days
- Characters under level 35
Second time:
- Account inactive for 90 days
- Characters under level 6
Hasn't been run in years.
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Quote:This happens with every game. There's a certain type of person that, when they get bored with a game, they seem to be personally offended at its continued existence and the fact that other people are still happily enjoying it.Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
So I've been playing this game on and off since June of 2004. Why? Because I enjoy it. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't be here, and if the game didn't continue to evolve in ways I enjoyed, I wouldn't keep playing. But there's a disturbing trend I've noticed over the last couple of years, in which many long term players have violently turned on the game, picking out each and every flaw they can find, all while acting like they're acting in the game's best interests by acting hyper-critical towards
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Quote:You seem to have "courteous and discourteous" confused with "right and wrong".Originally Posted by Rabid_M
I see there being a slight difference in some cases.
Let's say you're entering a building and you see someone else headed for the doors, and they're carrying enough stuff that they'll have to pause for a moment to rearrange things to open the door. The right thing to do is to hold the door for them. They don't really need you to, though, and it's hardly the end of the world if you let them deal with it so you can move on to what you're there for. And the person behind THEM may expect you to hold the door open for them too, even though they don't have anything in their hands, just because you held it open for the first person. -
Quote:Somebody's been paying attention.... :eyerollOriginally Posted by CactusBrawler
Its pretty much par for course.
All the devs want from the feedback threads is a pat on the back.
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Quote:Sorry, I forgot you're the only one allowed to spew hate and "bad mood". Carry on.Originally Posted by Angelxman81
Stop it dude, seriously... Keep your sarcams because Im just making my point here, dont need all your hate or bad mood on me, thank you.
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Quote:I'd say the potential consequences if true make it carry more weight whether you know it's true for sure or not.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Exactly. Which is why it carries no more weight than "SG is calling."
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Quote:Saying they're worthless to you is completely different from saying they're worthless to everyone but brand new players.Originally Posted by ItsJustJake
Your opinion might differ, but enhancement drops are inherently worthless to me as well. Even at low levels they are at best Spare Change.
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Quote:Bull@#$%.Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle
To come at this from another angle, who cares if your enhancement tray fills up? They're basically worthless other than to completely new players.
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Quote:While I imagine there'd still be a lot of those even if the filter spelled out exactly how it worked every time you turned it on ( Or was called "auto-delete" and the list you set up was called "auto-delete list" even ), it could only be chalked up to the user's own stupidity and, thus, the rage posts could be relentlessly mocked.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Yeah but can you imagine the rage posts from people that would be complaining that the filter is bugged because they're getting "less drops" when they use the filter?
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Quote:But they didn't introduce the specific changes HE wanted! Hence they're useless! That's how it works, right...?Originally Posted by EU_Damz
Clearly they are not since your OP alone has missed quite a lot of all the feedback that these threads have had in beta. They have made multiple changes to packs from those feedbacks alone in the last few weeks.
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Quote:A properly done loot filter wouldn't do jack @#$% to drop rates. It'll just auto-delete what you set it to delete. Drop rates are untouched.Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
I'm pretty sure a loot fiilter wouldn't work as it could screw with drop rates in your favor, I can't see it being implemented for this reason.
How the frack does this "engage the player"?Quote:Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle
Junk loot doesn't just exist for no reason, it's meant to engage the player by motivating them to go to a store to unload it.
That would actually be perfect for me. Of course, I'd mainly just be filtering stuff that doesn't vendor for much and only gets piddly change at the market after sitting for weeks listed at 1 inf.Quote:Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I could see the devs adding a filter, but it probably wouldn't work the way the OP wants it to. Our devs have a sense of humor so the filter would just auto delete the drops the player doesn't want.
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Quote:Perhaps, but there's no way to know in a PUG if the guy saying that is married or not.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Only if the person using it is actually married.