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Magic: Legends Talks Tomorrow's Patch, Future Plans For ARPG In New State Of The Game Blog | MMORPG.com
Magic: Legends has had a rough launch in its open beta last week. The ARPG set in the iconic Magic: The Gathering multiverse has seen its share of criticism over its monetization, loot drop rate and much more. Today the team at Cryptic released an update with some news on what tomorrow's update to the beta will look like.
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And tbh the "It is in Beta" does not count on this one.
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Cryptic simply can't be trusted not to go back on their word. They'll nickle and dime people the moment they get the chance. This game is dead in the water and it will be nothing more than a blip anyways once PoE 2 and Diablo 4 come out.
It was the same for me as well.
It has received pronouncements of death at what has become a common rate, either before or immediately after the game becomes available to the public.
I play games that have been declared dead for years on end that remain commercially viable in the eyes of those that operate them.
Gamers have proven themselves incredibly inaccurate in such prophecy.
In the pursuit of maximum profits companies charge what they feel the market will bear. They will of course be happy with doing so. Should they push beyond that causing overall profit to decline they will pull back until it recovers.
It has nothing to do with 2021. Their action was directly in response to how their take on the model was received, which would had been the same in previous years if players had rejected rather than embraced what was offered. If players had overwhelmingly rejected f2p models when they were first introduced they would have been abandoned entirely early on rather that dominating the market today.
Cryptic can be expected to continue making decisions intended to maximize profit, as will every other for profit company, now and forever. Any other expectation is delusional.
It plays differently from Diablo, PoE, and other ARPGs I've played, so fancier versions of those won't necessarily be seen as replacements for this, not that play of any by necessity precludes play of others.
The game is accessible to anybody that wants to play AND it has a fully functioning cash shop.
The game IS fully launched.
I still remember when they did the exact same thing with Neverwinter and Bill Murphy here lost his patience and said "Screw it, I'm considering this launched" and reviewed it before their official release.
This is what they do with all their games. "Open Beta" is just fun and games for them. As if fully released games don't also listen to feedback and make adjustments,
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