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I promise I don't desire to be a corporate apologist, but that "predatory" seems a bit extreme when it's ALL cosmetic stuff. Totally optional, and NONE of the game content is behind those transactions.
The company isn't an angel by any means, but this game is pretty darn good.
^^This. Like i get it, but cmon. Its not like the crazy debacle that was the RMT store when D3 launched. Its all cosmetic and NO real items of any value. Just looks. Let the people who wanna buy cosmetics do it, its just more money for blizzard to hopefully put in to the game.
The game itself is great. and fun.
It’s a bit „old man yells at cloud.jpg“, but I don’t like that we as the target audience have accepted MT in full price titles like we did. I remember a time where a fancy cosmetic was rewarded in game for some feat and not outright bought. I remember when your initial purchase got you the whole nine yards.
And I feel that „its only cosmetics“ misses the point - looking cool IS a major part of fun gameplay for (some/many/most) people.
But yeah, that train has sailed a long time ago. I know…
It seems like D4 has both, there are many cosmetic items and flairs that are only achievable through somewhat impressive gameplay feats like cosmetic pvp rewards and item drops (like a cool horse variant I got as a loot drop, unable to be purchased)
I'm not knowledgeable about this but I've heard people mention that there are indeed more rare/difficult items to achieve through gameplay that I'd rather not spoil myself on and enjoy learning about more organically so It's difficult to cite but it does exist.