There’s three sides to this, players, content creators and Gaijin.
Players
The good
More cosmetic options added to the game
The bad
Artificially limited availability on camouflages
Highly inflated prices for game content
Need to purchase GJN to participate, which can’t be refunded, forcing a player to spend money even if they don’t “win” the right to buy
No console availability
Possibility of escalation into more aspects of the game (such as vehicles)
Content Creators
The good
Additional option to get their content into the game
Good pay (possibly)
The bad
Their hard work is limited to obscurity
Bad pay (possibly)
Gaijin
The good
Additional income
Generally high prices
Low effort (since camouflages would be player made)
Possibility to expand past cosmetics
The bad
Limited sales due to limited quantity
Limited target customers due to inflated prices
Limited target customers due to lack of console support
Negative reputation
Overall I’d say other options, such as for example a weekly rotating camouflage store for user camos and seasonal items (such as the profile frame) as a GE based store in the game would be a lot more beneficial to all, so I hope that is considered instead.
But I cannot understand—if the developers are so passionate about the game, why are they making these changes? If these changes in the Auction weren’t made by the developers themselves but were instead ordered from above, I struggle to see how this is can be so black and white. Are there no higher-ups who are as passionate about the game as studios like Arrowhead?
I just don’t get it. There are so many bullet holes in this game that remain unpatched. Wouldn’t better motives and treatment of the community lead to more doubloons? One of the reasons I bought Helldivers 2 was because of the passionate dev team—like the CEO who stepped down to a lower position so a more capable person could take charge.
One of the reasons I haven’t spent more than 40 euros on this game is because it feels untrustworthy. Why are we getting so much copy-paste content? Imagine if, instead of the M26 copy-paste, we got the Rocket T-62. The videos around it would be popular and drive more player to install this game. This just feels like corner-cutting to push content out. I don’t want these SPAA’s.
You spent 144,65GJN on cosmetics, which is perfectly fine if you have the disposable income and feel good about it.
Btw, thanks for sharing the info for what the 3 items were actually sold for.
I think the majority of players thinks that they can get at least 2, maybe more, premium vehicles for that amount of money which help with the grind and give SLs…I’m certainly one of them :)
It only made it so all player pay an equal price, which was selected to be the minimum bid (lowest possible price). That’s a change that’s literally only good for players, and bad for nobody except Gaijin who could’ve made more money off keeping them high.
The message community waited for, but did not receive (yet). When the WT marketing manager will publish its verdict on the auction thing? Will it be the first and the last time we see this anti-consumer feature!?
“Thank you for participating in the Auction testing!”
" we decided to end it" …hopefully forever mate. This idea was awful and should never return. Singlehandedly the most unpopular idea i’ve witnessed since the repair cost increase just prior to a B52 level even on steam.
Can you put in a word for the withdrawal of GJ back into currency. Otherwise this still remains somewhat predatory as money is still received for failed bids.
