Arokh
Stalker
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2005
- Posts
- 1,756
- Location
- Amethera, Genesis D, 6C
- Society
- Gloryhound Irregulars
- Avatar Name
- Arokh Arokh Cindar
Well the end of SGA, and after relatively hardcore hunting with fairly good odds, what did I get? Suffice to say theres less SGA items in my inventory than property deeds in a hobos pocket. Surprise, surprise, yet another event passes where no items appear in my loot window. Honestly, all I wanted was like Pixie shins, or a FAP5 SGA. Something to say 'hey look, your avatar DOES have the ability to loot event items!'
However I'm not really that disheartened, since instead of an item, I got a 1.5K HoF that allowed the purchase of them. So... that kind of counts.
Being a strong believer in individual avatar luck / loot modifiers, part of me is really considering chipping out and transferring everything to a new avatar. At the moment I'm calculating the cost, figuring out where I'd stand with 10% skill loss... and if it would be worth it in the end. Would be gutted if it didn't work. Then again it's all down to risk. It's a 50-50 chance, pretty good odds... but so was SGA, and I know how well that turned out.
Now the sale of CP, err... gratz to Buzz I suppose. I mostly remain indifferent on the subject really, since:
1) It at least didn't sell to some unknown avatar who may just quit, thus leaving CP to die a slow death.
2) I rarely hunt there anyway.
3) Given the usual masses of decay there, a small tax ain't gonna make the world of difference. Seems to me at CP you either win big or lose big.
But what I will say is that MA have hit a new level of apathy.
I mean selling CP is just bone-idle lazy. It's the same sort of laziness that stems from buying mail-order clothes on a daily basis, then throwing away dirty ones 'cos you can't be bothered with doing laundry. I know MindArk have been busy this year and everything, fair enough. Instead of selling CP, why not set one or two people aside to create another awesome property? Perhaps even... now this is a crazy idea... get proper advertisements out there if you need players? Or maybe wait until there is a little free time for a couple of designers to work on something else to sell? You know so when publicity of the sale starts, newbies don't enter into a game thats only mostly functional?
But no. "Sod it!" they said, "sell CP. It'll do."
To me it comes across as if they suddenly realised they needed money or more players, and once again went for a quick fix. As I said in the CP thread, it reminds me of how when you're low on PEDs you dig through storage to find junk to sell. Only in MindArks storage there's CP, rather than a few decayed (L) guns and some animal skins.
Although I suppose with the easy sale at least MindArk can focus on other things - like developing support to play via neural interface. Or creating a weapon that fires papplons.
However I'm not really that disheartened, since instead of an item, I got a 1.5K HoF that allowed the purchase of them. So... that kind of counts.
Being a strong believer in individual avatar luck / loot modifiers, part of me is really considering chipping out and transferring everything to a new avatar. At the moment I'm calculating the cost, figuring out where I'd stand with 10% skill loss... and if it would be worth it in the end. Would be gutted if it didn't work. Then again it's all down to risk. It's a 50-50 chance, pretty good odds... but so was SGA, and I know how well that turned out.
Now the sale of CP, err... gratz to Buzz I suppose. I mostly remain indifferent on the subject really, since:
1) It at least didn't sell to some unknown avatar who may just quit, thus leaving CP to die a slow death.
2) I rarely hunt there anyway.
3) Given the usual masses of decay there, a small tax ain't gonna make the world of difference. Seems to me at CP you either win big or lose big.
But what I will say is that MA have hit a new level of apathy.
I mean selling CP is just bone-idle lazy. It's the same sort of laziness that stems from buying mail-order clothes on a daily basis, then throwing away dirty ones 'cos you can't be bothered with doing laundry. I know MindArk have been busy this year and everything, fair enough. Instead of selling CP, why not set one or two people aside to create another awesome property? Perhaps even... now this is a crazy idea... get proper advertisements out there if you need players? Or maybe wait until there is a little free time for a couple of designers to work on something else to sell? You know so when publicity of the sale starts, newbies don't enter into a game thats only mostly functional?
But no. "Sod it!" they said, "sell CP. It'll do."
To me it comes across as if they suddenly realised they needed money or more players, and once again went for a quick fix. As I said in the CP thread, it reminds me of how when you're low on PEDs you dig through storage to find junk to sell. Only in MindArks storage there's CP, rather than a few decayed (L) guns and some animal skins.
Although I suppose with the easy sale at least MindArk can focus on other things - like developing support to play via neural interface. Or creating a weapon that fires papplons.