Fiur wrote:
things like stretching updates 6-8 months apart and releasing a huge amount of BS on how monsters will be nerfed is not only an exploit on people playing buy is also an attempt to get people who were once addicted and have left the game to come back in hopes of finally completing their game.
If this were the case, no MMOs would exist. There is no "completion" of online games like this with a strong community focus. What makes cigarettes and tobacco addicting? Nicotine. What remains in cigarettes and tobacco to this day? Nicotine. This is probably a bad example because cigarette companies have been sued numerous of times but I still think it gets my point accross which is, you can't sue because you made a concious decision to try the [legal] product.
Fiur wrote:
All i know is that SE can be sued for quite a few things and as silly as it may sound, technically you and I can sue SE for stealing the time of our life that they kept us addicted.
That actually sounds beyond silly. MMOs would cease to exist if courts allowed exploits like that. Do you know how many people would play MMOs for a get rich quick scheme if they werent protected? And besides, SE is a Japanese company so you would have to sue them in Japa under their court of laws. If anything you could probably sue the NA publishing company representing SE, but not SE directly.
Fiur wrote:
They were most probably trying to back themselves up for a lawsuit on that aspect and on the grounds of exploitation of the addiction of a populus or fishing in the public or players population to hand on just a few more months when the next update comes along and offers a bunch more new shit to keep you hooks til the next promise or update etc etc.
There is an option to cancel your account at any time. No one is forcing you to play except yourself. That's the problem with 95% of Americans, we don't take personal responsibility for anything. It's always someone else's fault and we are ALWAYS the victim (see below).
Fiur wrote:
it actually can be traced to a repeating cycle if you look back lol try it out you will actually have a good laugh and realize that "oh shit im a victim of their marketting or BS lol"
Victim card, there you are! We weren't a victim of anything. We know the cycle and we know it well. 5 years well. I, and many others, play this game because I/we enjoy it, not because of promises to come. Sure updates are a bonus, but it's not what keeps people playing. It's the strong community/friends that do.