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EA Caves, Dramatically Reduces Cost to Unlock Heroes
- Thread starter Big Blue
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goldenpp72
Member
But internet protest never work.
Stormblessed
Member
10 hours down from 40 for Vader isn't much of a win.
Crankshaft
Member
Just push gamers to see what you can get away with until they push back and then adjust accordingly. Got it.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
They do, which is a good thing, but it also makes some places on the Internet unbearably unpleasant sometimes because it encourages people to complain incessantly about everything they don't like. Personally, I want people to be happy with their products so complain away, but I also get very tired of the bitching.
Jakartalado
Member
Half a million users are pretty damn loud. Specially against one single user who gave the word in a name of a company.
Sadly, this victory isn't from GAF since you know when. Back in the day this victory could be ours.
But I'm glad gamers still can focus their voice towards stupid policy or anti consumer charges.
wipeout364
Member
These games should be developed so everything(and I mean everything) is unlockable in 40 to 60 hours. If they wanted to go this route that they are on the game should be 20 dollars or free. Dont support these assholes.
Palabragrís
Member
Next: protest with your wallets and be very mindful of what games are you buying. If you fall into Battlefront 2 you will be telling EA that little changes after some protest are all you want, and that you just don't care about the death of single player experiences, developers that respect you and don't try to milk every penny out of you through loot boxes or that kind of schemes, and that you really don't care about gaming and just want the next big thing the press and the marking tell you you should buy.
#SaveGaming from the likes of EA. I beg you!
PS: I don't need to think a thing, btw. Long ago I decided I'm not buying more EA games until they change their business practices and respect me as a customer. What will you do?
#SaveGaming from the likes of EA. I beg you!
PS: I don't need to think a thing, btw. Long ago I decided I'm not buying more EA games until they change their business practices and respect me as a customer. What will you do?
RainblowDash
Gold Member
Still not going to buy the game.
DrunkShogun
Member
Havent bought a Ea since early last gen but dont see them backing down in the distant future. This is probably to counter the loud noise being made. Its in the companys dna so expect future bullshit.
DarkestHour
Banned
They have data to prove gamers spend the money on this crap. Why do you think DLC is still around despite all the hate it used to get?
SirNinja
Member
First off, way to boldly go against a claim that no one here was making. Second: things are still bad. Oh, so we go from 40 hours to 10 to unlock a hero? That's still needlessly grueling, and still a blatant cash grab. I'd rather not have to spend the better part of a day to unlock someone who was playable right at the start of the previous game.
The real protest, by the way, will be people not buying the game. All these downvotes and all the microtransaction price reductions (and again: those are from "supremely scummy" to "still pretty damn scummy") will mean absolutely nothing if 5+ million people buy the game and the whales still buy truckloads of lootboxes. Which unfortunately, probably is still going to happen. The holidays will come, The Last Jedi will be in theaters, and they're both going to do this game an infuriating amount of good. Don't count your chickens just yet - this has every sign of being a won battle in a lost war.
Stormblessed
Member
Sad Affleck
Member
It's pretty obvious.
Basketball
Member
yfw you're smart enough to not buy pay to win, loot box garbage
Clockwork5
Member
Revolutionary
Member
Great, they addressed a single problem. I'll pick it up if they address the other fifty (approx.) problems with the loot box system.
Agent_Carnage
Member
INB4 They then decrease credits earned per game by 75%
Rhetorical Question
Member
Lol, that move is exactly how the politicians would have solved it. Zucker und Peitsche.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Lol. Spine of a jellyfish.
newtypepilot
Member
it's still pay2win
I'm pretty sure the resulting bad PR wasn't part of a "we are listening" plan.
Fuz
Banned
They miscalculated the entity of the uproar. But yes, that was pretty much their plan:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBa...ork_in_electronic_media_pr_ill_tell_you_what/
THANK YOU EA FOR LISTENING TO US! YOU'RE SO GREAT!
HeresSomeWeapons
Member
What are you talking about? It's a 75% reduction.So it would be 30 hours down from 40.
Hissing Sid
Member
So take the piss but give a quarter of the piss back when gamers piss and moan?
Net result = Youve still totally taken the piss.
Whos caved?
Am I missing something?
Net result = Youve still totally taken the piss.
Whos caved?
Am I missing something?
Revolutionary
Member
Maybe I am missing something, but waiting till game fully downloads I played 4 minutes in arcade mode, gaining enough for Vader:
Those are the points you scored in that round, not Credits earned.
Arcade mode is capped at 500 Credits per 24 hours.
keraj37
Member
Oh, I feel silly now.
This is a very narrow minded view to take imo. You're entitled to your opinion of course, but are you opposed to things like Overwatch? To me cosmetic stuff isn't a big deal when done right.
I don't think you know how percentages work
30 hours would be a 25% reduction
75% of 40 is 30 hour reduction
HeresSomeWeapons
Member
That is literally what I just said. But hey, thanks.
Alebrije
Member
EA : 70,000 credits for Vader is the sweet spot.
DICE: Ok, So we will inform our team we will ask 70,000 credits for Vader.
EA: Nope, you will charge 100,000 credits for Vader.
DICE: But people will complain, and become angry....
EA: Who cares, even with 70,000 they will complain. If they become angry with 100,000 you send a letter later declaring you heard the community and the new amount to get Vader is 70,000. So we end in the sweet spot again.
DICE: Ho , I got it PapEA
DICE: Ok, So we will inform our team we will ask 70,000 credits for Vader.
EA: Nope, you will charge 100,000 credits for Vader.
DICE: But people will complain, and become angry....
EA: Who cares, even with 70,000 they will complain. If they become angry with 100,000 you send a letter later declaring you heard the community and the new amount to get Vader is 70,000. So we end in the sweet spot again.
DICE: Ho , I got it PapEA
Husky
THE Prey 2 fanatic
The loot boxes are the only reason I haven't bought Overwatch.
No you didn't, you said it would be 30 hours down from 40.
Maybe you're getting confused what "X down from y" means or the opposite "X up from y"
Basically X is the new value and y is the old value, so the original is correct, a 75% reduction results in 10 down from 40.
Fbh
Member
Well that's better ... as long as we don't find out that the day 1 patch also lowers the rate at which you get credits, which at this point would honestly not surprise me anymore.
Still going to wait on a sale for this (lots of friends are getting it and I want to play with them eventually). My biggest problem continues to be the fact that the whole progression on this game feels designed like a F2P game.
This game is still en example of what I feared microtransactions would become. Instead of some optional thing on the side it has become the core around which the entire game has been designed.
Still going to wait on a sale for this (lots of friends are getting it and I want to play with them eventually). My biggest problem continues to be the fact that the whole progression on this game feels designed like a F2P game.
This game is still en example of what I feared microtransactions would become. Instead of some optional thing on the side it has become the core around which the entire game has been designed.