• AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Reasonable? Big pass from me chief. Grinding Gear Games isn’t some indie studio that needs every penny anymore, the just used the inertia to get people used to dropping 300$ on a game

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      5 months ago

      $300? I’ve met people that buy the highest supporter pack tier every year plus the highest supporter pack from the seasons. That can add up to over $1k/year.

      I think at this point I probably have more than $300 in MTX too, but I paid much more than that to FFXIV sub since 2014.

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      5 months ago

      I haven’t played much since before Ascendancy Classes were added to the game, so I’m well out of the loop (although I do keep up with some of the news), so maybe I’m still emotionally attached to the studio I started following in alpha.

      That said, I don’t really have a problem with their business model. They need to get paid, and they don’t sell game-breaking MTX, beyond needing a map tab, a currency tab, and a premium quad tab. I don’t regret the money I spent on supporter packs; I got over a thousand hours out of the game.