The new MTX store is making lose the desire to even play this game anymore. Am I alone on this?

[Shad0wkaster]

I have really been enjoying the 3.0 update but after looking at the micro transaction store and the old DLC I really want nothing to do with this game anymore...

Original Old DLC
73 items - Riders of Hyboria for $9.99
76 items – Seekers of the Dawn $9.99
73 items – Savage Frontier $9.99
93 items – Jewel of the west $9.99
95 items – Architects of Argos $9.99
87 items – Debaucheries of Derketo $9.99
78 items – Blood and Sand $9.99
37 items – Riddle of Steel $9.99
83 items – Treasure of Turan $9.99
93 items – Imperial East $9.99

New Micro transaction Store
3 weapons for $5.5
3 emotes for $4.38
1 large Brazier for $6.33
1 Banner for $6.33
Chimneys and rough timber frames for $8.33
6 items Black magic starter set for $11.37
2 items Echoes of Acheron for $5.58

How can I support a game after doing something like this? I don't see myself giving the devs anymore $$ ever again... I own all but 2 DLC and have only used 1 gear set ( Gave + 5 Str) nothing else from any of the other DLC's. I bought them to support the game... But after this...

[Sol]

引用自 CONSPIR4CY：

No ur not plenty of negative reviews with people who played for 1000+ hours and i uninstalled this game same with my gf we don't support ♥♥♥♥♥♥ greedy devs there is a lot of other better games to play.

The developers have no say in whether the game has an in game store anymore, a Chinese company called Tencent bought Funcom and they tell Funcom what to do and if Funcom doesn't like it, then too bad.

[Sol]

引用自 Antares：

引用自 PURGE THE XENO'S：

Then don't, problem solved.

Thank you :) Its adorable that you want to emphatise from my angle but you are not helpful to Funcom with such an answer. Its not like its my problem if they fail to convince me to open my wallet for them.

It was sarcasm, but ok. And they don't care if you open your wallet for them, Tencent, the parent company got their money and everything else is just a bonus now.

[m142]

wow , so much item's ,but let's be more realistic most of buyer's didn't use more than 30 pieces per dlc.

all dlc for conan don't add much expect sciptah.
as for money grab , battlepass is only thing that can count as dlc , and you should buy only it , spend damn 10$ take back 1200 crom coins for completing it and wait for next one , my god dlc that can extend if you play game ?!?! good lord in haven who saw that.
only bad scenario is introducing changes in battlepas rewards/price or spending coins and not completing one , store wich don't even have items in it is for those who miss out 2-3 battlepases that's all.

[Sol]

引用自 V.V.：

引用自 Aeekto：

Interesting.... calling a company greedy because they're looking for new ways to generate some income so they can pay the devs their monthly salary for update/patches/content, pay the servers, pay traffic for the provider, pay steam the 30% cut, pay epic the 4% cut, etc pp and still stay profitable all during a globald crisis with its inflation.

If they don't generate any income but constantly have to pay everything, they will run bancrupt, stop updating or adding new content, eventually have to pull the plug and will never ever be able to develop any future games again.

These Studios are companies and not charities.

Do you know how much the dev's get paid? I'm actually curious because I see people mention this, but no one goes into details even though they act like they know something. Are the suits not paying them enough??

I'm sure everyone knew that when they BOUGHT the game.

I googled it for you, a typical game developer in Norway makes anywhere from 240k NOK - 835k NOK, but the average seems to be around 425k which is roughly about $42,000 USD. Which honestly, that's not great pay but it's also not too terrible, but I'm sure that's a moot point for them since they're doing what they love most likely.

I mean, I work at a hospital and an amazon warehouse making about $65,000 per year combined, but I would not say it's something I particularly enjoy doing. I would much rather make a bit less if it meant I could find enjoyment in my career, though that's the end goal of having these two jobs. So I can afford to go to a language school in Japan and then preferably attend Todai, KyotoU or Tohokudai(Tonpei) in order to become a physicist which is my real dream job.

[Rakiin]

I don't like this shop either because it spits on people who supported it by buying all the DLC. I mean you don't have to buy them yes and I won't. But the targets are weak minded people who have strong FOMO and mental health issues.

[V.V.]

引用自 PURGE THE XENO'S：

I googled it for you, a typical game developer in Norway makes anywhere from 240k NOK - 835k NOK, but the average seems to be around 425k which is roughly about $42,000 USD. Which honestly, that's not great pay but it's also not too terrible, but I'm sure that's a moot point for them since they're doing what they love most likely.

