Very well written indeed! Another thing that can potentially perturb gamers is the addition of "Must have" DLC to finish the game or reach a higher level and get better gear, hell even both of those at once!
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That's a problem... I want to talk about DLCs in one of my future posts (part of that post is already written but I need more research).... It's very bad for a DLC to be must have.... DLC should be a reward for players who invest in the game
But I don't think DLCs that do this (and only this) are bad, most players won't want that special gear so it make sense to not release it with the game but give it to players who invest much of their time and money in it. the only time I disagree with this type of DLC is when the game is multiplayer... and that special gear make who bought it stronger than those who didn't.... then I'm against that because it is a Pay2Win scheme.
when you think of how much developing one game costs these days, you'll see that having a DLC in necessary (developing games was less costly 10 years ago, that's why DLC-free $20-40 AAA game was profitable for companies).... The problem happens when the DLC is used to get money from poor players who won't need it, but the developers added cheap ways to make it sell.
I was meaning as it being a multiplayer online game, sorry I forgot to mention that
Ah... I don't know about Multiplayer... the thing is. if that game is not a free-to-play that depends on microtransactions only to pay for its server (I don't like these as)... they need other ways to get money from players to pay the server cost...
a 'Must Have' DLC may be a problem but for online game it can be the best possible option.
Many Online games servers shut-down because the Company developed it can't maintain the server with the little money they get anymore... will you rather pay of a DLC? or watch the game you love die?
well, that's what I think....
Very good point there