If you're unhappy with this game then unsub... forever.

[Chasingstars]

Does EVE online have a mostly casual audience? Does EVE online have a lot of casual content and then ramps up suddenly? Not jabbing, asking in a legit manner.

Fun for that depends on how much you find multiboxing, aka multiple active accounts, is fun. Also you basically have to join a corporation (equivalent to a free company) because it makes it easier on yourself.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

The increased monetization

No game with a monthly subscription should also charge you money for items. I don't care if it's 'only cosmetic' or not. While it may be a less aggregious offense, it's still double-dipping. But why should they stop? The players have clearly shown through their wallets that they condone these practices, regardless of complaint. They'll happily continue to thrust their money into the pockets of SE for these cosmetic baubles and SE will be only too happy to oblige. Actions speak louder than words. You can't complain about items being on the mog station when you're continually endorsing it with your purchases. If you want it to stop, then players have to unite and 'go on strike' so to speak and stop purchasing these. You can shout until your voice leaves you, but it won't make a difference.

Conclusion

SE and yes, even CBU3 is a business. Their goal is maximize profit and over the years they have become increasingly corporate in their attitude. Corporations do not care if you're unhappy with their product, so long as you keep buying it. Ask yourself, if a restaurant served you the most bland and tasteless steak, can you imagine going there again and again to keep purchasing it? To give that restaurant your business? What if they refused to give you steak sauce unless you shelled out an additional 5$? Can you imagine a restaurant full of people going there and continuing to buy their food with that being the case? Isn't that insanity? So then how is it that we've reached this state when it comes to games? How is it we continue to complain about how unhappy we are and yet purchase their products and fall into their traps ad infinitum?

We shout ourselves hoarse to be heard and yet our actions and in this case our wallets, speak louder than our words ever will. The corporations do not care about our complaints because they are nothing but empty threats.

'Must I spell it out for you? No one is listening. No one at all!'

I don’t have a problem with mounts being sold on the Mog Station or being available for purchase in general. The real issue is that with each new expansion, we seem to be getting less and less value for our money—pushing more players towards the cash shop. For example, Dawntrail launched with just 11 mounts, while WoW's latest expansion offered 28 right from the start—and WoW even allows players to earn some store mounts just by playing the game. On top of that, we’re now seeing gear sets split up and sold in parts to squeeze out more money, along with things like posters that used to be free event rewards now being monetised. It’s frustrating to feel like we’re paying more but getting less.

[bic12]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...hoes-of-wisdom

"What I am about to talk about is a bit nerdy, but even from a producer's perspective there were many points [in the game] that made me think 'Wow, that's amazing', in terms of how they used resources, how they made it, and the game design."

"The base resources used in the game are almost the same as other Zelda games", the director continues, praising Nintendo's ability to keep costs down "by focusing all the efforts on making the game fun to play."
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"Yoshi-P thinks that Echoes of Wisdom is a great case study for people wanting to get into game development;"


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I don't know. I can't verify the original.
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202507/46603

When I envisage the future, it's me not coming back for 8.0 either and watching from afar.

I'm gonna go play Expedition 33 where they actually built a player experience for the casual gamer, rather than just bastardising their hardcore experience to spoon-feed me like a mere after thought, and where its not all just reused assets on the cheap.

As for Nintendo... well... that's for the 1%. Must be nice for some, I guess that's my sub fees have bought. Enjoy your other games Yoshi! That's a bit beyond my means. I spent my spare income on DT pre-order almost uninterrupted sub for five years, and cash shop, and merchandise.

Feel free to tell me to "take my meds" , white knights. It's not like the useless mod team of these forums will get out of bed to sanction you. Those kinds of insults are fine apparently.

Why haven't you quit? You said you were going to quit like 20482848818 times

[Yeol]

Maybe I should.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

lol yes not as simple when sub is paid up till November...

[Miohazuki]

I don't know how op could write such a long wall of text with no substance .all of it is just a conspiracy theories .

[Zelda206]

But if I don't pay a subscription, then I don't get the alleged privilege to complain about the game when it makes decisions that ultimately feel like a waste of time despite promises made by the CEO that "everything will be okie dokie in 8.0" (it wasn't just Yoshida; CEO said that at a shareholder meeting when addressed as to why the game was losing favor and players were leaving in droves and still are).
But if I do pay a subscription, then I shouldn't whine or complain or gloomsay because it's "cringe" and "brings everyone down".

If the Terms of Service don't negate criticism, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing when I feel it is necessary. But if you want to Collective Shout about it, be my guest. Conditions to post don't negate that and I won't tell you to stop posting on forums because you're unhappy, too. Go for it.