2015-08-14, 02:37 AM
Silver Wrote:I did say lower the cap AND adjust monster HP accordingly. I don't think capping players will care all that much if the cap decreases but monster HP also decreases by similar proportion. Also in a way some paying players will get upset if you add more free ways to upgrade your gear because, had they known stuff like that will come out, they won't have to pay as much to hit cap if the cap stays at 50m.
It doesn't matter if you add free ways to upgrade gear later on, because the people hitting cap are already hitting cap. Your premise that it would upset them assumes that these people are frugal, that they meticulously keep track of their finances so they can just barely hit cap and then they stop, so that they'd care if they could've done it for cheaper if they had just waited. While there are certainly people like that, most of the people at the top are not. Money is a blunt object, they throw money at the game until they get what they want. If they could do it for cheaper, great, but if they can't, they'll just spend more. They aren't just paying to get to the top, but to get to the top as fast as possible. It's somewhat like early adopters with electronics. They'll throw down a ton of money, even though eventually it'll probably be cheaper, just for the privilege of having it, and having it before other people.
On the other hand, if one day you paid a dollar for a candy bar and then the next day you paid the same amount for half the candy bar, you'd probably feel gipped, regardless of whether or not you still needed a whole candy bar or if half was sufficient. It feels pretty bad when something is taken away from you, even if it's clear that things really haven't changed.
I spent quite a bit to be able to solo CRA, and just barely, so when they nerfed Paladins, a bit more to regain the ability. The fact that Star Force makes it cheaper to get stronger barely crosses my mind, in fact, Star Force was one of the major factors in me being able to solo CRA again, compared to the thoughts of "Man, if they didn't nerf me, I'd be doing twice as much damage now". My thoughts on it are literally, with the same amount of money, I could've been capping. That bothers me a lot more than the fact that I can basically do everything I used to do before.