Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kolsykol]

I don't really see the issue. Not for me (I think it looks dumb), but they obviously know their target audience. Unlike a publisher like Amazon who is seemingly constantly trying to enforce that "they know best" and in turn killing their games.

Tbh even in Lost Ark, I'd say that I kinda view the issue there a bit similarly because of the pricing ( and also stats on skins ).
It's not precisely gacha but they do it still in a fairly predatory way because of the skins being timed.
They prey on the fear of losing out, they release skins for a specific time and then remove them forever from the store, to make people rush to the store and buy it before it's gone.

I think it's kinda the same in PSO2 with the gacha, sliders shouldn't be tied to that and in Lost Ark skins shouldn't have a time limit.

[SturmChurro]

Tbh even in Lost Ark, I'd say that I kinda view the issue there a bit similarly because of the pricing ( and also stats on skins ).
It's not precisely gacha but they do it still in a fairly predatory way because of the skins being timed.
They prey on the fear of losing out, they release skins for a specific time and then remove them forever from the store, to make people rush to the store and buy it before it's gone.

I think it's kinda the same in PSO2 with the gacha, sliders shouldn't be tied to that and in Lost Ark skins shouldn't have a time limit.

So far, timed skins aren't actually that bad in the west, with Amazon as the publisher. The problem is they aren't releasing anything, and they decided to have Omen as the only skin for 35 days! When there are tons and tons and tons of other skins available, which doesn't dispel fears that they will censor the most popular skins from Korea.

Games like ESO do timed skins and I think it's a lot more predatory than how Lost Ark is doing it. Even in Korea you can buy skins with Gold. So, even a determined free to play should be able to get most skins they want (at the cost of progression). ESO even has timed loot boxes (At least last I played). It's horrific. I think PSO2 does timed loot boxes too. The funny thing is, a lot of players actually like timed or limited skins or items, so they can be one of the "few" who has it.

I do wonder.. if Amazon will change up the legendary skin acquisition from how it is in Korea, for Lost Ark. I think that's the one thing that's aquired through actual loot boxes. With all the 'pay to win' bad press, they might have to make some changes.

It's like I've always said, I think mogstation has one of the best monetization methods for an mmorpg currently. I just wish they would update it more often with quality stuff like outfits. I want outfits.