I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating (Gaming)
by SonofMacPhisto 
, Thursday, August 25, 2016, 10:16 (3012 days ago) @ ZackDark
If Raga's articles are to be believed, buying Praxis is basically just paying to cheat over the game, as opposed to paying to play a fair game when it is more punishing than acceptable without it.
The original Deus Ex had several ways to cheat XP points and items built into the game (you might call them bugs, but IIRC we had lots of discussions about cheesing Crota and how it was legitimate since it was built into the game), so cheating is arguably not something new to the series.
But you're paying real, actual real life money to do it. Money that could be used for infinitely more useful things. In a way, Square Enix is on the same level as bullshit financial planners and bankers that create bubbles out of their convoluted financial schemes.
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- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-24, 20:22
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- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 21:10
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-24, 21:25
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 23:01
- He's not supporting the point of views themselves
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ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 23:13
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 01:19
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 03:50
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:07
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:24
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:34
- I hadn't even considered that. Ugh. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:37
- I hadn't even considered that. Ugh.
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 10:50
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:03
- A good series ruined -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:08
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:17
- Yeah, just too many variables -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:28
- Yeah, just too many variables -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- And I am enjoying the hell out of the coffee! -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- And I am enjoying the hell out of the coffee!
- Yeah, just too many variables -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- Yeah, just too many variables -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:28
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:17
- A good series ruined -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:08
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:03
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ could have either outcome - kidtsunami, 2016-08-25, 11:05
- A good series ruined - Ragashingo, 2016-08-25, 15:01
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:34
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 10:44
- A good series ruined - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-08-25, 10:52
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:24
- A good series ruined -
Schedonnardus,
2016-08-25, 13:06
- A good series ruined - MacAddictXIV, 2016-08-25, 13:22
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 13:24
- A good series ruined - Schedonnardus, 2016-08-25, 16:50
- A good series ruined - kidtsunami, 2016-08-25, 13:28
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:07
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 03:50
- He's not supporting the point of views themselves
- Voting with your wallet - Blackt1g3r, 2016-08-25, 12:41
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 23:01
- Well, that does change everything -
ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 21:50
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
someotherguy,
2016-08-24, 22:01
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 22:09
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Avocado *IMG* - Pyromancy, 2016-08-25, 03:37
- Shh, nobody saw that - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 10:27
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate - Korny, 2016-08-24, 22:32
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 22:43
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:16
- Hey, I also spent real money buying a GameShark -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 14:22
- i just received a huge blast of nostalgia. Gameshark. Wow. -
TheeChaos,
2016-08-25, 20:00
- i just received a huge blast of nostalgia. Gameshark. Wow.
- Hey, I also spent real money buying a GameShark
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 10:28
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:16
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 22:09
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
someotherguy,
2016-08-24, 22:01
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-24, 21:25
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 21:56
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:35
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:41
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:20
- I've never bought the "options" argument - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 12:52
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:20
- A good series ruined - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 17:37
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:41
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:35
- Sold. -
Korny,
2016-08-24, 22:21
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:11
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:40
- A good series ruined -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 13:04
- A good series ruined - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 13:10
- That market is too crowded. - cheapLEY, 2016-08-25, 14:11
- Talks like these make me worry -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 14:28
- God, please. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:10
- But then what would Cody play? -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 15:36
- Probably Deus Ex -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:51
- Nah, he'll be too busy with Maya. -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 17:40
- Nah, he'll be too busy with Maya.
- Probably Deus Ex
- +1 -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 17:42
- +100 unfinished games. A few years to catch up sounds good. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 20:34
- +1 - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 20:47
- +100 unfinished games. A few years to catch up sounds good.
- God, please. -
Kahzgul,
2016-08-25, 20:00
- God, please. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 20:23
- God, please. -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 20:42
- God, please. -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 03:34
- God, please. - Kermit, 2016-08-26, 06:30
- Additional developments in thoughts -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-26, 12:35
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 13:36
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach -
ZackDark,
2016-08-26, 14:28
- Yeah, i'm much happier with the REQ system at the moment -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-26, 15:45
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach - Avateur, 2016-08-26, 19:27
- Yeah, i'm much happier with the REQ system at the moment
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach -
ZackDark,
2016-08-26, 14:28
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Kermit,
2016-08-26, 14:21
- Additional developments in thoughts - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-08-26, 15:15
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 13:36
- God, please. -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 03:34
- God, please. -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 20:42
- God, please. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 20:23
- But then what would Cody play? -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 15:36
- ET didn't cause the crash - dogcow, 2016-08-25, 17:40
- The sooner, the better - Avateur, 2016-08-26, 03:26
- God, please. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:10
- A good series ruined -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 13:04
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:40
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 21:10