I'm honestly not going to lose any sleep over Frontier having £1.75 of my cash waiting for me to spend.
What’s so bad about ARX?
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No imagination required
* it's Apples's fault.
I can remember going into local shops and buying gift tokens and I remember buying an iTunes gift card* fairly recently.
No imagination required
* it's Apples's fault.
Indeed, that's one of the things the system relies on.
If you have no money, and someone gives you 1 penny for free, you now have 1 penny. Its very little. But its still more than you had.
What can you get? I believe some decals cost less than this. But maybe i don't want decals, i want ship skins or something else. But that's fine, because before i would have paid full price, but now i can pay a little bit less. Sure, i'll have to buy an ARX pack (unless i've saved up lots of free ARX) with some left over, but that's fine, its not like it will be my only ever purcahse. Those ARX can wait until the next time i want to make a purchase.
I am very familiar with how the system works. I play Fortnite which has a very similar system. It doesn't compel me to spend more than i would otherwise.
And that was totally uncalled for. I have no insulted you so you have no reason to insult me. And no, i'm not a mod, haven't been for a long time. Also, implying the mods are not capable of being critical? I dare you to say that to rootsrat, he'll have some fine words for you.
EDIT: The comment about heroin is silly, bceause to be equivalent it would be like saying, you have kilos of heroin, and someone is giving a gram of the stuff for free.
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Which I think if fair enough since the company is the sole provider of the goods - yes it is a trade monopoly but until another venue is created to provide the same services we are stuck with this sole source situation.
I oppose it because it's a psychologically exploitive tactic meant to obfuscate your ability to judge the value of things while also forcing you to spend more money if you want cosmetics. Combined with the lovely new big blue button at stations , it also exaggerates some people's low impulse control. These things make it a predatory marketing tactic (the kind most often seen in Vegas).
Well, I'm glad to see we're not overreacting to this...
Sorry was that meant to be a critique? Let me know part of my statement is up for debate. Happy to discuss.
I didn't buy any extras before arx and I wont be buying anything after arx. How they are earned or not then becomes something that also makes no difference to me. What does matter to me is how Fdev cause grief and generally spoil a game in there haste to introduce this money making system. December is going to be fun if the September joke patch is anything to go by.
The only significant change they've made is the virtual currency that now acts like a pre-paid bus card, and making the store access centralised (so no different ways to get at it when you want Holo-Me accessories as opped to an SRV skin). The store was always there. If you went to change the skin on your ship you also saw all the other skins that you could buy.
FD, the ultimate gweifews.
However, i feel that its people generating grief for themselves.
I know the store was always there, its how the store is being presented that's the issue. All the changes from the recent patch are designed around deceptive 'free 2 play' practices meant to exploit human psychology. The old store, I liked.
Honestly the only thing ticking me off is the blue button. Make it orange and I'll be happy. I'm not going to get the urge to press it and spend money all the time, and I frankly doubt others will either (to any significant degree). They're cosmetics, not loot boxes.
Come on! It is a nice blue and the UI could use some shaking up with colour design.
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Honestly the only thing ticking me off is the blue button. Make it orange and I'll be happy. I'm not going to get the urge to press it and spend money all the time, and I frankly doubt others will either (to any significant degree). They're cosmetics, not loot boxes.
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I appreciate that you may have great impulse control. Not everyone does (and I'm not talking for myself). The bottom line is that Frontier will make more money now based on this new system - which exploits human behavior for profit.. Its an ethically questionable choice. I thought that they respected their player base more.
Honestly the only thing ticking me off is the blue button. Make it orange and I'll be happy. I'm not going to get the urge to press it and spend money all the time, and I frankly doubt others will either (to any significant degree). They're cosmetics, not loot boxes.
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I appreciate that you may have great impulse control. Not everyone does (and I'm not talking for myself). The bottom line is that Frontier will make more money now based on this new system - which exploits human behavior for profit.. Its an ethically questionable choice. I thought that they respected their player base more.
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Le sigh.
Are you saying it isn't (an ethically questionable design choice)?