I mean, I work at a hospital and an amazon warehouse making about $65,000 per year combined, but I would not say it's something I particularly enjoy doing. I would much rather make a bit less if it meant I could find enjoyment in my career, though that's the end goal of having these two jobs. So I can afford to go to a language school in Japan and then preferably attend Todai, KyotoU or Tohokudai(Tonpei) in order to become a physicist which is my real dream job.

Entry level is the lowest pay, then it increases the more years experience you gain. Seems like the pay is actually better in the US, but that's probably due to the cost of living.

True, if you enjoy something you are more inclined to do a better job because you actually like what you do. I'd accept lower pay for a job I would enjoy more for sure. I used to work at a shipping warehouse, it's exhausting work but it definitely pays the bills, and it kept me busy too. I wish you the best with your future career path.

[OGPG]

To those complaining that they dont like the BP or the MTX.
How do you suggest Funcom create revenue? They have to make $ somehow and it's obvious that the Base Game and DLC's werent bringing in enough.
I agree that some of the Shop stuff is over priced, but they have to do something.
If Funcom doesnt make $ on this game Tencent will shut it down.
Is that what you all want?

[Vegg]

引用自 PyrateLV：

How do you suggest Funcom create revenue?

maybe if they made games that weren't broken they wouldn't have had to sunset all their mmos

[GrandTickler]

引用自 Vegg：

引用自 PyrateLV：

How do you suggest Funcom create revenue?

maybe if they made games that weren't broken they wouldn't have had to sunset all their mmos

exactly, how do u think terraria or no man's sky makes revenue PyrateLV?

[xXMagnusXx]

引用自 PyrateLV：

To those complaining that they dont like the BP or the MTX.
How do you suggest Funcom create revenue? They have to make $ somehow and it's obvious that the Base Game and DLC's werent bringing in enough.
I agree that some of the Shop stuff is over priced, but they have to do something.
If Funcom doesnt make $ on this game Tencent will shut it down.
Is that what you all want?

If the base game and DLCs weren't generating enough revenue, how did they afford to keep this game going for 5 odd years now? They've been doing DLCs and free updates in that timeframe as well. They have the money. Don't fall for their excuses.

It's a simple reality that no amount of money is enough for companies like Tencent. They could become the most profitable piece of entertainment media in all of human history (GTA5 has reached this milestone. google it.) and they would STILL find ways to justify predatory marketing nonsense. Because even when GTA is making the most money out of any game/movie/book in human history, IT IS STILL NEVER ENOUGH MONEY. They always have to go further. Like trying to wring blood from a stone.

So I beg you; stop listening when medium-large companies come sobbing about 'wE cAnT aFFoRd It'... they're lying to you.

Not that tencent cares though. You're probably right when you say that if funcom doesn't meet their absurd profit expectations then the game will get shut down. That'll be a sad day, but it might be the only choice we have. What's the alternative? Let these companies continue getting greedier and greedier until we're literally paying for in-game ammo in COD or something? (one game in like 2018-2020 talked about this but didn't do it because of the INSTANT backlash to the mere idea)

I would rather every game company go bankrupt so that actual artists can rebuild than live in a world where my video game enjoyment only goes as far as my wallet can rent.

[BIT Bear]

I don't buy the battle pass nor anything from the store purely out of principle. I'm also ignoring the challenges. You can do too. In fact, if we all did that and nobody bought any of that garbage then maybe change could be made. But sadly we are in a state where (mobile) games boiled us like frogs and find this sort of monetization acceptable and "normal" so change is probably not coming. (Modern) Gaming is in a sad state right now.

[L3ros]

Could have done it like Rust.
Make free content updates. Sell cosmetics. No BP, because BP only sells when your playerbase is 12.

[Ext.]

how much of the bazaar stuff are you actually going to use anyway.
most of the good stuff has a variation in the 60 lvls of the battlepass.
you probably won't use the stone walls anyway, the weapons are probably not even top lvl dmg, emotes whatever.
get mods already....

[Muu]

引用自 Hefutoxin：

So greedy that... it's about the same as other microtransactions in Guild Wars 2, Elder Scroll Online, Fallout 76, Secret World Legends, etc.

We've had about 18% inflation since Conan Exiles launched, but unlike most other things, the price hasn't gone up at all. The cost of making games in general have increased over time but the price they sell for has not. But, my god, the whining about how greedy video game companies are has increased exponentially.

I farded too