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Thread: P2W whine thread. 25 Sep 2013, 17:48 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Sep 2013, 17:30 PMpingtoft Or, as you said yourself, you can buy Crysis or an other game. Ahh - the atypical "Take your bat and ball and go home" statement..... How many iPhones do you own by chance? lol Seriously - I struggle to force myself to play this game - I get A game in - ONE - and I can't play it any more - it really feels like work vs something I enjoy. So I have taken your advice - and I've moved on to other games in my long back log of Steam sale pick ups. I actually am glad to see they're addressing a lot of the flaws of the current game though - its a shame they're making you pay for it with DLC though - its also a shame that they deviated initially with boring "new" units and then realized they needed to bring back units from COH1 - slap a DLC tag on them and then inject them into this new mess of a game. Its good to see the Storm troopers back. Its good to see the PE half track back. Its good to see the Brit trenches back. Its good to see the forward HQ's back. Like I've said before - I just wished they'd fix COH1. In: Lobby
Thread: P2W whine thread. 25 Sep 2013, 17:29 PM I love all the stalwart fan boys that continue to applaud and cheer this travesty on - you guys do realize you'll soon only have the small number of yourselves to play right? This game has severe basic issues that are still unaddressed (lobby, lag etc) and a rapidly declining player base. But - the band will play on as the Titanic goes down. In: Lobby
Thread: P2W whine thread. 25 Sep 2013, 16:53 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Sep 2013, 16:43 PMpingtoft How are we being hustled? After all, you're not forced to buy the commanders, and frankly, people who feel strongly enough about this game to whine so much about, they are probably able to find the 4 bucks to buy a commander. If people were promised the commanders for free and didn't get them, that is problem, of course, but I was addressing the unsubstantiated assertions of P2W and the mindboggleing claims of having to spend hundreds of dollars to play the game. It seems that some people are conflating Relic's balancing strategy and business model and are seeing patterns of conspiracy that just isn't there. I think it's a perception that Relic are just being cheap. Effectively they charged a premium and are now nickle and diming those same very folk. I mean - really - you buy a premium car - the least you'd expect is some floor covers and mudflaps thrown in, maybe even a tank of gas. Yet here you have people who just shelled out $100 being then asked to pay $2.99 - or effectively 2.99% more. Surely that 2.99% is something they could adsorb - given now you've just "spent" $2.99 to make those that paid for the CE to feel as though they were short changed. Its one step forward - 3 steps back here. Surely it doesn't take a marketing guru to realize the value of customer loyalty etc - charge those that didn't pay for the CE the $2.99 - but look after those - the real fans of the franchise - the ones that looked after them when the clouds were overhead and there were dark times for Relic. This whole thing is cheap. In: Lobby
Thread: P2W whine thread. 25 Sep 2013, 16:24 PM The really sad part of this is the following: - Number of active players - 5000 (and thats generous given the steam charts indicating more like 3-4) - Cost of a DLC to each player (assuming each of those 5000 buys just 1): $2.99 5000 x 3 = $15,000. So for the grand bargain price of 15k you just: - P!ssed off ALL those that bought your CE - Divided an already small community - Put off future players who see this as $60 AND a cr@p load of further DLC. That's possibly the dumbest 15K I've ever seen. In: Lobby
Thread: P2W whine thread. 25 Sep 2013, 16:17 PM The only DLC I'm interested in is the DLC that makes COH1 playable again. COH2 is possibly the biggest let down/train wreck I've seen yet. In: Lobby
Thread: It has begun.....where COH2 is going to end.24 Sep 2013, 23:49 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2013, 23:22 PMStonethecrow01 I wonder if people who play Dota 2 or LoL are constantly raging about "p2w commanders" As long as it's all balanced it's fine? How much did they pay for DOTA2 or LOL? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Commanders / Units discussion 24 Sep 2013, 23:27 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2013, 22:43 PMMajorBloodnok And you sir, are a goat! Please tell me you have looked at the cost of these Commander downloads,about which you rail so vehemently, Herr Oberst Ping Ping. They are in cost ,to borrow the quaint phrase, nickels and dimes. Goat? ok... If the game was $19.95 - people could understand and tolerate this. But this is one of the MOST EXPENSIVE GAMES ON STEAM - and then they pull this. It's not a matter of $ as nearly EVERYBODY here has indicated - its the principle of paying top dollar for this product - and THEN being asked to kick in even more. Its a joke and its really a poor way to treat those who put a LOT of money and faith into the company at the Beta/Alpha stages - especially - as you so aptly point out - the DLC is "nickels and dimes". Seeing as the DLC is that "cheap" and yet the CE pre-orders put a lot on the line for them - wouldn't it just be better for them (as in Relic) to give something back to these that paid the extra to support them - rather than the $2.99 slap in the face they're getting? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Commanders / Units discussion 24 Sep 2013, 21:59 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2013, 21:50 PMMajorBloodnok Greetings and Good Evening to the Commander of Kampfgruppe Disentitled! Seriously, yes, they do,Herr Oberst Ping Ping. Commercial exigencies seem to continually find you with snow in your pants, but it is true. $$ = survival. The idea that this game (or any game)could survive for three years,fully supported, without further financial input is.......crass. I think there may be a discount on the price already,but please correct me.... I don't feel shafted. Honestly, Guv, I do not. (And so the massed band of Kampfgruppe Ping Ping marched away, resolutely, blindly, to attack its next target, trumpets blaring, with Ping Ping banging fiercely on the big bass drum....Boom Boom Boom....) You sir - are either a complete fan boy or oblivious to reality. At $60 to $100 a pop COH2 is FAR from cheap - and to THEN claim poor on top of that? You're obviously wearing the Rose Coloured glasses - so enjoy your COH2 world sunshine - it's going to be full of people just like you soon.....(ie. a very SMALL world). In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Commanders / Units discussion 24 Sep 2013, 20:24 PM Charging $60+ for a game and then nickel and diming an already rapidly diminishing player base - and THEN to hear people use the excuse of "they need the $$$ to continue the game"...seriously? If the game were 3 years old and $10 - SURE - I think most would agree they DO need the $. This is 3 MONTHS old and STILL charging a AAA price. I really feel bad for the those that put their $100 and faith behind the company in the Beta/Alpha of this - they're the true fans and they're the ones who got the full shaft on this. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: COH HD?29 Aug 2013, 16:12 PM In addition - I think most people are missing my point (but some have seen what I'm getting at) - basically I could not care about the graphical improvements or other "bling" HD-ness they could tap on to COH - I'm looking at a VIABLE way that Relic/Sega can fix COH to address the REAL issues at hand - i.e. the archaic P2P and poor level of matchmaking/networking that the Steam version is today. Buy going the "HD" route - you can raise $$'s to support the game AND you don't make the community feel ripped off - as now they have a shiny "new" HD version - when in reality that $ went to fixing the NON VISIBLE things - like the servers, the networking etc. I think COH graphically is great - I think the networking (and the exploitation of that networking i.e. maphacks etc) is not. COH HD would solve this. In: COH Central