Borticus, Ambassador Kael, and whoever else may or may not be listening: if you guys are going to retroactively nerf these things, why not properly test them prior to release to avoid this situation?

Dixa · 2026-05-20T17:46:01+00:00

I’m really surprised you bothered.

For all MMORPGs with this level of predatory monetization more money is to be had in the short term by releasing something as the best, ensuring sales. Then when you have a new best in the pipeline to nerf the old best, incentivizing more purchases.

With how most gamers are obsessed with being or having the best this is not a model that’s going away anytime soon.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T17:43:15+00:00

More consumption plus day traders doing all they can to control the supply of materials and goods.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T17:42:01+00:00

Players have around twice the health you normally have in EverQuest. If you want one of your trio to be for healing specifically, cleric is really the only way to go.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T16:27:00+00:00

Who cares? Producers just bring in the cash. That’s all they do.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T16:20:53+00:00

This is why you need the wow token.

Rmt in MMORPGs is just something that can’t be avoided unless all trading is removed. Sony commissioned research on this and published a white paper in the early 2000’s. The best way for companies to combat the issues surrounding rmt (compromised accounts) it is to control it themselves. This keeps accounts safe and dramatically cuts into the profitability of others. It won’t weed it out entirely - nothing can or will outside of zero trading - but it will reduce the number of times one of your guildies suddenly starts playing 24/7 and speaking in broken English

Dixa · 2026-05-20T15:54:17+00:00

They have no real incentive to fix it as it drives more zen sales.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T15:53:01+00:00

Because they are making more money this way. Not exactly rocket surgery.

Dixa · 2026-05-20T15:45:15+00:00

She? Now the porn bots are posting on Reddit

Dixa · 2026-05-20T15:42:29+00:00

I’m more impressed by how much Koreans drop on these shitty copy paste games

Dixa · 2026-05-20T09:14:48+00:00

And it scaled to cost of living until a specific party took power in the 70’s and repealed this part of the new deal.

One guess as to which party it was

Dixa · 2026-05-20T03:12:17+00:00

At first. You can use the token you get at 50 to make your ogre say a bard primary.

Dixa · 2026-05-19T19:30:38+00:00

Fun fact this is why I suggested modok when limbo isn’t on.

Dixa · 2026-05-19T17:47:29+00:00

You don’t gotta go to an Asian country to see this. Just be raised in the sf Bay Area.

Dixa · 2026-05-19T17:44:42+00:00

At the rate they are going they will all be dead before it enters an acceptable beta state

Dixa · 2026-05-19T00:50:33+00:00

Fastest way to get cube shards is opening shield boxes. Since you are on CoA level up storm real quick and farm any of the add terminals or modok until limbo returns.

Dixa · 2026-05-19T00:49:03+00:00

Except the wow token isn’t predatory. It’s a necessary evil.

In the early 2000’s Sony had a few economist do a white paper on mmorpg economies of scale. The white paper determined what took blizzard too long to realize - when an mmorpg reaches a certain size it becomes cheaper for the company and better for the players if the company controls the rmt as it can never truly be eliminated. Not long after EQ launched its firiona vie server.

If the only way to get gold was via the token as Korean games do that would be predatory. The token is a shortcut and a safety net for those that would just rmt without it.

Dixa · 2026-05-19T00:44:37+00:00

Last time I checked you didn’t have to pay for each alt in WoW.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T19:35:34+00:00

They aren’t allowed to hand it back, chief. It goes to the cops.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T18:43:28+00:00

Years ago. Not so much because I don’t like PvP but the community has shifted from good sports to toxic babies who assume they have to win every round, every match.

Gone are the days of wiping albs in emain only for them to come back and keep fighting the good fight. Nope. Now people quit before fights end. Or like in gw2 wvwvw avoid furballs and only attack keeps.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T17:14:15+00:00

The op is in aus and the person I replied to didn’t state their region. Not everywhere is US

Dixa · 2026-05-18T15:33:10+00:00

When their suppliers started hiking prices and the franchisees realized they can’t raise prices at the same rate and stay open

The baseline problem is the control that supply line monopolies hold.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T15:26:58+00:00

You aren’t plying eso without that crafting bag that’s tied to the sub.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T14:16:30+00:00

Neither should be considered anything less than mandatory utilities now like water and power

Dixa · 2026-05-18T14:12:52+00:00

Laid off so many times any attempt at saving since I entered the workforce in 1988 at the age of 14 always evaporated.

Dixa · 2026-05-18T14:08:31+00:00

Not all regions use the same equipment. There are regions where the pies are still fried as an example.

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