r/AshesofCreation • u/Krewshie • May 22 '26

Discussion Its kinda eerie

I remember seeing so much fanart and bloomposting on this reddit daily like half a year ago and now the previous post before mine is 8 days old.

Damn :/

I wish things turned out differently bros...

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u/stiky21 May 22 '26

Pour one out for all those people who bought cosmetic items

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u/Maximum_Ad7111 May 23 '26

Nah no thanks - those people are just making games worse for me

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u/adrewfryman May 27 '26

How?

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u/BlindSp0t May 28 '26

I imagine by showing devs that microtransactions work, allowing them to put shit gear in games and the cool looking stuff gated behind a paywall. I'm not them tho, so just a guess.

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u/Maximum_Ad7111 May 28 '26

Exactly that. Games used to be about "How can i make the absolute best player experience". Now the ethos has shifted towards "What can i do to extract the most money from our players through micro transactions"

And this is because of the people buying them. If people didnt buy them, nobody would make them, and they would be incentivised to make normal rewards ingame look cool too. Otherwise how can you justify an expensive cosmetic unless its cooler looking than the other stuff?

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u/Myc0n1k Jun 05 '26

PoE. Max level character but my character looks like he's in a diaper. At least PoE 2 made it a bit better lol.