Bolty Sells Out

[roguebanshee]

>I don't consider such a thing enough incentive to be paying the prices current such online games have per month
>currently. My experience (although admitadly old) is that such games have its share of cheating/scamming and such as
>well. Doesn't seem to help paying monthly fees.

You don't mind it taking more than a year to fix Ith's and other hacked items? Of course if you don't play the game anymore or singleplayer/open only this probably isn't much of an issue to you.

>Nope, same again. I think forums and such are adequate in most cases.

Would you try to get help from blizzard on their D2 fora? Different companies do this in different ways, some will only accept email others want requests ingame and so on.

>Bug fixes I expect to be done! Of course there should be no costs for the consumer when errors or faulty products get
>fixed. Adding content? I prefer to get new games if I need more content. I really hate the current trend in making a game
>where it seems the maker create a game, cut away 25% of the game, sell it and then turn those 25% into an add-on or
>"expansion". Doesn't change with providing it all in small chunks. I probably end up paying more that way too as well. I
>find that for just a few months fee, I can get completely new games with far more new content (and that is without
>factoring in that I usually buy slightly older games at bargin prices.

I too expect bug fixes, but how fast do you expect them? And how often? Good, fast support isn't cheap. I don't think I need to tell you that whenever you alter some code you need to test it again and usually some new bug you didn't find will come up during normal use. As for content most MMORPGs usually are sizable when they launch and the devs still didn't have time to add all they wanted. Some of the things they want in gets added in free patches and others get put into expansion packs depending on the publishers greed and the amount of stuff added. For Diablo2 (LoD) it could have been new runewords and uniques at semi-regular intervals, possibly alteration of TCs and SuperUniques, attempting to balance skills or maybe even improved AI. For another game it could be adding a skill to help balance the game.

>Could you give examples? By the way, wouldn't it be better to pay specifically for those events then? What if I am on a
>bussiness trip, holliday or otherwise can't attend those 3 events? Money lost for nothing.

• Mobs replaced with seasonal counterparts eg. some mobs could be wearing bunny suits and dropping eggs (money or special items) during easter or special mobs wander around like having Santa showing up to give gifts to the (possibly nice) players. These usually last for the season/holiday and most people get to see them.
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• Storyline Quest Event thingy, likely it's a 'go fetch some items and beat up the bad guy(s)' RP may be involved. Usually takes quite some preparation on the GM side and lasts for varying amounts of time, but usually much less than the above.
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• In a 'Town Invasion' a bunch of normal mobs (and possibly some boss mobs) attack normally safe areas. These take very little preparation and could theoretically be done at any time depending on the mood of the GMs.<>
  [st]You will normally be able to see when an event will happen weeks in advance. Adjust by competence of GMs and CS-reps, neither of which come cheap if you want high quality. Do you have a radio/TV? They cost money too (or are plastered with comercials) and you can't always be sure you'll get to hear/watch what you want unless you have some equipment that automatically records everything you want. Besides you can probably find a gaming cafe with whatever game you want to play nearby if you're on a business trip to some major city.