Who killed the golden goose? Sheriff bonus nerfed.
Дата: 28.12.2012 12:34:10
Comorat, on Dec 28 2012 - 09:50, said: Well, I've been playing video games a long long time and when the
concept of MMO was first raised one of the first things alot of
designers discussed was the "what if" factor....What if we do XYZ,
what will happen? The general conclusion was that people
will ALWAYS do something completely stupid in a punishment-free
environment.Now, with the sherrif events team killing if the sherrif is on your side is punished, ergo I've not seen anybody do it. I know that is HAS but its a good discouraging factor.
i think what I'm getting at is that the gripes and complaints voiced here are what we like to call the "vocal minority". You hear about how bad the events are and how they ruin the game and blah blah blah, but the truth is there are a relatively small percentage of people acting the fool when the complaints are formed. You have just as much a chance of entering a match with some idiot that wants to drown himself, or roadblock his team, or team kill or act like a jackass in chat as you do someone dropping everything and trying to score an in-game reward.
I want to see mroe events, events are fricken FUN! Anybody remember the "blood plague" in World of Warcraft? Holy hell, it was hilarious! There were panic in teh streets, bodies everywhere, some jerks were running around spreading it, some were working ot heal those affected, some stayed away from hot zones while others just didnt play for a while.
Events are interesting social experiments, dont just stop doing them because you're afraid of humans acting like retarded monkeys....we ARE retarded monkeys.
GeneralDirection: Don't worry, I'm not looking to get rid of the sheriff events. Part
of our philosophy is to design events like this. We have to make
money as a business, but we're also going to stick to our guns that
the game is free to play, and that means giving away gold as a
reward for events. 500 gold as it was before this particular
sheriff event is insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Like I mentioned in a recent thread about removing the countdown--not everyone can afford to upgrade their computer at the drop of a hat, and not everyone can afford to pull out their wallet every time a purchase in-game is involved. We realize that, and we respect it.
At the end of the day, even if you can't spend the most money on your block, you're still contributing to the game. This is a player versus player game after all, so everyone counts. Without the player base as a whole, there are a lot less tanks driving around, which results in potentially longer queues and a weaker experience once you're in a battle.
So we're going to continue designing these kinds of events, because it gives someone an opportunity to pick up a garage slot, or some free experience, or to retrain a crew. You might even be able to pick up some premium time, purchase some camouflage or top off the gold needed to buy a premium vehicle. We're fine with that.
Like I mentioned in a recent thread about removing the countdown--not everyone can afford to upgrade their computer at the drop of a hat, and not everyone can afford to pull out their wallet every time a purchase in-game is involved. We realize that, and we respect it.
At the end of the day, even if you can't spend the most money on your block, you're still contributing to the game. This is a player versus player game after all, so everyone counts. Without the player base as a whole, there are a lot less tanks driving around, which results in potentially longer queues and a weaker experience once you're in a battle.
So we're going to continue designing these kinds of events, because it gives someone an opportunity to pick up a garage slot, or some free experience, or to retrain a crew. You might even be able to pick up some premium time, purchase some camouflage or top off the gold needed to buy a premium vehicle. We're fine with that.
Pope_Shizzle, on Dec 28 2012 - 09:52, said: GD, please ignore the voices of the few people who whine about
Sheriff events and listen to the voices of the silent majority who
enjoy them. I ran sheriff accounts the last couple times
they have been active and I had an absolute blast. 95%
of the feedback from the players in game was
positive. The opportunity to get gold for people who
otherwise wouldn't have it is awesome. Run the
numbers. How many battles did the sheriffs run during
the last 3 events? How many total battles were played by
the general player base? Does it really matter that a
few games were played differently? Please ignore the
forum trolls.GeneralDirection:
Who killed the golden goose? Sheriff bonus nerfed.