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Make Unlockable Emotes ACCOUNT BOUND Instead Of CHARACTER Bound
shaleeri
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Or at very least, make the ones that drop from lockboxes account bound! It feels like this is a cheap gimmick to make people buy more keys- make a cool emote, make it a rare drop from the box, and then make it only unlock for the character?! I feel seriously cheated- I don't have the money to buy enough keys to unlock the emote for ALL FIFTY BLOODY CHARACTERS on my account, and it goes on the AH for 300g- NO ONE has enough money to buy it for EVERY CHARACTER. Like. I am SERIOUSLY upset here- I have tons of characters that would use the emote, and know that I will have more characters in the future that would use it, but only the one I got it on gets to use it?!
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Really frustrating when what was once an alt-friendly game takes yet another step away from that, but it seems to be the direction they're going.
Only one thing you can do: boycott the character-specific emotes. If -nobody- buys or uses them, then maybe they'll get fixed.
At least the devs have come up with a slightly better solution for their desire to have things have per-character benefits: having an option to turn in an account-wide unlock for a character-bound title. Hopefully future emotes will use that instead of the current mechanism.
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If "gouging people on nice-but-not-necessary items, prying huge profits out of unhappy customers' grimy hands one dollar at a time" is really the business model that puts CO over the top, I'll write a letter of apology. Until then, I haven't heard a good argument for why these are a good idea.
Also remember, they don't notice when you don't buy stuff. They only notice when nobody buys stuff, or if nobody opens a lockbox ( or if those numbers are so low as to be alarming ), and that's just clearly not the case. Your protests are going largely unnoticed because while you may like to imagine that here on the forum all but 2 people are vehemently agreeing with you, in game people don't care and are buying keys and opening lockboxes in large enough numbers to make your protest moot.
Long story short, you can think up all the best reasons to post on the forum you want... but ultimately the population at large determines if this continues. So far, the majority has spoken, and what they've said is "We're okay with it."
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Majority of who? Nobody wants to pay for it? Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Yeah I don't want to pay for anything in CO. That's why I'm LTS. That's why I threw a bunch of zen at keys for the Arcane Lockbox until I got the costume unlock. You know, the account-wide unlock?
You're confusing my lack of interest in character-bound stuff with some sort of protest boycott. If I tried to sell you a dried, hardened dog turd with googly eyes attached, you'd probably refuse, right? Is your refusal to buy it the result of some silly boycott, or a lack of interest in spending money on an item of little value to you?
It's probably more along the lines of "people don't like it, but they deal with it anyway because, despite being less of a product, it's something they really wanted (like wall lean) so they'll plug their nose and buy it for their main, and maybe even a few alts if it's cheap enough. While that might seem to make it more desirable at a glance, don't forget to factor in the group who would've pursued it had it been account-wide, but is passing on it due to being character bound.
And remember, people generally aren't pursuing that stuff when they open lockboxes. For them, it's a booby prize.
I can understand having character-bound crap everywhere if the CO devs decided to just stop releasing new content: "Okay guys, there's enough character-bound junk in this game to pretty much keep people busy earning it on their newly-created characters until we pull the plug. We can stop making stuff now!"
But that's not what they're doing, is it? To their credit, new stuff has been rolling out on a fairly regular basis. New stuff in lockboxes, new stuff during events--in many cases, every week at that which is fantastic. New stuff every month for subscriber rewards. New stuff in the C-Store. New stuff as boss drops. Not everything has to be valuable forever. The fact that many things become harder to obtain once a particular lockbox gets switched out could actually be seen as a balancing factor. Referring back to the arcane mage costume set, it's still expensive as hell, despite being something many people have already unlocked for their accounts.
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That said, account-wide stuff is fine. Certain people are just salty that their junk isn't selling on the AH like hotcakes, because they want the rest of the plebs/walking wallets/whatever to start throwing huge amounts of G at them every time they list something. If you want easy money, sell keys. If you want to open lockboxes, you're gambling on the fact that not everything is going to be valuable and booby prizes will happen.
Sure "certain people" like to paint every perspective that opposes theirs in demeaning terms and put words into people's mouths, but no matter how much they do it...it's tough to deny the truth of the above statement based on how much character-bound stuff is coming out.
That same stuff that they call "junk and "crap" they demand be made available for every character for minimal effort. If you want something for a character, then go and get it for them.
"I won't bother" is a pathetic threat. Because plenty of others do bother, if the wall leans are any indication. Better yet, the devs, who have the actual numbers keep doing it....so maybe it's time to take a hint and lay the claims about what "the people" want to rest.
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Account wide unlocks for so cheap, specifically, was always a mistake in Champions. The costumes take time and money to develop, for instance, and that kills things on the finance side of the game, while it murders the global market of the game on the other. Yet it's the exact same people always complaining that the auction house is worthless (gee I wonder why) because of the drops being account wide and thus less valuable in a mere fraction of the time.
I can agree with account wide unlocks but there should have been two levels; first should have been the cheaper level that is character unlock only then a second more expensive level. There's a reason costumes are in lockboxes more and more instead of the C-Store, because of the fact they are being made at a net loss than a net gain because of account wide unlocks. And I know I don't get every last costume set and certainly not the tights sets.
My favorite argument, of course, is that it's just a money grab. Like people think a business like Cryptic runs on well wishes and hopes and dreams and not actual finances or that the developers don't want to get paid. These people want Champions to improve but try and sabotage every potential method to help improve the game at every opportunity.
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In this particular case, I do think their decision is better informed with actual stats and their continued investment in this direction means that it has been working.
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CO had "continued investment" in different areas.......... until it didn't. This is a new(ish) direction and none of us players know how it will play out.
Your opinion on things that you want and why you want them is more valuable to discussions than presumptions on behind the scenes sales figures and player numbers/time played by current players.
That counts for both sides of this discussion really. For sales/revenue/player numbers there are arguments that both sides can use.
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Do you realize how many hours I'd need to invest into this game to make that happen?
All your arguments so far benefit only those with few toons. But what about people like me?
Let the rage begin . . .
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
Personally I don't really care about character bound emotes that much, I don't need them to enjoy the game as I have sufficient account bound ones already.
I'm just glad it won't be happening to costumes. That's where the real fun of the game is for me.
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Vehicles, Devices, Items, Equipment, Enhancements, Sidekicks, and any form of currency box (questionite crates, event currency bundles from the Drifter store, etc.) Should all be Character bound.
Having only 3 items as account bound should not severely damage the game's income. If it does, maybe make them account bound for subscribers only, and character bound for free players.
Sure some people want everything account bound, but not everyone does. That's why I feel Costumes, Powers, and Emotes should be account bound, and the game will survive.