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About That Vocal "Minority" Against P2W
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I don't think there's any real doubt that most of the people with really strong opinions about making item mall goods tradeable are against it. But that's no way to measure majority opinion.
Unless the total player base of EU and NA comes to 4000/5000 players, the majority don't actually care about the changes.
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The only evidence we have is what is shown in the OP, representing that a LOT of current customers do not like the proposed change.
Nobody knows what the actual majority thinks, but indications are most do not approve of the change. Anti-p2w remarks have far outnumbered pro-p2w remarks.
Yeah, it's the internet, it's just forums yada yada yada but it's all we have to go on. Although many of the top guilds turning their guild icon into the one shown in my avatar is indicative that it's just not "forum hsyteria".
In any case, I just don't see how you look at all that in the OP and say, "Well, the majority doesn't care."
So basically I'm just assuming because I know that you're pro-p2w that you're just pulling that notion straight out of your butt.
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Anywho, Kakao asked for feedback during the announcement and feedback they got. Tomorrow will tell if/how they act upon that feedback.
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EDIT: I've not played BDO, so I'm just an outside observer.
MMO players bemoan the lack of depth in new titles and how on rails everything is then rush out and buy founders packs for games they already know they probably won't like because there isn't anything else out worth playing now.
MMO players will almost certainly continue to pay for this game so they can picket in game or do whatever they think is going to make a change.
MMO developers and producers will continue to do what they do. It is easier to count money than it is to scour the internet for opinions and make wholesale changes to your game or business and development plans.
One side wins. One side whines. Nothing changes. Such are the times we live in.
I also believe that it is a mistake because the few whales I know changes games oftenwhile regular gamers might spend less but stay a long period. If you want quick cash and don't care about longevity then fine but that is why so many F2P MMOs earns loads of money the first year only to dwindle income wise fast.
It is just my theory though and can be wishful thinking, but we seen a lot P2win games shine bright a couple of months only to turn into obscurity after that.
Developers don't care about any of this. And if they did, they were directed to the marketing department and told "don't worry about it".
People play everything !
There is only really 2 possibilities, players either take it on the chin, and carry on, or they do what they did the last time, which was move on to other games.
The last time this happened it was in a much smaller game, only a couple of hundred thousand players, BDO has, if numbers are to be believed, over a million players.
The next few weeks will either prove that P2W is acceptable, or that it isn't.
As much as i would wish to believe that the poll gained through out of game methods is indicative, the truth is, until we see something actually happening in game, we cannot know for sure either way, the trouble is, that at that point, it becomes too late to do anything about it.
It's a vocal majority of a small minority.
Just like so many small studios that "listen to their community"...
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I figured she must be lying. PR bullshit and everything, since she never gave any numbers... until you come to hear that out of all the people that bought the game, only a good 30% actually GOT to that ending. That's 70% right there that doesn't give a fuck about it. And if half of that 30% that actually did finish it, liked it or didn't care, that's another 15% right there, making it a grand total of 85% at least that didn't care or actually approved of the ending.
If you think the vast majority of BDO's playerbase actually cares enough to go take part on some internet poll, or to post on the forums... well... this is the internet, I'm not going to change your mind, we both know that much. Keep on thinking it, but brace for disappointment. Not to mention in this case, I'm fairly sure this update is being pushed by PA, who won't even bother to look at all the internet rage. The only thing they'll get are reports from Daum.
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