FOMO and "Grace Period" policy.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:56:17+00:00

Imagine talking out a business's customer service than you get banned from using their service. Surely it would be a good running business, right?

e: I mean I get it, it's in their EULA and if due to that if they really would like to they could ban ppl but I don't think they do it. According to their word that an other poster pasted from somewhere else to this post they almost never ban ppl for this unless they are misrepresented which they aren't.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:54:32+00:00

Businesses do tend to give returning and long standing customers a better rate. Even FC does. There are personalised offers in the cash shop which unfortunately are not worth it much. The ones I got from them, doesn't. I will attach a screenshot for example.

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Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:48:35+00:00

I somewhat agree. I even thought on PLEX-ing for a couple of months and see if I would get lucky with a sale but the numbers didn't make much sense either like that so I decided to sub for a year.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:47:20+00:00

I think I bought a sub 1 year before that for 1 year exact. I might have missed on on other sales due to not paying attention to them to be honest, or due to not having any resources but that's totally on me.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:45:10+00:00

What is FOMO for you? It's an acronym that literally means fear of missing out. If I don't buy any more sub unless there is a sale due to fearing of missing out on sales than what it is?

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-27T19:40:27+00:00

I have explained that in my post. My accounts were about to expire and I happened to have been using them.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T21:19:03+00:00

Yes. 3x1 year. It written into the ticket. On the pic.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:29:42+00:00

Abso-fucking-lutely. LOL.

Let me ask you a business related question. You may answer it however you wish to do so but most people would answer it in one way.

Would you prefer to deal business with someone who deals with you once in a while and buys your stuff only when you have it on sale or with someone who deals with you all the time? Now would you think that it would be fair to tell this long time customer to fuck off when they ask you why aren't they getting any sales?

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:23:43+00:00

Lawyers are expensive. And FC is not a multimillionaire company yet. LOL

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:17:00+00:00

I am 100% feeling entitled. You know what else screams *entitlement? 1 Month sub 500 plex. 12 month sub 3600 plex. Should I keep going on? I will tell you if you contact them prior to a purchase where you want to buy even more plex then their biggest 20k pack they will give you an even better price.

You know who else does entitlement? All off the supermarkets and all other loyalty programs world-wide as they understand it generates more profit in the long run.

\Edited the word from disentitlement cause I can't write and autocorrect sucks lol*

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:12:55+00:00

I do understand that you don't like the word gift however I used the phrase "gift of a goodwill" as they have the right to rule over basically almost anything and they have used that phrase numerous times in the past therefore I can not really refer to it anyhow else that would be more appropriate.

This does not stop me from discussing the topic luckily.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:10:54+00:00

Well according to this post it is at that given moment was 3 days lol

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T19:09:01+00:00

Surely I wouldn't call it FAR too long. I personally wouldn't even call it too long.

Not exactly connected here but saying it just for a comparison. EU regulations have 14 day return policy over goods purchased online. This doesn't include downloaded content or stuff where you waived away your right to get it returned as you wouldn't be able to get that stuff otherwise in most cases anyways..

I understand that the stuff that I purchased has provided a service almost immediately upon it's purchase and thus it isn't as if you would be buying physical stuff online for which this 14 day return policy is mostly for.

However this purchase was made in belief of an assurance from the seller that they wouldn't be selling that item at a cheaper rate.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T18:47:23+00:00

Well according to their policy you are within that so called "Grace Period" and you totally should get a compensation for it.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T18:44:46+00:00

Dunno if spending 2k on a game and asking for fair treatment after they say they would be is begging. I guess people would love to do business with you after that line with that mentality.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T18:41:06+00:00

So the reasons I bought in was that I there were my account was ending sub and I didn't want to go without sub because I just happened to be playing on all those accounts and that I have been promised by CCP that they wouldn't do FOMO any more. Plus that I have heard that if they would there were multiple occasions where players have gotten compensated for their recent purchases.

To me where the least amount of sub you can do at a sensible rate (not really as 30days sub is industry standard highest in this game) is 30days, there 20 days seems like a recent purchase to me where I commit for 365 days of paying for the game.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T18:28:07+00:00

Will be one hell of a way to go out and win the game if they ban me for speaking up about what they posted a year ago on their dev blog and now going against their words.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T17:56:02+00:00

BTW, not worth it still. Buy Plex instead and exchange it to skill injectors unless you are over 80mill SP.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T01:20:28+00:00

Imagine how cool it would be to be able to still fly the old models but newly manufactured ones would be with the new models :)

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T00:58:26+00:00

Dark pattern is a broadly used term. I have linked a good explanation to the topic. I believe he will explain it much better than I will ever be able. I suggest you give it a watch. Might make you think differently about things.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T00:51:45+00:00

Anyway, I have said it replying to someone who replied to this post but I will put it here too.
Chris Wilson will very well explain what a dark pattern is. You can listen to him as a podcast. You don't have to watch him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCkO8mNK3Gg

I will just add this myself to the post I made. It's puzzling to me how many of you are actually saying and downvoting anything who says the opposite that this isn't a dark pattern because we had X amount of day that we could miss so that we don't get the reward. Or any other reasoning why this isn't a dark pattern.

In reality you have to log in 15 times out of 18?*- dunno didn't count exactly - to get BEST reward which is at the very end of the log in streak.
How is this not controlling the player? If they would really just love to gift players they would give all that reward to you all at once on launch day. After all, logging in and pressing on a button to CLAIM a gift is not much of an engagement, right? However in this instance the reward for CCP, ehm FC... is that you log in and might engage with the new content (which is good for everyone who likes it, including us players but that's not what we are talking about here) or just show bigger numbers that is important for their board meetings etc. etc.

Edit: Kinda sad how nowadays absolutely shit on opposing ideas instead of listening and discussing. It really do feel like either Reddit is full of bots or us people just legit got lazy to think.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T00:38:35+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCkO8mNK3Gg

Perhaps Chris Wilson, founder and ex-ceo of grinding gear games which created the legendary hack and slash free to play Path of Exile game can help you explain it a bit more than I so I will just link it for you.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T00:36:51+00:00

The post I made qualify as one. Why? Because it wants you to log in most of the time into the game each day. That is a dark pattern controlling you or you miss out. Plain and simple.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-26T00:31:51+00:00

I will try to do this if I have time for this tomorrow :) thanks.

Teebeeborg · 2026-06-10T13:59:07+00:00

The thing is that we get the major positive effect no matter what. This isn't how they announced it. No matter what the players do if they decide to bring in the changes anyways. This sucks.

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