Think about that time frame. "It may take a few years". How do they keep paying customers on the line for years? They did it by introducing sociopathic activities. Once you make level 60 the only sport left is to kill other players. Better than hunting mobs, they might even be a challenge.
Now the game becomes surviving the original game theme, and not being "Ganked-4-Gear" by other players. And there is no penalty for ganking new played just for fun. Or killing the same player over and over (corpse camping). This sounds an awfull like like re-enforcing the "bully" mentality.
Is this more violent than running over cyber pedestrians? Does it promote anti-social behavior? Does the company rake in 12 months subscription untill the next 'killer (in both senses)' game appears?
p.s. I am a level 56 Hunter and plan on quiting as soon as I make 60.
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Now the game becomes surviving the original game theme, and not being "Ganked-4-Gear" by other players. And there is no penalty for ganking new played just for fun. Or killing the same player over and over (corpse camping). This sounds an awfull like like re-enforcing the "bully" mentality.
Is this more violent than running over cyber pedestrians? Does it promote anti-social behavior? Does the company rake in 12 months subscription untill the next 'killer (in both senses)' game appears?
p.s. I am a level 56 Hunter and plan on quiting as soon as I make 60.