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Was just watching Raxx's video where I first heard this.

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[–] finishsneezing@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Too many people just accept it. Maybe due to an apparent lack of alternatives, fomo and some sort of sunk cost fallacy addiction.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sunk cost fallacy is hard to see happening in a game where each season resets your characters

[–] finishsneezing@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not with money, but time and effort.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes that's also what I'm talking about
Your previous characters aren't important anymore, it's a fresh start all the time. On each new season there has been 0 previous time and effort investment

You have on the game as a whole, though. Mechanics, strategies, locations, weapons, lore, maybe friendships with other players. Hard to leave all that behind.