Originally posted by miscrpgdude Originally posted by azmundaisub games make money off of people playing the game for extended periods of time. leveling alts is a big part of that. race changes circumvent the need to level alts to a certain degree. Thus it costs about as much as they figure it would take average people to level them. rocket science.
This is called an opportunity cost and could certainly reasonably be used to justify charging a very significant amount more than the actual cost of actions performed plus consistent profit. Like I said in my original post, I am hardly all up in arms in this particular case but yes it is clearly gouging and pretty clearly an unreasonable level of profitability on the service.
/Shrug there are of course far far far worse examples in the world today, the government just seems to have completely abdicated any responsibility for protecting consumers.
No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity. I am, usually on the sandbox .. more "hardcore" side of things, but I also do just want to have fun. So lighten up already
Originally posted by azmundaisub games make money off of people playing the game for extended periods of time. leveling alts is a big part of that. race changes circumvent the need to level alts to a certain degree. Thus it costs about as much as they figure it would take average people to level them. rocket science.
This is called an opportunity cost and could certainly reasonably be used to justify charging a very significant amount more than the actual cost of actions performed plus consistent profit. Like I said in my original post, I am hardly all up in arms in this particular case but yes it is clearly gouging and pretty clearly an unreasonable level of profitability on the service.
/Shrug there are of course far far far worse examples in the world today, the government just seems to have completely abdicated any responsibility for protecting consumers.
No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.
Actually it is the very definition of gouging, charging a price wildly out of step with the cost of providing it because there is no competition for that service. The rest is immaterial.
Originally posted by azmundaisub games make money off of people playing the game for extended periods of time. leveling alts is a big part of that. race changes circumvent the need to level alts to a certain degree. Thus it costs about as much as they figure it would take average people to level them. rocket science.
This is called an opportunity cost and could certainly reasonably be used to justify charging a very significant amount more than the actual cost of actions performed plus consistent profit. Like I said in my original post, I am hardly all up in arms in this particular case but yes it is clearly gouging and pretty clearly an unreasonable level of profitability on the service.
/Shrug there are of course far far far worse examples in the world today, the government just seems to have completely abdicated any responsibility for protecting consumers.
No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.
Actually it is the very definition of gouging, charging a price wildly out of step with the cost of providing it because there is no competition for that service. The rest is immaterial.
Originally posted by miscrpgdude Originally posted by azmundaiOriginally posted by miscrpgdudeOriginally posted by azmundaisub games make money off of people playing the game for extended periods of time. leveling alts is a big part of that. race changes circumvent the need to level alts to a certain degree. Thus it costs about as much as they figure it would take average people to level them. rocket science.
This is called an opportunity cost and could certainly reasonably be used to justify charging a very significant amount more than the actual cost of actions performed plus consistent profit. Like I said in my original post, I am hardly all up in arms in this particular case but yes it is clearly gouging and pretty clearly an unreasonable level of profitability on the service./Shrug there are of course far far far worse examples in the world today, the government just seems to have completely abdicated any responsibility for protecting consumers.No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.because there is no competition for that service
Play a new game, level an alt. direct competition.
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity. I am, usually on the sandbox .. more "hardcore" side of things, but I also do just want to have fun. So lighten up already
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/Shrug there are of course far far far worse examples in the world today, the government just seems to have completely abdicated any responsibility for protecting consumers.
No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity.
I am, usually on the sandbox .. more "hardcore" side of things, but I also do just want to have fun. So lighten up already
Actually it is the very definition of gouging, charging a price wildly out of step with the cost of providing it because there is no competition for that service. The rest is immaterial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging
No idea what that was supposed to mean, but it isn't gouging. The victims of a disaster spending $5 on a bottle of water were victims of gouging. Plywood costing $50 a sheet because a storm is heading your way is gouging. This is just a convenience and as such it is more about supply and demand. If so many people though it was too expensive they would probably lower the cost to make it more attractive. Not to mention they provide a perfectly legitimate alternative, level an alt.
because there is no competition for that service
Play a new game, level an alt. direct competition.
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity.
I am, usually on the sandbox .. more "hardcore" side of things, but I also do just want to have fun. So lighten up already
I spent $20 per character to change my EQ 6-box from human to DE. And I would have paid 3 or 4 times that if they asked. Dumb poor people.