Gearing Systems need a revamp.

[Anonicat]

In that case, unless you reduce the value of each drop, such as by turning it from a direct/whole piece of loot to a mere partial piece (i.e., via currency), see the comment below.


Design decisions for separate entries under a parent company are made according to the revenue model of the company itself, not the parent company as a whole.

My point, moreover, was simply that it's not worth hoping that they will design out any and all time-gating, a backbone of subscription-based MMOs. That they have plenty of whales on the side does little to change that.

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Right but do you not see how counter intuitive that is. They are timegating a smaller percentage of players (Raiders), and not the majority of players. If i was a business and wanted to keep most of the players subbed... Timegating Raiders would not be the way to go about it, while i lose a majority of players that play for story/rp.

And to counter forseeable argument. "They do timegate story in patches." Fam. I can unsub wait til end of expansion. Resub, clear the story content. Pay 15 dollars instead of the (5 x $15) story updates.

[Shurrikhan]

Right but do you not see how counter intuitive that is. They are timegating a smaller percentage of players (Raiders), and not the majority of players. If i was a business and wanted to keep most of the players subbed... Timegating Raiders would not be the way to go about it, while i lose a majority of players that play for story/rp.

How is it counterintuitive, in the interest of maintaining subscriptions, to time-gate elements which will affect at equivalent proportion those for whom, by typically having narrower interests, make use of proportionately less other content?

Such is simply a matter of maintaining with X resource both those with a broader span of interests, and who therefore make greater use of resources spent, and those who have narrower interests, and would therefore otherwise be less efficient to design for or would force development towards similarly narrow paths.