2012-11-06, 04:15 AM
[MENTION=8857]Sephie[/MENTION];
Thing is, it's not that "Nexon still has to make money", they have to make as much money.
All the "compromise" ideas such as cutting out useless lines, going to back to Unique being top tier, limiting stats, etc, will result in reduced cube profits (after all, they're suggested by players not wanting to spend so much).
As for the various changes suggested:
Changing basic game mechanisms is both difficult and prone to unplayability. We know Nexon don't really know how to balance their game or apply their stats. The update to the accuracy formula in BB was bad enough, I really don't trust them to tinker with anything else. And, going again to my first point, they have no reason to.
Ever since BB Nexon has attempted to appeal more to casuals and less to hardcore gamers. The people looking for "challenge" are a tiny minority. Most people like things easy: 1-hittable enemies, low (or no) need for potions, passive buffs you don't need to recast, quick leveling, token bosses. These people also rarely participate in forums for the game, simply because they're not that heavily invested, emotionally, in it. They just play for fun - fun being flashy skills, big damage numbers, and lots of dead monsters and shiny loot. This is why they are under-represented in Southperry. Nexon gives them what they want, plus the opportunity to gamble their NX for bigger and bigger numbers, and they buy it. All is good in Nexon's world. Why would they change anything?
Yes, your ideas are more "realistic" than some others offered here. Just as Ron Paul being written in for President is more realistic than Bugs Bunny getting the job. Still doesn't make it more than a pipe dream.
Thing is, it's not that "Nexon still has to make money", they have to make as much money.
All the "compromise" ideas such as cutting out useless lines, going to back to Unique being top tier, limiting stats, etc, will result in reduced cube profits (after all, they're suggested by players not wanting to spend so much).
As for the various changes suggested:
Changing basic game mechanisms is both difficult and prone to unplayability. We know Nexon don't really know how to balance their game or apply their stats. The update to the accuracy formula in BB was bad enough, I really don't trust them to tinker with anything else. And, going again to my first point, they have no reason to.
Ever since BB Nexon has attempted to appeal more to casuals and less to hardcore gamers. The people looking for "challenge" are a tiny minority. Most people like things easy: 1-hittable enemies, low (or no) need for potions, passive buffs you don't need to recast, quick leveling, token bosses. These people also rarely participate in forums for the game, simply because they're not that heavily invested, emotionally, in it. They just play for fun - fun being flashy skills, big damage numbers, and lots of dead monsters and shiny loot. This is why they are under-represented in Southperry. Nexon gives them what they want, plus the opportunity to gamble their NX for bigger and bigger numbers, and they buy it. All is good in Nexon's world. Why would they change anything?
Yes, your ideas are more "realistic" than some others offered here. Just as Ron Paul being written in for President is more realistic than Bugs Bunny getting the job. Still doesn't make it more than a pipe dream.