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Originally Posted by Uteunayr
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There's a reason why all of those games are meh.
Free-to-Play Microtransaction came around as a means for new MMOs to be created without having a barrier to entry, as a way for new MMOs to survive with WoW out.
However, since then, it has changed the core of MMOs. It isn't so much about what you earn, and what you work for, because now you can pay for extra advantages so that your same amount of work nets more result, and exclusive items.
Most people see this, and go "Well, alright. So long as it is cosmetic.", but when you go beyond that into things like a race, and items that are specific advantages over those without them based on money, it makes the game less about getting out of it what you put in in effort, and more about how much you pay in.
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I don't believe that the reason that the above games I mentioned are meh is because they offered a collectors edition of the game, digital or otherwise. I do believe that they had some very flawed design principles and I also believe that ESO will probably be the last MMO if its kind. However, I don't believe it is a bad game and I don't think their decision to hide the 10th race behind the Imperial edition is really a big deal. Yeah it's a shitty move and they probably should not have done that, but to also complain about things like a mount and whatever else is really just rolling into full retard at this point and people are just looking for shit to hate. Games give you some small advantage these days for paying extra, even single player games.
I'm not saying that I enjoy that direction but it is something that is normal and a company shouldn't really be hated on for doing it. The rings are earnable in game (for the extra experience bonus when leveling with a friend) the mount is not implied to be any faster than any other mount you just save some money, and the other perks are probably pretty small. The ability to craft imperial armor was already in the last beta if you found the book, and if you have no interest in being Imperial race then it's probably not even that important to you to get the pack. In no way does this even imply that they are headed towards a cash shop either, Rift lasted a LONG time without moving to that model and it's a model that they decided to move to with their entire company and it had very little to do with the success of the game itself.
Bottom line for me though, this isn't shady. There's nothing in the shadows about this. It's all up front. Take it or leave it. Use a new word if you have to but there's nothing underhanded about the collectors edition.