They can put those skins as “legendary” now ahah.
I hope they introduce them as event instead.
It would be a great opportunity for Gaijin to save face and earn some money from those that GE the tasks
Saw they aren’t gone, but my point still stands
If they want, even pure GE camos or an inexpensive pack are less predatory and might even earn them more money than this simply by more people buying.
Maybe add a “free Abrams” style pack to apologize for the auction. The Abrams pack sold well, this could too.
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Exactly. that is less scummy for the player,s earns them more money and the artists get their work recongized. a win-win-win scenario
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It specifically says in the first sentence this is for “player created content” and players don’t create vehicles so maybe it’s premature to jump to the worst-case (which I agree would be bad) just yet, and evaluate it on the terms they’ve given: “player-created content”, ie skins.
I would be interested to know how much of the cut the creator gets, though, and how it compares to the existing marketplace/box program for them. I do wonder if this is in part because those terms were pretty poor and skin creators were turning them down or turning away.
I guess I just look at this and go, “well this is clearly aimed at the top 1% (of WT spenders) and I will never be in that 1% so it’s not for or about me.” I kinda feel the same way when the government reduces taxes on luxury yachts or whatever. If I’m getting angry at this I’m really just getting angry at inequality and I’m not sure I need that in my life. YMMV.
Yeah if this stays as a way for skin creators/creatives to get paid then I am all for it
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Gaijin, if you want an auction system, then do that with silver lions (yes, less money for you, more fun for us) otherway, keep it like it is now because otherway there will be many bots playing on the auctions. Saw this in mang other games in past years and all ended pretty bad.
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There is no way this “mechanic” can be improved or redeemed.
The sole purpose of auctions is to drive up the price of an item. It only benefits the seller. Meanwhile the buyers fight among themselves in a race to outbid the other.
Maybe it makes sense for rare one of a kind treasures in real life, but this is a video game. These items are nothing but some pixels on a screen.
There is no reason why there should only exist 100x of snake profile frame. You can make as many of these as you’d like! There is a word for this, artificial scarcity.
I think the reception here speaks for itself… nobody likes this!
You would be better served selling these items on the market (which already exists) to a playerbase of several thousands for couple GJN a piece, instead of a handful of whales for extortion money
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That still would be limiting it to a certain amount of people, Not everyone has let’s say 50 million silver lions at hand.
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But, those silver lions would go the the guy that created the auction, maybe someone that need those to increase crew slots or crew expertise, or unlock vehicles
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hate the idea of this immensely.
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Any auction may have a starting price, a bid and buyout price
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No thank you, you can get that idea back onto the drawing board and wipe it away with acid
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Get the hell out of here. Auctions on digital items? Are you serious?
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You have to ask if the seller (the ones that made the skins) would rather have the auction or just sell on the market, yes Gajin 100% make a commission by taking a % of GJN out of circulation but this in theory benefits those that make the skins a lot.
If gaijin goes back on their word of “to distribute player-created content” then yeah it’s a very valid reason to dunk on them but i feel like people are jumping the gun.
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You know gaijin, it will be like the market, 20-30%
Right, But let’s say a new player really wanted a camo or whatever item may come from that silver lion auction. He cannot get it because of his SL balance.
Just because you’re a new player or maybe you have IRL commitments and can’t play much shouldn’t limit you from new and cool things.
This is my personal opinion of course, But changing this test auction to the SL one won’t change much i feel.
You are right, lets say that a new player may have to pay anyway for anything he want 🤣
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Its about as clear as day that players dont even want it added to the game. Its a scummy addition through and through. There’s nothing to constructively criticize. Dont add it is pretty clear feedback.
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