New store is a backstab

Disclaimer: “Warning you will be rober don’t make thieve free of their guilt”

As most of us know, OW2 born beacuse OW1 died. And this occur in part due the wrong executive decisions, that made Jeff Kaplan leaves. I use common sense to affirm that.
Now, again executive greedy decision is ruining the work of programmers, artist and commnunity of OW.
I dont gonna discuss the prices, but I have perceived some cheaty practices from store. They want to infund something like fear of missing out. The real reason you have to logging a game is because you enjoy a game. Then enjoiying a game make you feel interested on news, creating/consuming content and everything else. Not creating a random store that allow temporary buy some stuff. I didnt see a problem because I expected that the whole seasonal items will be available to be purchased when the respectively event comes up. However I just noticed that some items are not available despite we were in halloween or christmas. These last 2 practices show again the interest a make a game that max-profit with cheaty psicological tricks while min-the invest on creating worthy content. Again, classical lazy executive mind set.

For these reasons I think fair make some changes in the store:

-All content from OW1 must be obtainable with legacy credits
R/ Again Blizzard have to decrease the harm made for launching a re-edition of their game. Is unfair with the people that purchased OW1 that return and were discconected from the game. Their credits lost a big part of its worth. And that includes seasonal content launched before OW2 launch.

-Abussing fear of missing out force innecesary logins to check items in the store.
R/Allowing all seasonal items BE PURCHASEABLE, while seasonal event is up.

I also consider the prices of the new content is too high, however this is about market dynamics. If enough people decided is not worth, they will have to low the prices. Personally I decided not buying anything. However if many people consider it is worth, probably they wont changes the prices or rise it.

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Good game though. If your complaint is about something you can just totally ignore.

(Yes I agree it’s all too expensive. But it’s also just gaudy tat you don’t need)

But your last sentence is 100% spot on. They won’t change a thing if people are paying. Only thing you can do is vote with your wallet.

Ow1 was not dead. Not dead at all. Ow2 is the dead one.

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Odd, seeing that ow2 has considerably more active players and is making more money every day that OW1…

Not sure either was dead, but ow1 was terminally ill.

You have a source for that claim? Because i honestly don’t think ow2 is making much money at all.

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You don’t think…

Just play a game and see how everyine is in the new skins… They aren’t getting those skins for free.

Everyone with the new right now hero paid for it, either directly, through the BP or watchpoint pack.

It’s a steady flow of cash coming in. OW1 had no way to make money.

I did buy ow1 for around 40 euros
I did spend 0 euro on ow2

I am not paying for skins you cannot even see in game.

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Same. But millions of others are paying for the things they want.

F2P will be generating considerably more per playing than OW1 could.

Don’t have to like the prices or the content (I’m not a fan of either), but that’s just the reality of the situation.

We will probably find out more in the new year (they are all heading for their Xmas shut down, hence why the midseason Hog nerf patch got delayed till early January)

I bet millions feel this way also, thus OW2 not making much money at all. It’s not even worth the money as what you get in return is mediocre at best.

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Whilst I agree, my opinion is also it isn’t worth it.

The majority disagree. Remember the watch point pack made OW the 5ths highest selling game in the world for a period in 2022. It made a shed load just from that alone.

And F2P players are a different beast. You play a p2w game. You pay money just to boost, so you are well aware of how well F2P games can skim money on people.

No, no I don’t.

As I mentioned before dozens of times, Clash of Clans is a whole different story to OW2 when it comes to F2P

Yeah it’s a simple p2w game. You pay to have an advantage over others. Not judging, that’s just what you do.

OW2 is the classic F2P, where it’s just gaudy tat for sale that a lot of people seem to like. Doesn’t change the game.

Again for the billionth time, it’s not a P2W game since you win NOTHING from it. You don’t even play it lol, so you don’t understand at all. Keep claiming it’s a “P2W” game but I know it’s not.

CoC is p2w. That is just a matter of fact. Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t change that.

h ttps://gamingnoble.com/is-clash-of-clans-pay-to-win/

Cool story bro, not a fact at all, but cool story.

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Just Google “is clash of clans pay to win”.

You’ll find the consensus is yes.

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Wrong. It’s a pay to BOOST game, not a pay to win. You clearly don’t know the difference, and you don’t even play the game. Also, you may want to google it again and see how many disagree with you. CoC is a SKILL based game, whatever you spend on it doesn’t affect your actual game-play.

Accept being wrong… Like someone mentioned today, stop being so stubborn and admit you’re wrong for once, it’s embarrassing.

Boosting is giving you an advantage over players that don’t boost. Ie paying to give yourself an advantage. Also known as pay 2 win.

I’m not wrong though…

h ttps://www.cbr.com/free-pay-to-win-games/
(It’s number 4 in their “worst” in sense of how predatory it is)

h ttps://www.gamedesigning.org/gaming/pay-to-win-games/

Oh but you are.

“Boosting” isn’t giving you the advantage though, you still get paired equally in clan wars no matter what kind of base you have. But you don’t know that because you don’t play it…

http s://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/obihby/is_clash_of_clans_pay_2_win/

There’s even a poll, a higher majority think it’s not.

Whatever you pay does NOT give you the advantage of winning, it’s a SKILL based game, all down to the skill.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure it out.

Players that play the game in denial about what type of game it is… Yeah I’m not interested in that poll.

It doesn’t. That’s why people who literally write about games for a living and are to an extent impartial say it’s p2w.