Is anyone else finding themselves playing the game much less since Arx came in?
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I think for long time cosmetic player arx actually allows you to be a cheapskate instead of paying the standard price for everything.
What they also did was make a cheap option of everything as well, so if you're spending your balance, you can choose the cheaper option and not buy more arx, or even better, choose the cheaper option and get one of another category and not buy arx.
This bags new players with a greater spend for the desirable items sure, but old players who arent so intensely after a particular item can often just choose a basic model and have way much more for the same arx (and save on buying more.. if you are frugal about it you'll win).
The earning part in game doesn't even get felt when you look at it next to actually wanting to buy something. That was the point im sure. Even if you wait until you have a good balance before buying the cheap arx package to get your thing or similar, it can only be frustrating how long it took compared to what you receive for the smallest arx bundle.
What they also did was make a cheap option of everything as well, so if you're spending your balance, you can choose the cheaper option and not buy more arx, or even better, choose the cheaper option and get one of another category and not buy arx.
This bags new players with a greater spend for the desirable items sure, but old players who arent so intensely after a particular item can often just choose a basic model and have way much more for the same arx (and save on buying more.. if you are frugal about it you'll win).
The earning part in game doesn't even get felt when you look at it next to actually wanting to buy something. That was the point im sure. Even if you wait until you have a good balance before buying the cheap arx package to get your thing or similar, it can only be frustrating how long it took compared to what you receive for the smallest arx bundle.
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The ads do seem to attract a lot of PvP players, and they appear to have a lot of issues with the game: difficulties with instancing, difficulties with getting mats for engineering their meta FDL's, etc. I guess when the ads show ships chasing other ships round and lots of shooting then it should not be a surprise PvPers are attracted to the game, and are then disappointed because allegedly it's not very well set up for PvP. I say allegedly because I'm a space trucker, miner and sometime explorer in-game, so I really have no idea about PvP. But for space trucking, mining and exploring, ED is bloody good imo.
I havent played more than 10 minutes since the last patch disaster, but i think that the idea of earning arx during play would be a disincentive for me too.
I dont like being put in the position of tacitly endorsing a micro transaction scheme designed to conceal the cost of purchases from buyers, dont want to be complicit in such a thing, even passively.
If you have a basic grasp of mathematics and a calculator then it would be impossible to conceal the cost of a purchase from you. So are you just being dramatic, or do you not have a basic grasp of mathematics and/or a calculator?
Oh, and it was an UPDATE disaster, not a patch disaster. The patches were to fix the many bugs introduced by the update...
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I do. Many dont or wont be bothered to make the calculation, especially with the in game arx rewards muddying the water.
BTW, since you seem to have a grasp of things and i havent played the game in a while, what is the cash value, USD, of 10 arx?
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Well, you know the old saying about the fool and his money. Fools have been getting ripped off since the dawn of mankind, and that will never change.
I hate maths and do have a calculator and arx is bloody annoying. Every single time i've thought about making a purchase the calculator has to be used its just stupid.
Who cares about fools you need external tools to use the store now.
The ideal sales transaction is one where both parties are happy with the deal. What you may not be happy to pay, someone else might. And vice versa of course.
I'm not too bad @ maths. Next time you want to make a purchase send me a message and I'll try to convert it into real money for you. If I can't work it out then it definitely should be banned!
I always thought a deal where both parties walked away equally unhappy was a fair deal!
Someday you'll know. 
Seriously tho, if you really want to negotiate the best deals, read Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss. It's entertaining enough to be easy to read, but it's also a real eye-opener regarding getting the best deal for youself while keeping the other party happy.
The only other store ive had reasonable interest in is swtor (ea company, just mad a billion overall they're loving it). But you dont need a calculator in their store. Apparently letting stupid people (like myself) know how much funny currency im going to need is more important than tricking me apparently. Frontier can't even work out which whale or boat is the largest so figures.
Noobishness aside it does make sense, you probably should be focusing on your new shiny not getting a calculator while suspecting you're being tricked before you make it to the counter. Better things to worry about etc.
If grinding arx is a problem. Try playing the game.
Please close and lock this inane thread.
Please close and lock this inane thread.
The only thing bothering me a littel bit is, that just because of ARX a ton of bugs have been introduced - but they seem to get fixed. Else I couldn't care less about Arx. For me the shop was fine as it was. But Arx doesn't give me headaches, ohter then wasted dev time and new bugs because of it. If it somehow earns Frontier more money, good for them.
I just hope, for Frontiers sake, it won't lose them money because it reminds people on all the other stupid stores of most of the other recent online games, where you get stars and hearts and shiny rainbow treasure chests for logging in just to buy a lucky coin to get some more of that virtualrubbish shinys.
I just hope, for Frontiers sake, it won't lose them money because it reminds people on all the other stupid stores of most of the other recent online games, where you get stars and hearts and shiny rainbow treasure chests for logging in just to buy a lucky coin to get some more of that virtual
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Exactly. If I stopped playing I'd be gone from here and be over on the forum of whatever game I'd switched to, getting noob advice.
Exactly. I would be too busy enjoying the new game: trying to understand the game mechanics, and loving every moment of it! THAT would be normal behaviour imo, but then again I have never been much of a whinger - it's such a waste of time and energy!
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Funny on my side of the reality, healthcare is regulated by government administrations and having a quality system entirely dedicated to assessing customers complaints is pretty much a law you need to comply to if you want to stay open.
Not that it's relevant in the current thread neither. We both bought a game sold as a service with a life cycle directly related to player retention. Bad analogies are bad.
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