I kind of miss the old format of trailers showing off everything felt more of a nice teasing preview now it’s just “ok I think I saw a new sword and one? Dungeon?”


I kind of miss the old format of trailers showing off everything felt more of a nice teasing preview now it’s just “ok I think I saw a new sword and one? Dungeon?”


Word on the street has it that this is part of SE's new greedy scheme.
Cut everything > less production cost and maximize profit.
Proof for this theory: Freemium app, €150 emotes, mogstation items are character bound (no longer account bound), separated male / female version of armors, outfits of quest lines now locked behind mogstation purchase (mandervile stuff), etc.





Except the production values of the trailer are up.
It's easy to just cut together segments of content. It's not so easy to make a trailer look good, give information, and be quick about it.
They could make a 30 minute trailer showcasing everything, but it wouldn't have high production values just because it's longer...
Also, I'm pretty sure having male and female versions of armor requires more work, not less..... And the Mandeville outfit is npc gear, which has always been on the mogstation. You guys are reaching hard these days.


You really don't understand sarcasm do you?Except the production values of the trailer are up.
It's easy to just cut together segments of content. It's not so easy to make a trailer look good, give information, and be quick about it.
They could make a 30 minute trailer showcasing everything, but it wouldn't have high production values just because it's longer...
Also, I'm pretty sure having male and female versions of armor requires more work, not less..... And the Mandeville outfit is npc gear, which has always been on the mogstation. You guys are reaching hard these days.
Well partly, it's no sarcasm about them being greedier.
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I enjoyed the 4.3 trailer. However we only get 10% of what was shown on 4.3 patchday. Which makes me anoyed.



Pretty sure they done that as well for the old trailers. They showed stuff not even coming in patch until a few weeks after so makes no difference to me.
I don't know... maybe it's just because I don't need a trailer to show me what I am going to get when I already know what I am going to get? If I want more details I will just go to the patch website or check the patch notes when it releases. I don't think a trailer needs to be 8 minutes long showing every piece of content that will be in the patch. I just see that as a waste of time because at that point is it even a trailer anymore if its getting to the 10 minute mark?
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The first time they started showing in trailers things coming in x.xn patches was with 2.5 trailer so ye it is nothing new
That said I like the old style, but I don't mind the new one feels more cinematic in a way
I never said or meant it's something new. I just miss the old 2.x trailers when we got everything in a patch. I very dislike their approach with splitting up their content.
Can't please everyone.
Pretty sure they aim these trailers to both current playing customers and people who never played or took a break to show up upcoming features.

I like the old format more. The content are separated, so if I want to see the new hair styles or new recipes, I just forward to that time of the video.
I don't like spoilers, and I think the trailers content a lot of them. In the new format I can't filter the content, It's all mixed. =(
So I started to not seen them anymore.
They changed the format of trailers to be shorter and less like a checklist because there was feedback that they were too long. now they are more like western style trailers, and everything is interwoven. I prefer the new style - the old style was not exciting enough.
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