Thursday, April 12, 2012

Understanding People

I'm playing Star Wars.

They released an update to the game, I made a post about how I think they did something stupid - basically, they had a passive, sub-leveling system called Legacy.  They activated some of the stuff in Legacy - but the prices for the things are about 2-3 times greater than what most people can currently afford.  After 4 months of playing only about 1% of the player population can afford EVERYTHING they released...  I pointed out that the cost of the perks are so ridiculously high that there's not actually any point in having a Legacy sub-leveling system, that costs are going to determine what people buy... This was one of the responses to my post:


I don't think you're supposed to buy everything on the first day it releases, they are items you put some effort into getting not handouts.

Yes, they are post 50 content, the whole Legacy system is designed to be something your main, likely already a 50, can share with other characters you create.


Sometimes you gotta spell this stuff out for people *rolling eyes*

So.  This kind of asinine, childish, bull shit has been going on my entire life.  I don't really care what people have to say about my ideas, its their INTENT that pisses me off.  I can agree or disagree with logic, I can counterpoint arguments, but when someone says something along the lines of:

Sometimes you gotta spell this stuff out for people *rolling eyes*

... like I'm a fucking whiny moron, THAT pisses me off.  That's a personal attack, that's someone who's trying to garner support against an idea through trying to make me look stupid, NOT by providing a valid/logical/reasonable argument.


FUCK PEOPLE LIKE THIS. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=403020

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"I don't think you're supposed to buy everything on the first day it releases, they are items you put some effort into getting not handouts."
 -Yes, but the game is 4-5 months old and very few people can afford to purchase most of the released perks.  Casual players will be spending YEARS trying to buy these things, which is just stupid.  As I said earlier, cost determines what you can buy, so what the fuck is the purpose of an entire sub-leveling system?

They could have done something cool - like allow you to accumulate "Legacy points" after you reach 25, for each legacy level you gain after 25.  These could be spent to purchase the perks FREE OF CHARGE.  Instead, it's just an over-inflated clusterfuck.
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People wonder why I don't bother talking much or why I don't want a lot of relationships with other people.  This is why.  It's the snide, heartless comments that I get bombarded with.  These aren't statements of endearment, they're mindless insults meant to make me look stupid & ostracize me, and I'm someone who just doesn't want to put up with it.


The internet is a breeding ground for people who "look tough".  Someone griping about the difficulty of a game?  Just start insulting them and someone else is likely to join in.  Disagree with your politics?  Start insulting them.  Comradery at it's finest.  Debate & argument have no meaning anymore, it's who knows more "Your momma so fat" jokes.  In politics its who can make the more stupid sound catch-phrase -- ObamaCare, etc.

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