JPs are despised by many people (including me-especially when forced inside a Dungeon, ala CoE laser room). Are they thus a failure?
In short, Devata, we’ll never agree because we see things differently, and that’s fine.
For instance, you don’t like the gem shop, and the way Living Story for you represents more of it vs “the expansion model”, yet I would bet that many people would still rather have said shop than paying an additional sum on top of it to get access to new content and features. I don’t care who is “most players” (I bet you have no proof your opinion is representative of the majority), but the game is ultimately more than what we wish it was for only ourselves.
So, your whole argument boils down to “I don’t want to spend more money on this game”.
Great, so we’re in agreement that the content ANet released so far is not worth paying for. Thanks for undermining your own argument.
He did not say anything of the sort there. In fact he pointed out that (some) people prefer a means of spending money on the game that does not involve buying an expansion.
Perhaps you’d like to read his quote again? You, where he said " I would bet that many people would still rather have said shop than paying an additional sum on top of it to get access to new content and features." You know, where he implies that new content and features developed by ANet aren’t worth paying for.
Paying an additional sum on top of it, where “it” is paying in the cash shop, means that those people are already paying.
If one is already choosing to pay then one is not likely to consider that which is being funded by his paying to be not worth the payment.
And that argument falls apart when you take into account the many people who spend 0 money in the gem store.
Not really. We were discussing Star Ace’s comment about people who DO spend money in the gem store. If you want to change topics that is fine of course.
No, we’re discussing the playerbase as a whole. If you want to create a strawman to argue against because you have no actual point, by all means go for it.
Since when ?
We both commented on one post specifically, the one in which Star Ace commented on people who do spend money.
Create a business.
Focus only on the people who have already purchased your product.
File for bankruptcy.
You’re a business genius, sir.
You mentioned Strawman ?