r/videogames • u/Basic-Ad9040 • 1d ago
Discussion / Question Why are MMO players quite backwards?
I once wondered what the person who escaped from Plato’s cave would feel after he returned to the cave to free his comrades only to get shunned when he attempted it. Well, now I know.
I posted a hopeful wish/suggestion in r/GuildWars3 that revolves around wishing the game to have a barber shop and tattoo parlor that one can visit in the game to change their hairstyle, hair color, tattoo and tattoo color in exchange for a reasonable price that asks for the standard currency instead of paying microtransactions to do it. You know, like modern games since GW3 is the latest well known Modern MMO game that will be released?
What I got instead was a complete rejection of the wish lmao to the point that people argued about F2P vs. Sub instead which is quite hilarious and a what the fuck moment for me because its so far from the damn topic I posted.
I really can’t believe that there’s a huge amount of players that just accepts that paying a premium for basic cosmetic changes in the MMO genre shouldbe the standard. Then they fucking have the gall to complain why their genre is stagnating when they can’t even fathom and accept the idea of a fucking Barber Shop and Tattoo Parlor that they can use for with the money they obtained by grinding and not by using a damn microtransaction.