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Nice quote

I'm here because I've been a part of CoH for 6 years, a lot of the people I talk to online and play games with I met through CoH, and I have a lot of vested interest in the franchise. I've always been constructive in my criticism of CoH2. If something is good (observer mode, PQ's work, new decal system, etc.), I say it's good; if something is bad, I say it's bad, I do my best to articulate why I think it's bad, and I welcome criticism of that reasoning. If you disagree with the substance of any remarks I've made, please, make a counterpoint and perhaps we can have an interesting discussion. There's been some interesting discussion in this very thread, in fact, before you sadly veered us off-course. It just so happens that I feel there is more to criticize in CoH2 than there is to praise, but to cherry-pick the criticism from the rest of my comments is fairly deceptive.

Still, thank you for your input, your misleading quotation, and your off-topic remark

Sure, that would be better, but it would still suck, because it would mean the only way to reliably keep items is by buying them. It turns the drop system into a demo for the store.

One cool thing about this that nobody has mentioned is the fact that it appears you'll be able to submit decal designs through Steam Workshop and get them put into the game, and probably get a share of the profits as well.

First of all, the system described is nearly identical to the system used in CoHO, so drawing comparisons between the two and discussing one in context of the other makes perfect sense. The fact that these strings are even in the game is proof that this is a concept at the very least under consideration at Relic, which in my opinion is enough to justify discussing its merits.

Secondly, I never said microtransactions are a bad business model. In fact, if you actually read through the thread, you would see that I'm actually very keen on microtransactions done right in games like CSGO and Dota 2. There is nothing wrong with microtransactions when done correctly. This implementation, however, is an extremely terrible way to do microtransactions, for all of the reasons I and others have stated in other posts in this thread, which I suggest you read.

Durability decay for units and commanders is not the best thing for sure, especially if you must constantly need to spend real money to play them. I won't play anymore if this is the case.

But if the in game currency permit to support all my units and there is still enough left to buy new stuff (even more slowly) then i will play.

It's the love for a game that make me spend cash on it, not the obligation to.

So if i don't have to spent real cash to stay competitive, i will spend real cash as i see fit to enjoy myself and to help them ( to pay my share). For me it's around 40-60 CA$ for a year.( Around the price a new game). But the game must be fun and addictive.

The line is fine, but still it can be a success.

The acceptable amount of money you should have to spend per year to stay competitive in a multiplayer game is $0. If you have to spend a cent more than that to play a multiplayer game properly, there's a serious problem.

It's just a terrible business strategy honestly. And if commanders are included in the list of items that degrade then it would have real gameplay ramifications. You can be critical of things and discuss those things without whining you know. Much better than sweeping them under the rug and pretending they don't exist.