The problem with the RNG store is that it is NOT pay to win, at all, at all, at all. The poor odds of getting ANYTHING useful at all is why I would never spend a single penny there. And this is from someone who has all the story DLC, all the weapon DLC, and even one of the alternate appearance packs.
One play-through I had EMS of over 9000. Same crappy ending. People with EMS over 20000. Same crappy ending. If you played a ton of MP and promoted to get EMS 100000? Same crappy ending. You'd think the last one you could refuse and win.
Pfft! I had 9999999999999999999 credits in ME1 and couldn't buy my own private fleet/army to stop Saren.
I mean... what crap, right?
Pfft! I had 9999999999999999999 credits in ME1 and couldn't buy my own private fleet/army to stop Saren.
I mean... what crap, right?
The amount of cash you can generate in ME1 is hilarious, even in the first playthrough.
Immersion in the game? There's supposedly a war going on across the galaxy and I guess they were hoping to show that with multiplayer. Take a hotspot and defend it or suffer the consequences. Lose too many valuable resources and you lose the war.
Except that it broke the lore yet again by having alien N7 operatives by the boatload and gave us things like reformed Collectors.
The amount of cash you can generate in ME1 is hilarious, even in the first playthrough.
I remember reading a fanfic of ME2 that had TiM paying Shepard from Shepard's own seized accounts. Though that was a nice touch. Multi-millionaire Shepard from ME1 now only gets an allowance from Daddy.
The problem with the RNG store is that it is NOT pay to win, at all, at all, at all. The poor odds of getting ANYTHING useful at all is why I would never spend a single penny there. And this is from someone who has all the story DLC, all the weapon DLC, and even one of the alternate appearance packs.
It's kind of like gambling though, it isn't a 100% rational decision.
The amount of cash you can generate in ME1 is hilarious, even in the first playthrough.
You could make the argument that the asset scoring is dependent on how well they boost the galaxy's morale, in which case a handful of rock-star soldiers could contribute more than random ships or materials. But yeah, still borked.
The way I understood it, they are liberating strategic points. Fuel depots, communication arrays... stuff like that. You know, galaxy readiness. Hard to fight a war without fuel for ships or not knowing what's waiting for you on the battlefield.
Except that it broke the lore yet again by having alien N7 operatives by the boatload and gave us things like reformed Collectors.
Nobody ever said they thought this through 
And Hackett does say they are calling themselves N7, but not all of them actually are N7.
Wait.... so you think that MP should have been even more important than it was?
We kept getting these messages at 100% readiness that we had stalled the reapers and were winning in key areas. These MP Events where we'd push back the reapers in a major offensive. This stuff led to things like Puzzle Theory where if we bought all of the DLC with the final DLC we'd get to refuse and kick the reapers in the daddy bags.
What a load of horse crap!
The way I understood it, they are liberating strategic points. Fuel depots, communication arrays... stuff like that. You know, galaxy readiness. Hard to fight a war without fuel for ships or not knowing what's waiting for you on the battlefield.
You know, in all my time playing MP I have never once NOT left the target overrun by the enemy.
I remember reading a fanfic of ME2 that had TiM paying Shepard from Shepard's own seized accounts. Though that was a nice touch. Multi-millionaire Shepard from ME1 now only gets an allowance from Daddy.
You by chance have link to that story? I came up with similar idea, but I'd love to see what others came up with 
Also...
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You by chance have link to that story? I came up with similar idea, but I'd love to see what others came up with
Also...
Sure thing, only it's mostly a Shepard-Tali romance fanfic (Pg-13) about a post CB independent Normandy crew. Now I really like the Tali romance, but damnnn.
http://fanfiction.net/s/6009619
Sure thing, only it's mostly a Shepard-Tali romance fanfic (Pg-13) about a post CB independent Normandy crew. Now I really like the Tali romance, but damnnn.
Yeah, ok... thanks for the effort, but Tali really doesn't appeal to me, so I guess I'll skip it after all. I was hoping for more of a one-shot kind of thingy, but maybe some other time.
Still, thanks for trying
Yeah, ok... thanks for the effort, but Tali really doesn't appeal to me, so I guess I'll skip it after all. I was hoping for more of a one-shot kind of thingy, but maybe some other time.
Still, thanks for trying
No worries. That story goes on and on, I never finished it myself. I happened to still have the bookmark in my phone's browser. The level of Tali worship in it was almost enough to put me off, and I love Tali's character. Still, as fanfics go it was better written than most and had some good ideas and scenes.
It's kind of like gambling though, it isn't a 100% rational decision.
Intermittent reinforcement, right.Keeps people hitting those levers for the rat chow.
We kept getting these messages at 100% readiness that we had stalled the reapers and were winning in key areas. These MP Events where we'd push back the reapers in a major offensive. This stuff led to things like Puzzle Theory where if we bought all of the DLC with the final DLC we'd get to refuse and kick the reapers in the daddy bags.
What a load of horse crap!
Makes me even more glad that I never bothered with MP.
Intermittent reinforcement, right.Keeps people hitting those levers for the rat chow.
Like slot machines.
Yes, exactly.
IIRC, this response is thought to be pro-survival in nature because it keeps you performing behaviors that are rewarding even when they don't pay off consistently. Slot machines and so forth attach this drive to non-productive behaviors.
Does this mean I am a freak of nature because I don't play the slots or lottery?
Does this mean I am a freak of nature because I don't play the slots or lottery?
"Farmers" seem to be the exact opposite of "whales" though. Farmers are trying to earn in-game credits to get higher level gear, while whales want to short-circuit the whole time spent in-game and get right to the high level guns/etc. So, having someone addicted to MP who then goes on to farm is not going to get you any earnings. (I've done some farming myself.)
You have someone playing the game for a long time, which is a lot better than someone who uninstalls the game after beating the campaign once when it comes to selling DLC, merchandise, the sequel, etc.
This is the reason I utterly despise MMORPGs and Diablo, by the way
You could also bump your assets just high enough with the Infiltrator game, too, if I recall correctly.
I tried it. It still didn't work to get High EMS destroy.
Does this mean I am a freak of nature because I don't play the slots or lottery?
You could get Synthesis without MP. It was difficult to get the destroy breath scene, though, unless you played MP
This.
You have someone playing the game for a long time, which is a lot better than someone who uninstalls the game after beating the campaign once when it comes to selling DLC, merchandise, the sequel, etc.
This is the reason I utterly despise MMORPGs and Diablo, by the way
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