On the one side we have people who are happy with this. And on the other we have People who are rather upset about it. Here’s most the points for both.
People against HoT will normally consist of this.
Pricing.
Lack of a character slot.
Being a vetran and already having the game.
And then people who bought the game after that 1 POI (which I personally think is the most legitimate reason to be mad).
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People for HoT are these kinds of people, and I fall into this category as well.
Pricing to hours they’re going to spend in game.
The excitement for the expansion.
Buisness thoughts such as the general idea of: More players = More Money = More Content for the players. As well as the argument that vetrans saw content that newbies won’t get the chance to.
And looking at the constant sales the games seems to have makes the pricing of it abit useless and more beneficial to bring in players.
Now, Yes, this is somewhat biased and I have likely missed something for both. But this is the general consensus.
There’s a few ways to go about this and keep the customers happy though. Like I stated some people have been wanting a character slot. That is something that could easilly be implimented. However some people would probably still be abit bitter about free core for new players, which you can’t really do anything about them cause they’ll likely be the ones that complain no matter what happens.
Showing more then what you currently have. People really are blindfolded at the moment. And I think until the beta comes out, it’s going to stay that way :l. Having a better insight though will likely help people come to a decision.
Don’t be silent, Oh the irritation that’s being caused here simply because the dev’s are shying away, yes, you’re going to be bombarded with people complaining, but manning up and taking the problem head on is so much better then slinking into the shadows. Slinking into the shadows leaves people in the dark, again, more blindfolds. They begin to lose trust and reasons to continue playing.
Physical editions, now, they can contain just the disk/keycode, I’m not entirely bothered about that. But there needs to be some variety. So a similar model to the current prices but with things like statues and art books. I’ll be more then happy to buy the artbook.
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Hopefully this thread will stay somewhat mature… Oh who am I kidding, this is the internet xD.
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