YunoGasaiYandere Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I know. This game heavily depends on RNG loot boxes. Actually I have nothing against system. Developers of game needs to earn money somehow. But, I recently noticed that Belgium banned RNG boxes and asks them to be removed from game. They treat it as gambling. Can't agree to that. You always get something from box. Still, it won't change their mind. What I'm worrying about is more countries following this trend. What happens if EU publishes law which bans gambling and loot boxes. What if after that US follows it. NC Soft would lose tons of money. That would possibly lead to game being closed. Sure this game full of bugs and can be frustrating sometimes. Some of us are ranting that game is dying. Or that game become bad. Still, many, I'd say most of us wishes for this game to live. We don't want it to die. So what to do. How to prevent loot boxes from being treated as gambling? Add % values to drop rates? Nope. Still bad idea. It's still gambling. Rewards aren't guaranteed. Only solution would be make rewards guaranteed. Sure, you can say: "it's nonsense. Everyone and everyone's granny will be able to get gilded gems easily. Actually..they wouldn't. You see, the idea I'm suggesting is simple. % chance= amount boxes to open. In example if something has 5% drop rate in new system you'd need to buy 20 boxes to get it. Basically each box would have same guaranteed low tier rewards like materials and stuff. But, you'd get lets say 2x transformation stones upon opening 5 boxes, at 10 boxes outfit, at 25 premium stone, at 200 gilded gem and so on. Basically similar to trove system which allows you to choose extra reward at some milestone. Extra reward could come as extra chest which when opened lets allow you to choose one of few rewards. NC Soft would still earn money. Lots of them. People would exactly know how much of boxes they need to open to get thing they like. Oh and few more things: Jackpots would remain the same since they are free. Its not a gambling if you pay nothing. all RNG chest could be bought only with NC Coin there would be no RNG chests for hongmoon coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Intent Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Some people buy 200 boxes and don't get what they want. And this is why nc won't change it. Those people are not buying 20 boxes, they are buying 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amokk Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Just put Items in the Shop for X dollars. No RNG, no gambling. Easy as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YunoGasaiYandere Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 16 minutes ago, Deadly Intent said: Some people buy 200 boxes and don't get what they want. And this is why nc won't change it. Those people are not buying 20 boxes, they are buying 200. And that's gambling. If EU decides to follow Belgium and ban gambling. what do you think will happen to their income? I mean..Belgium already banned RNG boxes and they rea removed from game. Still its not big deal for NC Soft. Its just one country. But what if whole EU will follow it? What if US joins after that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YunoGasaiYandere Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, amokk said: Just put Items in the Shop for X dollars. No RNG, no gambling. Easy as that. Or just sell things for NC Coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimoir Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 3 hours ago, YunoGasaiYandere said: And that's gambling. If EU decides to follow Belgium and ban gambling. what do you think will happen to their income? I mean..Belgium already banned RNG boxes and they rea removed from game. Still its not big deal for NC Soft. Its just one country. But what if whole EU will follow it? What if US joins after that too? Thats not gambling thats people being stupid. You cannot buy a rng box with the expectation of getting what you WANT, because thats not the purpose of it. they shouldnt have to ban the boxes but enforce better control on parents for their kids that play the game. Adults are more than capable to take a decision to buy or not buy. also belgiums decision was submitted to the European Parlament of EU, as it violates certain rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fufia Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Do not worry too much about it. It will take a long time for something like this to be adopted across the EU. all countries have very different laws and they are not required to adopt the same laws. France was one of the first to show up against this. Ubisoft has a lot of power and makes lots of Money. So yea France will do everything to not adopt these laws. 5 hours ago, Grimoir said: Adults are more than capable to take a decision to buy or not buy. The thing about gambling is because it is addictive. addiction is a disease. What are you saying? 5 hours ago, Grimoir said: You cannot buy a rng box with the expectation of getting what you WANT, because thats not the purpose of it you are right. The purpose of it is get ppl addicted so ppl spend more $$ 5 hours ago, Grimoir said: they shouldnt have to ban the boxes but enforce better control on parents for their kids that play the game I agree that parents these days do not want responsibilities and are often the only ones to blame. But in this case first you have to regulate all this. When gaming companies have the same rules/laws as a casino or online betting sites Then you can blame the parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granger Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 vor 9 Stunden schrieb YunoGasaiYandere: NC Soft would lose tons of money. That would possibly lead to game being closed. Not because the game would be making a loss though. RNG boxes exist because of greed, not because of neccessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amokk Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Grimoir said: Thats not gambling thats people being stupid. You cannot buy a rng box with the expectation of getting what you WANT, because thats not the purpose of it. they shouldnt have to ban the boxes but enforce better control on parents for their kids that play the game. Adults are more than capable to take a decision to buy or not buy. also belgiums decision was submitted to the European Parlament of EU, as it violates certain rights. Oh boy. I mostly agree with your posts, but this one right here makes you look like a complete ignorant. RNG Boxes and Trove are gambling. Simple as that. It's also not just because of the kids that buy those boxes or trove. Gambling is addictive, not just for kids - for everyone. It always depends on the mental state - some people just have a personality that are easily addicted, no matter if kid or adult. Alcohol, drugs... you name it, same ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤. They give you a short "high" (like gambling) and you keep coming back to it. Also, just because it was apparently submitted to the EU Parlament because it "violates certain rights" doesn't mean it's a wrong course. Quality of games have declined over the last decade(s) and they get more freakin money through these microtransactions than ever. This is the wrong course for the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YunoGasaiYandere Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Granger said: Not because the game would be making a loss though. RNG boxes exist because of greed, not because of neccessity. For games like wow it would be pure greed. Simply because they earn money via monthly fee plus expansions. Everyone who plays game pays that. That's guaranteed income. Games like blade and soul..you can play them without spending a cent. without buying anything from store with NC coins. buying only with hongmoon coins. NC soft from such people earns absolute zero $. But game needs to survive. Needs for new content come out. Money are needed. Not everyone buys subscription, not everyone buy outfits from store too. even if they do its one time purchase, very few buy same outfit more than once. RNG boxes..they are despicable thing, but thanks to them game is still alive. How do you think whales who spend up tons of $$$ end up being with almost endgame gear in like 3 days with new class. answer is simple: RNG boxes. They spend thousands upon thousands of $$$ to buy tons of boxes. We casual players are nothing..our 20-50$/month has very little impact on game. But whales and their thousands of $$$ is what keeps this game funded. Without RNG boxes there would be no whales, game couldn't survive on mere 50000-100000$/month income..if not less. And even if we did we wouldn't get any game updates, no new content. Just stuck in time with no progression where everyone has maxed gear and community is even more toxic, than it is now. Sure there are some greed in those. But don't forget that free to play must survive somehow..they must get money from somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chara Dreemurr Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 26.02.2019 at 9:33 AM, amokk said: Oh boy. I mostly agree with your posts, but this one right here makes you look like a complete ignorant. RNG Boxes and Trove are gambling. Simple as that. It's also not just because of the kids that buy those boxes or trove. Gambling is addictive, not just for kids - for everyone. It always depends on the mental state - some people just have a personality that are easily addicted, no matter if kid or adult. Alcohol, drugs... you name it, same ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤. They give you a short "high" (like gambling) and you keep coming back to it. Also, just because it was apparently submitted to the EU Parlament because it "violates certain rights" doesn't mean it's a wrong course. Quality of games have declined over the last decade(s) and they get more freakin money through these microtransactions than ever. This is the wrong course for the industry. This is stupid. Comparing buying RNG boxes in games to alcohol and drugs which are actual substances that alter how your brain works. This is a wrong course. You cannot and should not regulate stupidity away. If some people decide, by their own free will, to waste all their money on RNG pixels in some game, then they should be free to do it. They should be free to suffer the consequences as well. Also, what about the people who are actually responsible and don't waste all their money on RNG stuff? You are not letting them buy these things, just because some other person may be irresponsible. This is honestly like banning fast-food because some people cannot control themselves and become morbidly obese. Would you really like to live in the kind of world where your freedoms are denied because some irresponsible people can bring harm upon themselves if they weren't denied these freedoms? The one thing I do agree with from your post is that the quality of games has indeed been declining, partly because of greedy companies. However, the solution to this MUST NOT imply restricting people's choices. For instance, I would not be opposed to higher taxes on RNG boxes or some other ways of them being discouraged, so game developers still have the incentive to find better ways of making a profit while players don't have a choice taken away from them by a third party such as the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amokk Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 35 minutes ago, Chara Dreemurr said: This is stupid. Comparing buying RNG boxes in games to alcohol and drugs which are actual substances that alter how your brain works. This is a wrong course. You cannot and should not regulate stupidity away. If some people decide, by their own free