The Weapon Sales Problem, and my opinion.

[p0intman]

I don't like the way SOE operates. I don't like how they've had this pattern of releasing weapons, and nerfing ones currently in use in order to drive sales of the new weapons. Its shady as fuck and smacks of paying to win. They did it with the shotguns, they did it with SMGs, they did it with several of the LMGs and rocket launchers (Crow, hawk, annihilator, phoenix) and im sure they've done it with other weapons. Likewise, I disagree with the lack of work on PS1 being made free to play. I will not fund something that I find to be dishonest, and contrary to what I think is fun.

SOE is of course, a business. In order to best use that fact in order to showcase the above issues, this is a statement of disagreement by way of showing what I've done with the money SOE is not being paid by me because of the above reasons. It is written in such a way as to compare it specifically to the value of entertainment and competing game developers, as I see them being worthwhile to support. Could they give me a reason to pay them? Sure. The above points need to be rectified before I'll consider it, however. I have spent a small amount of money on this game, but compared to the below, its peanuts, and that is what I mean to emphasize.

Things I have done with expendable income instead of paying SOE as it specifically pertains to competing game developers, since launch of PS2:
- Bought the Collectors Edition for EVE's Second Decade anniversary ($150)
- Backed Star Citizen ($65)
- pre-ordered Watch Dogs for the PC ($60~)
- pre-ordered Grid 2 ($60)
- bought farcry 3 ($50)
- bought assassin's creed 3 ($50)

In summary, I don't like how PS2 is being developed, so I've been giving money to competition instead of SOE because their competition actually makes stuff that is worthwhile. Unlike buying weapons from SOE, I don't feel that any of the above is liable to make me feel scammed in the future or like it was a waste. For the cash above, you could buy a ton of stuff in PS2 and be relatively set for quite a while, and that really is the entire point of having listed it: For whatever it could buy in ps2, it was better spent elsewhere.

If they decide to correct the above problems, great. If not their loss, literally. I can't possibly be the only one who has not been buying SC and has instead spent that money elsewhere.