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Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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I'm surprised I haven't had anyone try to sell me a hat so far though.
What really pisses me off about these monetization strategies is that none of them seem to trust the user to just give them money in exchange for a in-game item.
You want to buy that nice looking model or skin? Oh you can't just buy it. You have to wait several hours until it randomly appears in the in-game store. Or buy a pass that gives you the item, so long as you complete a set of arbitary tasks in the game. And its all geared toward people who apparently have nothing better to do than play the game for entire days at a time. is
Rocket League is a major sinner at the moment. Remember when you could just buy all those cool licenced cars like Knight Rider and the Delorean from the E-shop? Not any more, unless you come across them in a random blueprint.
It's maddening, because any real life business that operated like this would go bust quickly, but they seem to keep thriving in things like Fortnite.
Just let me buy the things I want without all this bullshit in the way.
Businesses are operating on this model; see launch sneakers/consoles/phones, etc. Or "pop up" store or limited releases of Hidden Valley Ranch Wine or whatever the Hell that are designed purely for the bragging rights to get people to advertise for you and pay you for that privilege.
Is already being normalized that you should want something because of its artificial scarcity, not because of its quality or value.
It's not a MMO, but a Breath of the Wild clone with gacha mechanics. A.K.A. Breath of the Waifu.
It's the opposite. The idea is to *force* you to play for several days so that it becomes a habit, thus exposing you more towards its own advertisements and marketing. Getting rewards randomly is the most habit-forming mechanic there is.
I'm surprised I never connected variable reinforcement schedules to "random drop" mechanics until I read this comment.
That's how gambling works.
To get all serious, it's why people stay in abusive relationships too.
"Oh they got me flowers today, I'll forgive them for hitting me yesterday."
See my TED Talk, Everything I Know About Love I Learned From The Joker and Harley Quinn.
Yeah, those 1% raid drops sure were a ton better :rotate:
As opposed to swiping your credit card for a 0.01% chance of something cool. /shrug
Compared to literally selling them to you, yes it was better.
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Given the time taken to do a raid (finding a group, the learning phase, the farming phase, dealing with the inevitable interpersonal drama, etc.), and that you need to pay about $15/month for that 'privilege' plus whatever each expansion costs...
I honestly don't see much of a difference. You're still paying for a really low chance of obtaining a certain configuration of data and pixels.
Presumably you'd enjoy the time spent in the game even if you didn't get the drop you wanted so you still got something out of it. If you weren't enjoying it then you probably should be spending your time and money on something else.
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The sick thing is your parody example was both more coherent and more reasonable-sounding than some of these kinds of multiple in-game currency/resource grind situations.
I wasn't sure if this was a parody or just a copy paste from the next game over.
Without looking it up: Final Fantasy Record Keeper?
I feel like I am almost always including a smile or wink emoticon after things I post online. I guess it shows how seriously I take the internet these days.
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I wasn't sure anything in this strip was real until I looked it up. I'm a bit out of touch, I guess.
Might be a “hit it and quit it” kind of deal. But I’ll give it a look.
...Parody? That's literally Final Fantasy Record Keeper and it's still only scratching the surface
Or just ignore that whole system and use the characters the game gives you for free, which have been working just fine for me so far.
I went with a compromise. I participated in the Wishes to the extent that the game let me do for free, which gave me 3 new characters and a few more weapons of the same quality the game naturally drops.
Limit breaks are a mixed bag but thus far the ones that give reraise/last stand and overstrike 1 bar cost are the best ones to head for. Timed infinite usage of abilities with double activation is another good one but has limited use past the beginning/middle levels of the game. Most of the stronger bosses you won't do much damage to with those. You're better off using limit breaks that have 1 bar cost and break the damage cap usually. Especially since the effect is useless if they ko the character with it.
Instant revive all party members ko'd is another decent one good for emergencies. Pulse of Life on Aerith, Phoenix on Elara are 2 that do it but are limited to one usage. Rosa, Iris, Sarah, Panello and Yuna have them without the usage limit iirc.