They are going for free supposedly.
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Microtransactions coming to destiny
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I hate this shit.
Well on the plus side, we wont have to put that money in again with this system. Well until Destiny 2, but I can understand that at least.
That is the thing. I have spent $120 on this game, which includes buying it a second time. Now, right after they make some great changes and get me back with the new content they announce this shit.
"Oh, it's just cosmetic and all the rest of the DLC will be free!" Gee, that would have been useful info before I dropped another $60 a few weeks ago.
This is a terrifying post. Please don't give them ideas.
GustyGardens
Banned
I'm just curious, but how would the cost of future DLC have affected your purchases?
Trumpet909
Member
I highly doubt you were going to be able to just skip out on buying the Taken King and get the future free DLC. Most likely you would have still needed it since it's required to hit level 40, and future DLC may raise this level or the new content would require level 40.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Pretty much.
Eventually, in-game you will only find drab shit to punish the "freeloaders" (that already paid for the game, mind you) and pressure people to go into the microtransaction shop. I'm getting fucking Warframe flashbacks.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Most online games should do this IMO. Release solid game, sell tons of cosmetic shit for money, release free content until the game dies/company moves on.
guild wars 2/halo 5 type shit im good with.
guild wars 2/halo 5 type shit im good with.
Well the previous DLC isn't going free, you still need up to TTK but everything after that is free. So it wouldn't have really mattered if you knew this before hand and wanted to play, because you would have still needed to spend the money of TTK
Oh, no no, they very likely don't mean something like "and next week TTK will be free!", but rather that TTK has become the "base" game from which more free content will be added to.
It's nothing they haven't been constantly and comprehensively been thinking about for years now. It's a matter of what the market and the playerbase will sustain.
well TTK is now the base game. So going forward it's free. Since obviously the previous plan made some people upset.
Seeing as it will be free going forward, it kind of makes you wish it would have been this way from the start. But the kicker is right after buying the game again, with all of the new content, this gets announced. Like it was just decided on, which is of course bullshit. Sorry, it just rubs me the wrong way after they already reeled me in for $120.
The Lamonster
Member
I knew this was coming, and I have no problem with it.
keltickennedy
Member
Cool. Now all the expansions should be free.
........right guys?..........guys???
........right guys?..........guys???
Reckless Onion
Member
if it's going to give me more TTK like content, i dont give a flying fuck
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Just dances. Doesn't have anything to do with gameplay.
Did they change Warframe microtransactions? Last time I played it was really fair and everything was obtainable just by playing a lot, besides colors and whatnot.
CambriaRising
Member
You'll pay $60 and like it sir. Afterall, we gave you ALL THIS CONTENT for free. Come ooonnnnn, do it.
wanderjahr
Banned
If they start selling class items that let you level up gear faster, I'll leave in a heartbeat.
A good way to think of it is that Taken King is basically the 'expansion pass' that entitles you to the emotes-subsidized Destiny content that comes out after this point.
You still need to own Taken King to get any of this stuff.
keltickennedy
Member
Now I understand the meaning behind "The Taken King".....
BLIZZARD/ACTIVISION GOING TO BE TAKING SON!!
BLIZZARD/ACTIVISION GOING TO BE TAKING SON!!
From a marketing perspective, it probably helps them to have a "big" content-push every year like TTK got, rather than trying to do it three times a year with smaller and possibly underwhelming content.
Helps renew the Destiny machine every year, even for people that may have quit the game.
Helps renew the Destiny machine every year, even for people that may have quit the game.
Liquidsnake
Banned
When I have sunk 1600 hours of my life into a game, that has almost destroyed my personal life, I very much would pay to win.
I'm hoping that this will be something like Mass Effect 3's MP DLC was, in that you could buy platinum in game to get "packs" which contained gun upgrades but it was completely optional. However ALL character dlc and maps and guns for the multiplayer were completely free and content kept rolling out for over a year with dozens of new maps, weapons, and characters all free. oh and did i mention that said packs with guns you had to "pay" for could be earned? because they could, there wasn't a reason to spend a dime on that MP.
To this day i feel like ME3's MP had it right and offered one of the best microtransaction experience on consoles to date. Hopefully bungie can replicate even a little bit of what Bioware did with their MP and i'll be more than happy with this new change.
To this day i feel like ME3's MP had it right and offered one of the best microtransaction experience on consoles to date. Hopefully bungie can replicate even a little bit of what Bioware did with their MP and i'll be more than happy with this new change.
Since a lot of the complaints about this game have been that that there isn't enough content (especially in the base game), then it makes sense for them to save up the big stuff for a Destiny 2, instead of these 'not quite big enough' expansions. I'm sure the free missions etc will mostly be using existing locations and enemies.
I don't really have a problem with cosmetic DLC, but if turns out to be a pay to win situation I hope everyone raises hell about it.
I don't really have a problem with cosmetic DLC, but if turns out to be a pay to win situation I hope everyone raises hell about it.
NullPointer
Member
I'm super curious to see what comes next. They can't just do a year one again and stretch those few new areas into another year's worth of DLC by going through them backwards, or by having bigger versions of the "new" enemies as bosses.
But if DLC 1 and DLC 2 (and especially DLC 2) are what we should calibrate our expectations to, then subsidizing those efforts through vanity DLC and making those subsequent updates free to all players could make some sense.
This is the part that's got to me. It comes off a super sleazy.
la flama blanca
Banned
Sure. Imagine how awesome the game would be if they just gave these to you for free since they're really not that important. Destiny is one of the biggest scams this generation with horrible gameplay to boot.
And we still have the, "why does my asshole still hurt" posts lol.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Methings you have some rose tinted glasses on, Zangba =)
Precisely.
This is just a cash grab to milk the players. And the problem with microtransactions, even cosmetic, is that the temptation is too big and eventually, bit by bit, they fester like a purulent infection and the game becomes just a beacon to attract customers to the microtransaction trap. Very, very few companies have resisted this.
That "free content" is just like the comp at the casino: you might get a free meal but the house knows you'll lose that and more at the tables.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Free monthly patches/content additions even if smallish would definitely make me think about coming back.
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Aflyingbanana
Banned
Ugh while this is just cosmetic, thank god, I feel like it makes the game so tacky in a sense.
It's true, they won't give anything significant for free. Activision makes that call, not Bungie.
Revolutionary
Member
So glad I didn't pay the $20 for the CE emotes.
...now please let me buy the hammer time for my Hunter.
...now please let me buy the hammer time for my Hunter.
This actually makes the Luke Smith quote seem even worse considering he would've known about this at the time he said it.
There is literally no reason why these emotes, shaders, and ships couldn't be rewards for quest chains, random drops, or bought for in-game currency besides money.
They're trying to cut off criticism by going "Look, you get free content now!", when in reality they're only doing this because they'd make more money selling these cosmetic items rather than including them in any expansion. It all comes down to money. And these free quests are going to be text lines and slightly varied objectives on maps we've all seen.
Sure, if you don't like it, don't buy it, but that doesn't mean you can't criticize it.
Some random dude's post on the forum is important?
Lalalandia
Member
If that's not a senior producer, it's really not
Granted that's in their contract from 2012 and it may have changed, but that's highly doubtful.
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PhazonBlazer
Member
If they're cheap, I'll buy a few.