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I don’t think the DR is meant to save the economy it’s meant to discourage BOT’s, but in reality all it does is discourage players.
A BOT can be changed, hmmm they added in Diminishing Returns after I farm karma for about 30mins I start getting less loot and karma, and oh look after logging off for an hour the diminishing returns are reset. So lets put a timer in the BOT lets make it log of for an hour every 30mins, and well just keep letting this cycle run for 24hrs and still make a killing on karma and gold.
On the other hand a player cant change, “ooo hmmm I start getting less Karma and loot after 30mins????” what the hell (Rage) log off for 15mins, log back in what the hell still not reset (rage more) come back in an hour “oh finally reset” (farm for another 30mins) “garh again” (more raging) (go to bed for 7 hrs) (wake up go to work for 10hrs) "ok lets try this again, (farm for 30mins) “RAWR again????” (rage somemore and Quite Game.)
See the difference? DR is not a BOT deterrent it’s a player deterrent, I spend more time at work and sleeping then I get time to play the game, not to mention time I want to spend with my wife/friends, or do chores and errands that need to get done, playing games for me is not a career its entertainment to fill my boredom when I have nothing better to do, if I must schedule my game time around DR it takes away from the entertainment of the game, and oh wait now in order to be efficient with the game I need to set up a BOT to automatically log in and out at the right times? But why play the game if you need to use a BOT to play it? Easy to make money. I don’t play games for a profit so I will just play a different game.
Well I for one love this game it’s freaking awesome…. I told all my friends “dude you need to come play this game it’s the best thing ever”
Then they added the DR mechanic now I tell my friends “I’m not playing anymore till they fix the broken mechanic” which makes them less likely to ever play.
The other affect ANET will get is, well the less people that are playing means the less money they make from people buying gems from there store, subscription based mechanics are not always the best way to make money off these games. If you can get anything you want in a game now instead of later, and all you need to do is spend a little bit of money to get it, heck why not I don’t need to pay for a subscription to play so I can spend a few dollars to get more gold or bag/bank space.
The point is the less people are playing lowers the potential for the company to make more money.
On another note if they are counting on making money off there sales when they release the next expansion, what will make me want to buy that expansion if I’m just going to run into DR again? Sorry I wont waste my time or money on the next expansion either.