will, to waste all their money on RNG pixels in some game, then they should be free to do it. They should be free to suffer the consequences as well. Also, what about the people who are actually responsible and don't waste all their money on RNG stuff? You are not letting them buy these things, just because some other person may be irresponsible. This is honestly like banning fast-food because some people cannot control themselves and become morbidly obese. Would you really like to live in the kind of world where your freedoms are denied because some irresponsible people can bring harm upon themselves if they weren't denied these freedoms? Addiction in any form is a disease. You can get "high" (dopamin rush) from gambling (many drugs work in the same way) - of course it differs from person to person. Also, I never said it should be banned - gambling in generell IS NOT BANNED, there are Casinos/betting sites all over the world, but it's regulated. If NC doesn't want to implement these rules.. then yea, no RNG boxes for you, rightfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkFy Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 When people act like rng boxes aren't gambling And in fact, online gambling IS banned in many places, cause it's hard to check them... unlike normal casino's who have to follow very strict rules on payout rates.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amokk Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 4 hours ago, SkFy said: And in fact, online gambling IS banned in many places, cause it's hard to check them... unlike normal casino's who have to follow very strict rules on payout rates.. Thats simply because these companys dont want to make their code "public". In case of NCSoft and Belgium, they could have done the same as Valve did in CSGO/Dota2, but were too lazy/maybe not worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockUndead Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 8:23 PM, Grimoir said: Thats not gambling thats people being stupid. You cannot buy a rng box with the expectation of getting what you WANT, because thats not the purpose of it. OFC ITS GAMBLING ??? Look up the damn definition dude. How can you be this blind to this stuff, seriously ? Gambling : take risky action in the hope of a desired result. Thats 100% undeniably gambling. Yes people are being stupid, that doesnt justify NC for abusing this stupidity. Gambling is a real threat and abusing it should have consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavTH Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 no rng boxes or trove, who cares? nobody exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YunoGasaiYandere Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, RavTH said: no rng boxes or trove, who cares? nobody exactly. who cares? everyone. Everyone who's smart enough to realize that most income are made exactly via trove and RNG boxes. That without those things game would earn very little money..maybe would be forced to shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavTH Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, YunoGasaiYandere said: maybe would be forced to shutdown. you realize that this is happening already right? Slowly losing players as we speak... yep. BnS is a very good mmo with big potential it just needs less of that Trove Gear or Kick or 6v6 1hit simulator, no infact remove that it's not needed in the game. When the BT Raid arrived the population already decreased by a lot due to being not Rewarding whenever you spend hours and hours of wipes and get nothing for it but disappointment rage and enemies. Not even going even futher back to the first ever trove released when SFM content released first that's where Players started to leave, why? Day 1 Someone 200 keys trove ez ez ez Stage 10 Breeze and Accessories. Already people saw like how would that be fair to others that grind their way there? No, ok they leave the game then. I can go on to mention where the players decreased and increased. Oh they only increased for about a week or month and then go back down or even lower due to rework of skills, new classes, events or system changes that some people find it very unfair and Fair? *cough* *cough* ToI Venture Tokens removal. *cough* *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexaByte Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 25/02/2019 at 5:07 PM, YunoGasaiYandere said: And that's gambling. If EU decides to follow Belgium and ban gambling. what do you think will happen to their income? I mean..Belgium already banned RNG boxes and they rea removed from game. Still its not big deal for NC Soft. Its just one country. But what if whole EU will follow it? What if US joins after that too? Easy just remove rng box to be bough from F10 with ncoins ( aka $$$ ) and put them on the hongmoon coins tab (aka ingame currency) and let F9 do its job .... get $$$ press F9 and buy gold than press F9 again and buy hmcoins and goodluck with ur gambling.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 every trove i spend 1500+keys and i didnt get any dayd xD rng? lol even last trove i asked the support they said oh it works fine so means im just unlucky every trove? plus rng boxs never drops something good~ only some few ppl with few keys get lucky sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YunoGasaiYandere Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 9:53 PM, HexaByte said: Easy just remove rng box to be bough from F10 with ncoins ( aka $$$ ) and put them on the hongmoon coins tab (aka ingame currency) and let F9 do its job .... get $$$ press F9 and buy gold than press F9 again and buy hmcoins and goodluck with ur gambling.... That could work tbh :) with gambling laws its either my idea or yours :) So lets hope gambling laws will never become like in Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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