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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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I agree. It is creating a real problem.
Out of curiosity would you include Guild Wars 2 into a good or bad system?
You pay for the game. You get the full game. When they bring out a expansion you pay for the expansion.
You can buy in game stuff but it’s cosmetic only (different skins for armor or weapons but no improved stats). You don’t need to buy anything. You can pay the full game. Just curious what your thoughts are on that type of game.
I have to admit that some of the pseudo-traditional MMO games actually do fall into a gray area. Especially if they're part of a series that used to run on a fully traditional MMO model, but couldn't be sustained any longer. It's better for those specific games to be supported in a different way, rather than just die off.
It's these "hey sailor, buy some currency...and/or a .png of an anime titty girl that you can use to fight other .png files of anime titty girls UNLESS YOU WANT TO GRIND FOREVER" abominations that are becoming normalized. And that's just not cool.
EDIT: it's especially not cool, because I see more and more traditional gamers who DEFINITELY KNOW BETTER deciding that "Honky Stair Rail" or "Genshin Implants" are somehow different and okay. Even though they really do know better than that.
As someone with an addictive personality, gw2 is just as bad as any other.
The existence of FOMO, the "gems" that are never sold in quantities to get the full value of your transaction, and the random loot boxes for mounts and fucking dyes of all things... Makes no difference if it's "just cosmetic". It's an exploitative business model for people vulnerable to those techniques. It's scummy as all hell. OP is right, there's no ethical GAAS.
And the game definitely suffers for the simple fact that the gemstore takes priority over it.
Gaas?
I assume it’s Gaming As A Service.
I assume because SAAS is software as a service.
Yeah, this is what I meant.