149066-monetization-and-wildstar-a-primer

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Great post Tex, and I agree with most of it. However, I would say that selling an "Endgame Rune Pack" if it contains rune pieces or rune bags, comes a little to close to buying power/p2w for my taste, especially given what a large portion of an items power is now derived from the runes as opposed to the gear itself.


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While I hate RNG boxes as much as the next person, I don't know that most WS boxes can really be considered gambling. Most WS boxes have a spelled out list of possible content, and you always get something on the list. The current Sim boxes are a good example. Aside from failing to properly list which box has which music (at least two events in a row now, Carbine. Stop looking bad. Get an editor for your website announcements), we know exactly what each box can have and we always get one of those things. It's no more gambling than buying a pack of baseball cards or a blind bag toy. That said, the WB boxes got pretty close to gambling, in my book, since, while players never got nothing, in many cases they might as well have. Paying a buck to get a couple silver worth of iron ore is pretty F'ed up, and just shy of taking money and giving nothing in return. Edit: Yes, I know it's not a competition. I guess I used the wrong smiley. Should have been :P or is it ;) ? Emoticons are hard.

Edited January 19, 2016 by Atomicpanda


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