DLC pricing. #Milking (Ranting and Suggestions)

Jump back to quoted post14 Nov 2013, 05:45 AMKalismist

I hope you dont' take offence since you've seem to have realised the folly of your ways. But, a huge problem is people like you though.. I have played the game since the beta. Bought the game after it came out and I've yet to buy any DLC yet out of pure principle. I'd love to get my hands on FHQ, Osttruppen, ASSgrens etc but will I budge own morals to get them? No. And neither should anyone else. If no one had bought the first DLC p2w commanders, they would have been forced to change their business model very rapidly but that wasn't the case was it. I blame both those who support the system with their purchases and those who decided p2w was a good model for a RTS that claims to be competitive.
Now a few people who does buy the DLC p2w commanders doesn't seem to realize that their decisions of accepting and supporting the P2W model and overpriced DLC are those who enabled this to happen.

Jump back to quoted post14 Nov 2013, 02:55 AMjeesuspietari

A good and common general rule in these microtransaction type (3,99€?) games is to either make everything achievable through other means without having to spend real money or give actual game changing content free and only sell cosmetic items for money.

Neither is the case here.

Jump back to quoted post14 Nov 2013, 07:06 AMMadok

+1

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 14:14 PMInverse

If nobody bought them, maybe they would rethink their strategy.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 19:54 PMSgtBulldog

Greed of possesion is what is ruining you.

Who said you have to have every single commander?

Buy the one or two you need. Screw the rest.

Jump back to quoted post14 Nov 2013, 07:28 AMgunther09

Well summarized.
I do not get it otherwise. I will keep playing and having fun. The fact that there are some more commanders and skins out there will not really bother me. So I do not care about the pricing. Some will buy, some not. Fine. So be it. Nothing to be upset about.
unless: balancing is fucked up
unless: greed of possession

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 14:20 PMZ3r07

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 14:14 PMInverse

If nobody bought them, maybe they would rethink their strategy.

+1

I didn't buy any of them.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 08:32 AMEnkidu

I'm a die hard CoH fan and this pricing model has completely turned me off. I played almost 2000 hours of coh1 and wanted to support the company through coh2 but this just feels like unashamed gouging and I can't embrace being ripped off.

Jump back to quoted post16 Nov 2013, 23:28 PMGTTV

Just saying, you don't have to buy all the commanders they release. I only liked 2 out of 4 of what they released so I bought them. And I definitely didn't buy any other content.

Don't look at it like 'oh god look how much this is in total!' Look at each DLC separately, decide which ones you actually want, and see how much that comes to.

Jump back to quoted post15 Nov 2013, 03:09 AMbigchunk1

The feeling of being ripped off is the most off putting part. I can easily afford these commanders, but should they really be worth that cost? Have you checked the steam sales these days?

I also am unsure of what direction they are taking this game and I don't want to support a business practice I don't fully understand. I'm not sure how radically changing game balance monthly is supposed to create a tournament community.

I'll happily continue to play my $60 game though.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 14:20 PMZ3r07

+1

I didn't buy any of them.

Jump back to quoted post17 Nov 2013, 10:56 AMMoerserKarL

let's wait for the new commanders, in maybe 4 weeks...:/
The "christmas commander" I guess ;D