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bracer2
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So, im fine with all the changes coming up. As long as i can remove my high lvl enchantments for free from my equipment.
For the last couple months ive been working to get bis possible on my stalwarts armor. Many enchantments paid for with real money. Now, the same armor set is no longer viable to my build and need to be able to remove my enchantments. I didnt create the armor and i didnt change it either. Must be able to remove my enchants for free. Have sent in a ticket several days ago after the changes were announced. But there is zero action and no response. What should i do? as playing this game is irrelevant atm, my money is being stolen from me.
I paid for an item with real money. Now the item i own and paid for is not the same item... essentially i will need some type of refund for what ive paid for has been taken away without my consent.
For the last couple months ive been working to get bis possible on my stalwarts armor. Many enchantments paid for with real money. Now, the same armor set is no longer viable to my build and need to be able to remove my enchantments. I didnt create the armor and i didnt change it either. Must be able to remove my enchants for free. Have sent in a ticket several days ago after the changes were announced. But there is zero action and no response. What should i do? as playing this game is irrelevant atm, my money is being stolen from me.
I paid for an item with real money. Now the item i own and paid for is not the same item... essentially i will need some type of refund for what ive paid for has been taken away without my consent.
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Caveat emptor.
A city to protect
innocents to save
"Why?" They ask "they hate you"
We're heroes it's what we do.
*patiently waiting on Paragon City*
I'd just go straight to an attorney.
Right when you run the launcher, click legal terms. Best of luck getting nothing. You're better off cutting your losses and warning all of your family and friends.
Any attorney is just going to direct him to the caveat emptor in my post and say "that's the wisest advice you are going to get all your life".
It says they can change things anytime they want. Buyer beware..
Well my bank says they should be able to get refunds on my most recent zen purchase which was $60 bucks. I guess that better then nothing.... blatant thievery.
There was a very large # of charge backs, etc... and even more QQs.
It's never a good idea for game that have real money transactions to "rework" items like this. Just NERF the damage on the set to 2-3% per stack or a flat 10% with no stacks. This put the set inline with other sets as far as power output and the sets bonus mechanic stays the same.
If it were thousands of dollars an attorney might be viable. First time ive ever had my money stolen from a video game. Ouch.
I did, and the really sad thing is, my free level given man at arms outperforms a $30 real money pet......
"Human Centi-i-Pad" episode of South Park anyone?
QQ away though!
A city to protect
innocents to save
"Why?" They ask "they hate you"
We're heroes it's what we do.
*patiently waiting on Paragon City*
Regardless of how there terms of service protect them. When i buy something its mine exactly how it is regardless of the product. This is blatant thievery, nothing else. Masking it with predetermined terms and conditions only means there they are responsible for nothing. Even stealing. Simply put, stealing is taking something someone else owns without there consent. Isnt this the same thing?
Seems like theft. Maybe not legally but laws have no moral compass. Its dishonest and outright stealing.
Sorry but sales law disagrees with you. It's clearly laid out in the TOS that it's effectively a permanent rental (most video games are this btw) and that they can change the conditions of said rental at any time up to and including removing your access without reason at any time.
This. You have no legal ownership of anything here. You're paying for the service.
Also, if you read the TOS you agreed to when you logged in, you would realize you waived your right to a lawyer and that any claims have to be resolved through arbitration.
Ultimately, if you're upset about spending real money on stuff that gets changed (as is the nature of MMOs), you have two choices.
a) cut your loses and quit (probably a wise move if you're this upset)
b) just freaking deal with it...relax and actually have FUN playing the game
Honestly, it's why games that are too dependent on cash shops ruin themselves. This guy, instead of obtaining stuff via in game methods, actually EARNING the gear and the enchants, just swiped his credit card and declared himself the winner. And now we all see where that gets you.
It's all about having fun...he who spends the most money doesn't win.
lol. Well ive spent a total of $220 dollars since CB. I can get $60 of it back so i guess thats all that can be done.
However, during that whole time ive only built one character, ive "earned" much more over that time period then ive purchased, just to be clear.
Well, time to go "earn" more stuff with the new content patch.
I mean, at the end of the day, did you really think the first "top" tier armor set was going to be the end all and be all of gear ever? At some point you're naturally going to have to remove or replace those gems. The armor sets that the game launched with couldn't possibly ALWAYS be BIS, right?
Just occurred to me on my last post, so I thought I'd quote it here.
Your entire argument is moot to begin with.
BIS is a constantly moving target in any MMO. BIS is only BIS until the next content patch, and then the next one after that. What if someone wanted to sue Blizzard because their T2 armor they worked so hard for was made obsolete by content expansions? Where would that go?
The point being is that you spent money on something you should have known was going to be obsolete at some point regardless...the "balance" patch doesn't change any of this.
You'll never have BIS, so don't ever spend more than you're willing to lose to try to get there.
Like...real money.
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