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Fiendishkit - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Where's the ''polls like this wont really matter in the end because of the money they get from packs'' option? o_o

And sadly, it all ends to this.

Game Over.

Continue?

Buy your gear or work for it the choice is yours .

I only see packs effecting balance on PvP servers not PvE apart from maybe TW.

Braging rights ? i learnt to ignore those years ago in other games.

Just play the game the way you want to play it and it can actualy be fun. Play it to compete with people who spend $$ then expect to spend $$ also .

There are plenty of people who play and emjoy this game without spending $$.

Playing the game is still fun for me. I don't buy packs with rl money. Working for my gear is fun. Loving my personal achievements is nice, compare to those who just charge $1000 and get everything they want, with no.....personal value, just empty rewards.


As to the OP, packs wont be boycotted, those who love it will buy them. We adapt to packs....simple as that.

Are you SERIOUSLY starting a boycott without recognizing and understanding why we might just need the packs?

Just my lil opinion here-this game (at some of the older servers)had been flooded with packs and the toks and event gear from em almost from an year.Its already normal to see ppl runnin in pack gear here and there.Even if ur boycott succeeds do u think u gona turn the game it used to be?Its like poisonin something long time and then tryin to recover it.The balance will never be back.I dont see how its gona happen...really.Ppl are used to packs and all u can get via them-think only-toks are givin mana/hp pots/skill pages/subs and many many more stuff that was requirin hours to farm before.So u basically gona make all these ppl farm hours for it?Well lots of ppl are spoiled-especially new players.They re used to easy stuff -for them tokens are way to game.If u wana balanced gameplay and stuff,think already is pretty late...

Is there any other way to get packs other than buying them off other players or buying gold ingame to get them from the shop?

Lets get real ppl. Without the cash shoppers this game would not even exist, it would bring no profit to the makers. They are in the business of making money and I am sure they have employees to pay. so dont buy the packs, hell dont play the game, as someone else said, hit uninstall and move on. If " the game" isnt fun anymore, find something else fun to do. Its pixils, you can not eat it, touch it, nor will it touch you. So many choices. I wonder how many of you would freak the hell out if tomorrow you wake up and found the damn game gone. No explanation, No return of cash. No info. what will you do?

In the end, this doesn't come down to packs, leveling, or individual philosophies on what the came "should" or "could" be. It comes down to money. Perfect World Entertainment is a "for profit" business working in a non-essential industry during a down economy. That already puts them at a disadvantage. They're also expanding during a credit crunch, adding more difficulties to an already complex business model.

When people have to choose between paying for a need (food, water, shelter, clothing,) and paying for a want(games, music, art, movies, eating out) the need almost always wins out. The goods and services considered essential for life vary from country to country, but in no country would argue that games are needed to sustain life. Discretionary items, like games, first things to go in a down economy, which hurts the bottom line.

Some people argue that entertainment is essential for a healthy, sane life. They point to how entertainment based industries make up a large portion of the economy and how many people point to some discretionary item or service as the reason why they are able to do the essentials. This is more of a developed nation argument, as the third and second world countries simply can't afford these goods and services. They survive.

The bottom line is that these discretionary products don't help you survive. Good clean food and water will help you live a longer life. So will healthcare, warm clothing and shelter. Education, information and training enables you to survive and afford these needs. Individuals sometimes swap intelligence, grit, and creativity for these products to achieve the same result. On the other hand, discretionary items like games, gadgets, and toys are not essential. They may help you thrive, but in a survival situation having an Ipod in a one room shack during rainy season won't help you survive.

Perfect World Entertainment, like any company that works in a non-essential industry realizes that. They also realize that they need to find a way to make up for the shortfall. That means no ways to get people in buy. In this example it means packs, mounts, and a visibly expanded cash shop. It also might be accelerated leveling acquire more possible customers for it's product. Being a free to play game, perfect world's emphasis is as much on the cash shop as any other aspect of their game, because that's what covers their expenses.

When you argue that the thrust of the game game has changed for the worse, you're making a philosophical argument, even an existential one. As players, we value the quality of a game above all other factors. Anything that improves that is good, anything does not is bad. Of course, quality is subjective and hard to quantify. For a moment let's consider what the situation looks like from Perfect World's point of view.

Perfect World is expanding rapidly. It's a publicly traded company with already one bad quarter under it's belt, in a highly competitive market. If they can't meet their profit goals they'll lose funding as possibly go under. It's hardly unheard of, particularly in the gaming industry, for a company to go under after one or two bad quarters. They'll do anything to make sure this next quarter meets it's target. One of the main ways to do that is to make the cash shop more attractive.

One of the ways Perfect World has done that, is by releasing items and features that make leveling and gearing up easier in exchange for cash. We've all seen the result of that strategy. Players level up faster, with less skill and better gear. This also means more revenue for the company. Even if that means the player quality goes down, it makes perfect sense of a company to take that kind of strategy.

You may be questioning why a company would be willing to lose a significant portion of their most committed players? The reason is simple, money. The committed, experienced players in support of this boycott also buy less from the cash shop, generally speaking. They're also in the minority. If the experienced, first generation player population spends an average of $10 per person and the less experienced, more cash shop oriented group of players spends an average of $20 per player they're worth more. Additionally, few of the old guard player are left over in this game. From a marketing standpoint, they're an insignificant outlier.

Any company that puts philosophy ahead of profit puts itself at a disadvantage. You can't expect perfect world to stop selling world packs, just because you don't like it, especially when you don't spend much in the cash shop yourself. Any boycott of the world packs will fail, because perfect world can afford to lose you as a player population. It's just dollars and sense. They're not marketing to you anymore. Just take a look at your numbers. Only 43 out of millions of active players support it; an insignificant minority. Additionally, you're boycott isn't sensibly thought out. There is no rally cry to gather around. This is why this and any similar boycott will fail.

You don't spend much money, why should they care what you think?