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Same here, it seems like some people are so scared of a game failing while they're playing, they have to predict based on guesses what will happen to the game so they can jump ship before it sinks. It confuses and annoy me.


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The truth is that if WildStar went B2P, Carbine would immediately cut off the revenue generated from subscriptions and CREDD with no promise of future box sales to make up for the loss. Now, a B2P model with optional sub that grants significant benefits to subscribers would work. Even when games "go F2P" they almost always offer an option to keep people subscribed to the game. They're not going to just cut off that revenue stream.


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Where did it say that all the lead design guys were cut? I must have missed that.


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I suspect that the source for that claim isn't in this thread, but being reported here. Whether the author of the article got it right or not I couldn't say, but three people are listed by name with what I presume are substantial roles in developing the client, dungeons and raids, and world art. That being said, I will repeat: the point of laying off employees isn't so that NCSoft can establish street cred for being a jerk, nor is it to prove to everyone that doooooom is on the horizon. It's actually intended to give the game a chance to survive in spite of lower-than-expected revenues by reducing expenses. And I've seen several games recover from this point--so it seems premature to be writing the game off.


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mmm.....you have no bone in this fight so you should abstain from getting involved in it. That said. You made me question what I was reading and was prepared to apologize for it (still am)....but no, I did not misinterpret Dharnells post. The first part of his post directed at me is fine. I don't care if he thinks that. The second part however "Just a strange absence of "this game sucks" obvious trolling, the sudden emergence of Dogpiling Doom and Gloom that's called "honest critique", and vague "fixitfixitfixitfixit!" shouting. While making sure to say at some point that they like the game." I see this as a pretty passive aggressive response to my post....which is clearly directed at mines and calling me a troll for what I wrote. Unless he chimes in here and clears my understanding, my posts stands. Otherwise, I have no problems apologizing for my own misunderstandings.


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Every patch will have issues, but let's hope it won't be as bad as D2. Hell, with the layoffs I can imagine the time-table is screwed up alone. Though I digress. Once again, best of luck to those who lost their jobs.
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Considering how the overzealous mods are hellbent on funneling certain types of discussions into one place, it's not like the result would be much different if people had done this in other threads.


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Constructive criticism has been given time and time again from beta. By all means keep throwing money at a subpar product


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