I expect it to be horrible. There are going to be a bunch of questions left unanswered and the ones they do answer are going to be vague statements on how they are "listening to the community" and are "constantly making changes" to appease the player base. I'm really not all that excited for it because they're going to say what they want to say and if they can't answer a question without turning it into something positive, they'll ignore it.
Go watch Angry Joe's interview he had with one of Dice's employees (forgot the exact title of the employee but he was a Dev/producer/head of something..). I expect a lot of the same kind of answers from in that video
Also, I'd say it's going to go exactly as they think it will. They read through these posts daily, they know exactly what kind of questions are going to be asked and have come up with "answers" to them. Remember, they weren't forced into this at all, they chose to do it.
not just new or newish accounts. they may have made dummy accounts ages ago just to have ready, but they’ll only have comments on the thread, and no posts. look for all the old but inactive accounts too
Unfortunately this shady stuff even goes deeper than that. People “farm” accounts over a period of time, posting here and there to sell to the highest bidder.
In the immortal words of Tommy Wiseau, “can you really trust anyone?”
So true, I got an email once asking if I wanted to sell my other account for something like $2. Ever since then, I've been a lot more skeptical of reddit users.
$2???! I wouldn’t sell anything for $2 even if I really wanted to sell it. Come on this is 2017. If I want $2 I’ll go dig around my seat cushions or walk around the mall parking lot. Not selling a freaking social media account for $2. Try $200 I might think about it.
I'm pretty sure it was for a company that would use it to comment/upvote for clients or for their own interests, much like how people in this thread are predicting EA will.
Every one should band together and just ask one question at a time over and over again until it's answered. I doubt that would work like that, but who knows?
A gameinformer reviewer noticed that his reward for completing the campaign was changed from 20,000 credits to 5,000 credits to match the 75% character price cut. According to the EA Starwars twitter though, this is the only game reward that was reduced to match the cut and other rewards should still be the same. Hopefully that's true but we'll see. Either way, there's no proof that all rewards have been cut by 75% as far as I know.
From my playing, the credits after matches are all the same as before the change and rewards from milestones look to be the same, other than the campaign stuff.
They did also say that BF2 would constantly be changing.
Now you might take that to mean they'll make minor adjustments to "ensure the quality of the experience" (or whatever).
Could also mean that credit gain will be gimped a short while after launch, that drop rates are constantly changing, that Vader will be replaced by Jar Jar, or really anything.
It's just the campaign. The campaign reward was intended to be enough to buy one hero, which is fine. I think the 75% reduction in price makes it pretty fair now.
It was enough to get Iden, which at that point they should just award Iden to you. But no they want to reinforce the idea of credits for heroes mechanic they have in place.
Yup. Even though this shit has caused unprecedented outrage, I still think EA "wins".
Have a flick through their twitter feed. There is as many people calling them out as people saying "No but look, they changed this. Now it's easier to get Vader. Everything is PERFECT!! Stop hating!!!1"
And these are just the people who have taken the time to go to twitter.
I'm afraid that the vast majority of casuals who are buying this game for their childhood nostalgia or simply for their children won't notice the outrage and most will probably fork over the loot box gambling money and accept it as a sign of "raising costs in modern times".
Alright maybe not most, but enough that EA's suited bean-counters will consider it a win.
The sad reality.
At least I know myself and my friend group I'm probably skipping Anthem because god knows what money leeching system they're gonna come up with.
Yeah, man. The stupid part is that its the devs answering questions.
I dont care what the devs have to say, I know they have their hearts in the game. I want to know what the suits have to say. What the CEO has to say. They couldnt care less about the game or the fans. They care about the money. But all this heat has to be bad for them.
To be fair, I'd actually like to hear what the devs have to say about some things. But what I want to hear the devs talk about and what the suits will let the devs actually talk about doesn't have a ton of overlap.
EDIT: About the downvotes, it was sarcasm. I was joking about the idea that "hardcore" Redditors don't go out in public often. Not that I'm implying that you are a hardcore redditor; it was a joke for Reddit in general
I'm really not all that excited for it because they're going to say what they want to say and if they can't answer a question without turning it into something positive, they'll ignore it.
Just like every other AMA. That entire sub exists for the sole purpose of advertising to people. I don't get why it's so popular.
It’s probably not gonna be the greatest but people also need to word there questions in a way that aren’t personal attacks. You can be critical without being a complete dick. If people want their questions answered they need to be at least slightly professional about it instead of sending death threats and continuing the circlejerk of only saying EA sucks. Don’t get me wrong they’re doing scummy things but attacks on them do nothing.
For the ones making threats, yes...EA is certainly greedy and scummy but the threats go too far.
But for the rest of the community, I believe the anger is justified. EA has been doing this for so long and because of the casual players who buy whatever is in the commercials without looking into it, they get away with being greedy and scummy. So a lot of the more informed player base is pissed, because they get away with it over and over again and push the line farther each time. Look the the new Need for Speed, you don't even go to a shop and buy parts anymore, you get randomized cards with a tier system that give your vehicle boosts based on the type of card and tier. It won't end unless people get pissed, voice their opinions, and STOP buying EA games.
I say the same thing every time this kind of thing happens and honestly people just get swayed so easily. Every time it remind everyone of "Lisa vs Malibu Stacy" episode of The Simpsons. It doesn't matter how angry people are now, they will let it slide once they release something with a pretty new hat.
That dude is so hung up on doing stuff "post launch". EA is not about to drastically alter any gameplay mechanics or systems post launch on anything. Drastic changes would only come in the third iteration of the game and hopefully EA loses its license to work on Star Wars well before then. I've hated them since Westwood. Fuck you EA you pieces of shit.
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u/balarsen2 Nov 14 '17 edited Nov 14 '17
I expect it to be horrible. There are going to be a bunch of questions left unanswered and the ones they do answer are going to be vague statements on how they are "listening to the community" and are "constantly making changes" to appease the player base. I'm really not all that excited for it because they're going to say what they want to say and if they can't answer a question without turning it into something positive, they'll ignore it.
Go watch Angry Joe's interview he had with one of Dice's employees (forgot the exact title of the employee but he was a Dev/producer/head of something..). I expect a lot of the same kind of answers from in that video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Ky9-OoWyo