Dunno who is the player behind it, but I kinda agree with many points.
An interesting read, to be sure. I just hope that people reading the rant remember that decisions made by upper management (regarding things such as marketing, commercial relations and funding, which are probably dictated to some extent by Tencent) aren’t necessarily mirrored by the staff that we get to interact with. The programmers, artists, community managers etc. are just people like the rest of us trying to pay their bills and feed their families. I have enormous respect for them, who’ve worked to continue bring us so much joy from the game! I just wish the company itself would show that it’s giving the game the same love.
That said, Daimon Kiyota told me where I’m going next, and I’ll hold him to it! 
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I guess one upside of Funcom never shutting down their MMOs is that we’ll still be relitigating this nonsense when the sun swallows the earth 
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If there’s any justice, this will happen before the end of the year.
Maybe it already happened…
interesting to read
an intresting read for sure
Got a version viewable for peeps without twit accounts?
how i only know a version of downoading twitter videos called Twittersave without installing the app not viewing without Accounts
There’s a clear timeline that shows how each game gets milked as Funcom is moving to the next. TSW just got the same as every other game has/is going to get.
Anarchy Online: 2001
Advertising in Anarchy Online for free players: 2004
Real money shop in Anarchy Online: 2008 - cashing in just before…
Age of Conan: June 2008
AoC Unchained plus predatory cash shop: 2011 - they were cashing in before…
2012: The Secret World
2017: Secret World Legends re-release with predatory cash shop - cashing in before…
2018: Conan Exiles
Late 2022: Conan Exiles introduces a premium battle pass and a predatory in game shop, before…
Some time 2024: Dune Awakening
Predicting Dune Awakening gets 4-5 years before some move towards predatory monetisation. Next game 1-2 years after that. And so on and so on.