Guild Wars 2

Cactus.2710:

Ahh … I see the disconnect between us here. You think I have a reading comprehension problem and I think you have a logic comprehension problem. In my book, “pay more than” and “pay the same as” are pretty much the same determinant (I didn’t say equal) … there is a difference) if, as you suggest, cost was a key factor in a player’s decision not to play a pay-to-play game. Nobody is going to NOT play a pay-to-play game simply because it costs essentially the same as a free-to-play game. I wasn’t arguing that people pay more for a free-to-play game than a pay-to-play game … only that if indeed the costs are at least similar it doesn’t matter.

I never suggested that cost was a key factor in in a player’s decision. Nor was I commenting on anything of that sort or alluding to it. The person I was responding to, based on his post, believes that people, in general, tend to spend more on free to play games than on sub games. I was commenting on that based on what I have read from experts in the industry.

Also, there is no logical reason to think that “More than” and “Same as” are the same thing. That very thought right there is illogical.

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

Pretty hilarious that those who boldly exclaim “I will never buy a sub” possibly pay out more per month than those who do.

I don’t like paying for a sub not because I don’t like paying money, but because I tend to play several MMOs on and off simultaneously. If I paid a sub on all of them, that’s going to cost me an insane fortune.

And no matter how rubbish GW2’s no-trinity system is, I don’t think I can ever go back to playing a game with the dreaded trinity in it again. Everytime I think the system is lacking and how it might be better with a trinity, I just remind myself of the length of the queue I get in every game as a DPS.

And no, I won’t play a healer because healers are pretty much unplayable outside of group content.

eisberg.2379:

Cactus.2710:

Ahh … I see the disconnect between us here. You think I have a reading comprehension problem and I think you have a logic comprehension problem. In my book, “pay more than” and “pay the same as” are pretty much the same determinant (I didn’t say equal) … there is a difference) if, as you suggest, cost was a key factor in a player’s decision not to play a pay-to-play game. Nobody is going to NOT play a pay-to-play game simply because it costs essentially the same as a free-to-play game. I wasn’t arguing that people pay more for a free-to-play game than a pay-to-play game … only that if indeed the costs are at least similar it doesn’t matter.

I never suggested that cost was a key factor in in a player’s decision. Nor was I commenting on anything of that sort or alluding to it. The person I was responding to, based on his post, believes that people, in general, tend to spend more on free to play games than on sub games. I was commenting on that based on what I have read from experts in the industry.

Also, there is no logical reason to think that “More than” and “Same as” are the same thing. That very thought right there is illogical.

I didn’t say they were the same thing. I said they result in the same thing … and that is entirely logical.