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Is the Drow "fiasco" going to change your spending plans?
ysil6969
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I've seen so many arguments back and forth about how postponing Drow will/won't hurt cryptic. So let's just do a number check and see.
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That's why it's in quotes. That's just what I've seen it tossed around here as and found it to be a catchy term.
Given some people will likely now buy the Hero of the North Founder's Pack due to this, that seems like a conspicuously absent option.
That wouldn't help the OPs position. No option for Cryptic has given me more confidence in them by coming threw on and making something exclusive they said would be exclusive but one for negative opinion of Cryptic. Or your more money option. There are more negative poll answers than positive ones skewing the poll.
Honestly i'd argue that the not-so-subtle wording itself would have possibly scewed data, but then again this poll as you said, is about reaffirming the conclusion that someone has already come to.
I don't see how this would affect my spending habits though.
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/agreed
As much as the OP may hate it, it should be included, unless we're looking to make another thread to beat Cryptic over the head.
Personally, I asked for a refund of my Guardian of the North pack, since they changed (in my mind) what was being offered in the Hero of the North pack. Next pay day I'm going to put down the $200 for the Hero of the North pack.
I was on the fence when I initially purchased, but the decision to make Drow a 60 day exclusive tipped things in favor of the HotN pack.
So I'll actually be spending more now.
Biased/non-representative population sample? Check.
The sociologist in me must scream but has no mouth.
That's okay, it's not like polls are actually useful for supporting an argument since they are often skewed or use subtle word trickery like "Sixty percent of americans believe X" in order to further a political agenda, so i'm willing to bet most people here won't be giving it any....what's the word...
I hope they just keep it exclusive and don't charge unlock money. If they charge 10 to 20 at launch.. the whole thing was about money and will be upsetting to me. I know people will pay it, but it just seems wrong to charge for it and then 60days later its free.
I know they need to make money also, I for one think all NEW race, classess should be charged after the intital launch class/races and I have no problems paying for them. It just seems drow was so in at launch. I just don't like super shady tricks, I have no plans of making a drow unless there is some type of event. I'm all dwarf baby.
In this case, from what I've read and what I understand, it does feel like the agreement was changed after the agreement was made. My understanding is that PW/Cryptic did this to avoid a potential false advertising claim or something regarding the wording around the Menzo Renegade being fuzzy (I think it was referred to as a "race" at one point in their marketing). Even still, the people buying the two less expensive pre-order packs pre-ordered with the expectations that they could play a Drow, but now can't for 60 days.
I personally don't know if I care too much about playing a Drow, but unfortunately it makes me a little bit more skeptical about the companies behind the game. It won't stop me from trying it out during beta (if I get in) or upon release, but it probably will make me think twice about potential purchases. It also concerns me that the publicity relating to decisions like this might turn people off from playing it, and I've been concerned about the popularity of the game and ability to sustain a high enough population to continue supporting it from the developer's point of view.
I want to be optimistic and believe in the game, so I can wait 2 months. If I like my experience I will probably inhabit the game and spend more money.
However, I will say that if after 2 months there are no drow I will likely stop supporting this altogether due to what I would consider false advertisement. The drow have been on the races page forever. Most people had the expectation that they would be in the game and free to play for everyone. Its only after they got into the founder's packs that they decided it had to be exclusive. I don't mind supporting developers in payment for their hard work, but I don't like being deceived with stuff like this. There is no real reason the drow could not be in the game. If its a mistake then that is OK, they are humans after all.
I do worry that this will affect the population of the game and make people not want to play. Hopefully it won't make too many people angry.
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Yeah the problem is the brain dead hordes of people follow them like zombies after a person with a wounded leg. It is sad how many people believe that the <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> spewed is truth.
Someone get Draxonfly a biscuit and an ale before he wrecks the place.
is this about the fact you cant play as drow for 60 days or the fact people outside the top tier founder will be able to play drow period?
whats the problem here?
Yup that is what is about.
Sorry. Never thought of this. If you want people to know you're spending more, just hit No and type it in the reply box.
A. You don't even know what my position is. I voted wary. I'm waiting for launch to see what happens. Sorry if It seems that I'm trying to skew it towards wary?
B. There's a positive, negative, neutral, and an I don't care because I'm not spending money option. I apologize for not being a professional surveyor, as apparently most of you are.
And for being a skewed poll. It looks like positives won by a lot. So we can lay to rest the Drow discussion and any arguments whether it was a bad or good business decision by cryptic.
Non-representative sample? You must be talking about the people who are playing the game but don't visit the forums... wait. No. It's not out yet. So the majority of people following it will be here waiting for information?
which one.... are people butt hurt cause they cant play for 60 days without paying real money (lawl F2P is F2P)
or the fact people who paid 200$ are butt hurt cause others can play as drow eventually?
The first one i have not seen anyone upset they paid 200 bucks for founders pack + a different drow skin. Frankly if its cosmetic to me it doesn't matter.
But from your past posts I can extrapolate with a fair degree of accuracy. You think Cryptic did something wrong.
"I don't know. I'm wary now though." Is not neural it implies negativity. It implies Cryptic did something wrong to cause someone to be wary when they weren't before. Hence Negative.
Just because there are more, No votes does not mean the poll was not skewed, just that the skewed nature of the poll did not extremely influence the poll, not that it didn't skew the results.
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