Re: (Nutaku) Milenium War Aigis (English Version)
And in the case of the events that are going to be skipped what makes Event X more worthy of being skipped than Event Y? How are those choices going to be made? How are they going to be made without upsetting people? How will the playerbase react when they find out content is being cut from the game so that they can try to make some extra money?
We don't know, and likely never will. From what was stated before by NutakuDev, even they aren't informed of all decisions until they are already made. This is atypical for a "licensed product". It's been seen many times, and it's just the way it is for international business.
I think it was Lafate who said before that we shouldn't spend money for a specific unit, but rather to support Nutaku. Well if they really have no say about these things and are just going to roll over on decisions that impact the NA playerbase in this way then why would I want to support them? Either they refuse to change things or they're unable to change things in which case them getting my money doesn't do a damn thing for my interests as part of the NA playerbase.
Frankly put, I think some of us are being short sighted here. There's too much "I want it now" happening, and its a bit childish. Nutaku and the Dev's are not worried about short term too much, they are showing interest in more of long term gains. Sure they make some short term money grabs, but that's nothing new in a free to play game, it's a fairly standard practice.
How are "we" being short sighted you ask? Consider this scenario:
We get caught up to JP, events and revivals happen as JP gets them. Many of the events people are currently clamoring for have already been done as a revival and are expected to be done so again. Where's our big complaints then? Just because we don't have it "now" doesn't mean we wont get it. We just may not get it the way DMM got it, or at least not in the order they got it. If in two months we miraculously get Cloris's event, where does the complaint go? What grounds do we have to complain about how they are releasing content?
Don't get me wrong, I want free units and free crystals just as much as everyone else, I'm not making excuses for a company, especially one I don't work for. However, I'm also well versed in the back ground of gaming companies and businesses in general to know what they likely will and what they wont do.
Right now the game is still young, we are able to voice our opinions, and that's a great thing as it gives Nutaku the ammo they need to hopefully get some things changed. Some of those changes will go through others wont. I'm simply saying our complaints at this point may be completely unwarranted, as we simply do not know what the intentions are at this time.
Could they be a little more out spoken, have a little more visibility into the plan? You bet, and many of us would like to see it but here's the caveat of that. If they "promise" something, and then for whatever reason can't follow through, there will be WAY more complaints about this than anything we've talked about in the 5k+ posts on this forum. Anyone who has played any reputable MMO, knows this TRUTH, with out a doubt. Most companies are not going to take the "risk" associated as all it does is give them a bad rep, and poor feedback from customers. For non-well funded games, that's a death sentence. So I ask, can we really blame them for keeping us in the dark a bit? The old saying goes, best to ere on the side of caution, and any company in the gaming industry knows the truth of those words.
Here's hoping we do see what we currently miss, but for now I personally am going to with hold judgment until the game has more than a couple months under its belt.
