tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post6078918726294063991..comments2023-05-06T01:46:51.326-07:00Comments on Bright Cape Gamer: El Diablo the secondSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-51393235121536614352011-05-10T15:39:51.712-07:002011-05-10T15:39:51.712-07:00The thing is that D2 has two things that really en...The thing is that D2 has two things that really encourage spending money on it: First, there is a serious price ceiling. Once you buy a full set of the best gear you can't go up from there and the full set isn't that expensive. It isn't like if you spend $100 on gear and I spent $1000 on gear that I will just crush you - I would have almost no advantage.<br /><br />The second thing is that there are really interesting, hard parts of the game that are out of reach without buying gear. You can't make any serious attempt at Uber Tristram without buying gear most likely - you are stuck doing the normal game. When certain content is locked out until you spend enough money there is a big incentive to spend that money to see the whole game.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-91698065405631846042011-05-10T14:17:33.040-07:002011-05-10T14:17:33.040-07:00Sky's previous post was about "Gaming Ach...Sky's previous post was about "Gaming Achievements". I can't respect an achievement such as "spent the most $$$ on this game" (there are many online games where spending $1,000 is winning). For me it is fun to work at a game and watch numbers get bigger... but it would not bring me any satisfaction to pay $$$ to see my numbers in the game get a big jump,because then the game becomes about who is willing to spend the most.David Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898167549516763505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-23333559353873343562011-05-10T13:57:42.083-07:002011-05-10T13:57:42.083-07:00That the game is full of people with hacked items ...That the game is full of people with hacked items is more incentive for people to buy hacked gear, not less. It's very unlikely Blizzard would ban you for having it so there's little risk of losing your money. You get to have fun with awesome stuff in the meantime. I paid $50 for a copy of D2 a couple years ago. Is it actually that unreasonable to pay another $30 to save months or years of farming time to get some good gear?<br /><br />Personally I wouldn't because I think allowing money spent to be an influence on success in a game is terrible and don't want to do anything to encourage that practice. (Makes you wonder about playing M:tG though, huh?)Ziggynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-78657686457349983522011-05-10T12:06:52.791-07:002011-05-10T12:06:52.791-07:00You might think that Dave, but the sites are still...You might think that Dave, but the sites are still up there and the bots are still constantly spamming. They wouldn't bother doing it if there wasn't money to be made.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-35779075055225973962011-05-10T11:38:28.017-07:002011-05-10T11:38:28.017-07:00I have trouble imagining that many people would pa...I have trouble imagining that many people would pay $30 for gear from hackers in a game that is 12 years old and that is full people with hacked items. Though maybe I have just always been too poor that I don't understand paying $30 to have a better character in a video game. Shouldn't the number of buyers dry up so that Spambot characters selling hacked items would not be worth the spammers time?David Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898167549516763505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-85087804738663054752011-05-10T10:07:41.488-07:002011-05-10T10:07:41.488-07:00I'm playing offline. At this point, I can'...I'm playing offline. At this point, I can't see any advantage to interacting with other people in the game.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.com