You think all the dad gamers have FR gear? Most dad gamers are ether doing H1 or H2 and the amount of FR gear neeed for both of those is laughable low so no need for anyone to buy gold to get FR gear.
so let me get this straight, you think dad gamers will spend actual time farming for stuff? it doesnt matter how low it is, there are better items you want and they need to be crafted.
Again, it doesnt matter if there is GDKP or not, people still buy gold if they always have. They are not gonna waste time because they have little time, they just want to game a few hours that they have and they will make sure to come fully prepared so that they can enjoy their game time to the fullest. If it costs them some money to buy the gold, they will buy the gold, becuase buying gold doesnt really cost them anything.
What time farming? H1 no need to farm any FR gear at all unless you are a tank. H2 you need 90 FR you get that from just existing basically,
No you dont need anything crafted at all to hit those FR needs, what you do is get into 1 maybe 2 MC H1 runs and absorb some gear and you now have all the FR gear you will ever need unless you go for H3 but no true dad gamer will do that unless they are in a guild, guilds do help each other so no need to pay a arm and a leg for FR gear then.
OFC but people buy less gold if they cant spend it on actual BiS gear…
Wanna know something funny, everyone that I know of that have bought gold have been people who pretend to be rather hardcore and not the dad gamers with a few hours to play each week. The dad gamers already enjoy the game as long as they can play their hours they dont feel the need to top the meters or do the hardest content.
Mate, your first error is being fixated on FR. Listen it doesnt matter if you need or dont need, people will STILL get it because they want their gameplay to go smooth and they want to have fun. If a dad gamer can buy gold and get the epic crafted weapons/gear they want, they will go for it, because they enjoy dpsing and want to be as top as possible in their raids. They dont need to parse 99 and they know they wont but at least when they raid they will have some fun.
Epic mount, costs gold, getting t0.5 costs gold, thats 2k gold right there. Maybe they want to level up profession, boom another 1k, they want crafted gear, be it with FR or not, costs a lot of gold. They want to level an alt to level 60, thats boosts another 500g-1k gold spent.
You think in very simple terms, think bigger picture.
You like everyone else in here are focusing on gold buying when the idea of GDKP is to make the phases last longer, more activity + gives people the option to play in a gamestyle they want WITH PEOPLE they want.
You havent given any suggestions on how to improve activity. You want more content? Not gonna happen, so give an example that adds activity.
The GDKP enthusiasm would not exists without RMT. Players like GDKP for two reasons. First is that players can get any item they like, as long as they spend money. The other reason is, that players get ridiculous amounts of gold for participating due to big spenders.
This is why GDKP and RMT cannot be separated.
RMT is deemed unethical and increases botting activities.
GDKP without RMT would not be a problem in terms of fairness or for the economy.
Since GDKPs are not problematic by themselves, but only RMT is, those against GDKP are “focused on gold buying”, because this is the core issue.
GDKP is not the illness itself, but a symptom, that worsens the illness at the same time.
People will get the amount they need not more as it will be a waste of time and or money.
Thats not my experience of dad gamers at all, they are rather chill and laid back, the people you are describing are the wannabe hardcore people that pretend like they are great at the game when ever they have a opportunity to.
800G epic mount and maybe 500-600g for t0.5 thats 1.3-1.4k
They will have leveled that while leveling as casual players dont swap professions all the time, and with how low the cost of mats are now thanks to the box from the coins I will say for the last 50 points or so if you are really bad at thinking and go for just the expensive things to make at most 500g.
If they have just made 0.5 there is no way they will want to break it up with a random crafted piece.
Someone that do enjoy the game wont buy a boost and most dad gamers stick to their main.
I would say that you think in rather simple terms when it comes to what people both enjoy and how people play the game.
If it didnt damage the economy then sure it would be something great for those who enjoy it but now it destroys the game for everyone else.
You say when we have gotten a new dungeon this phase for example thats more content, it will happen and more of it will happen. And do we need to improve activity at the moment at least on wild growth there is activity at all times.
You are making assumption based on what “can” be possible to do and assuming that the dad gamers will play in a certain way and you quote me 1000 times to make arguments which are wrong.
Again dad gamers will pay for gold regardless of GDKP or not. Some dad gamers will buy a lot of gold, some buy less, some dont buy at all.
AGAIN NONE OF THIS MATTERS because it still has nothing to do with what GDKP brings which is activity. If you stil think new content is what blizzard will do then you are also delusional, they won’t they added ONE dungeon + 1 boss in MC in 4 phases. You have bigger chance of winning the lotto than for the devs to make new content. Be realistic.
You are argueing all of this becuase you cant play properly, you want everything for free and wont do any work to get it.
If RMT is the problem then you BAN THE RMT aka, you ban the botters you go heavily against this but they wont so stop blaming GDKP for RMT. RMT has been on the map since the beginning, its nothing new and having GDKP banned on SoD servers is just nonsense.
I make assuptions based on my experience with dad gamers, I quote to show what part im responding to so its easy to see exactly what im actually responding to.
Sure, but in my experience a dad gamer is not likely to buy gold at all compared to people who are spending more time in the game and who could easily actually get the gold they need them selves.
The people that do more runs are all already way more dedicated to the game than the majority of players. For most players it dosnt bring any more activity at all.
Both of those things are by definition new content, and according to the devs the new dungeon have been a hit so ofc they will make more new content, they even now have access to the art team unlike before this phase.
Just because you didnt like the amount or maybe even the new content dosnt mean that there were no new content.
I want everything to be earned in game not to be earned by real life wealth unlike you who are for a system where real life wealth is a deciding factor in who gets what like you say there are people who will never stop buying gold but without GDKP they have no chance at using their ill earned gold to get their BiS gear over someone who have actually put in the time and effort to raid each week, its ether up to the luck of the roll or what ever other system a guild have set up if they get their gear.
haha told myself not to reply to you beucase you post nonsense and you make 1000 quotes to make it look like you have a valid point to say.
Right now I lead 4 pugs a week on my alts. I havent paid for anything, I have EARNED the gold I have and the reason Im advocating for GDKP is
it brings activity, THIS IS THE MAIN REASON
with GDKP I get to play with like-minded people, right now I dont get that, infact I have to deal with toxic and incompetent people like yourself who is trying to act like they know it all but you dont know anything at all.
Don’t talking about earning because your kind of people are the last ones to play to EARN. If you had played to earn the go ahead and start LEADING raids, to onething to shows that you are adding to activity but you are not. You want experienced raid leads to do your work for you so that you can easily enter our raids and leech of items when you dont deserve it.
I make my gold regardless of GDKP or not, I do prefer it becuase it adds an aspect of the game i prefer but thats not why Im promoting, Im promoting it because it (AGAIN) adds activity.
You clearly didnt read, I quote each part on its own to show what im responding to not to make it look like anything.
Good for you that you lead 4 pugs, and it looks like im right about what type of player you are, someone who plays the game way more than the average player.
You run 4 pugs each week, do you need more activity?
You can still play with people who are like minded find a guild of like minded people and you will be golden.
You dont think I lead raids from time to time? I normally let others do it as im always getting hit in the face and have a hard time actually seeing the rest of the raid but every now and then I do raid lead anyways, and I dont enter your runs never would as I would find your behavior from what I have seen here way to toxic for me to want to interact with you when im raiding.
Seeing as you are leading 4 raids per week it clearly isnt needed for the game to be active you are promoting it for some other reason then what you are claiming as you are already rather active.