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If you don't mind... I'm eager to hear how this is... fun. I've personally encountered whales in two situations: One was someone in an MMORPG trading equipmen

by Faark 7y ago

If you don't mind... I'm eager to hear how this is... fun. I've personally encountered whales in two situations: One was someone in an MMORPG trading equipment. Okay, I kind of get the skipping work part, especially if the money doesn't matter. But then there were the logs I've encountered while doing support for a browser based MMO RTS. Players clicking the same few buttons to get a small fixed amount of resources. Over and over and over again. Only interrupted to recharge the currency. How can that be satisfying? Just the "work" alone seemed demoralizing to me, but then even paying for that? Have you ever experienced something like this? Is the process of spending enjoyable? Or does the end justify the means, especially for non-random outcomes?

shados 7y ago
Have you ever dropped a quarter in one of those machines that drop a random toy as a kid? It's exactly the same. You push the button and hope to see rainbows appear, and when they do, it's fun. No, doing it for hours would not be fun (and would be horribly expensive. These transactions can easily run 20 bucks per "pull"). You do a few in a row every now and then. The fun part (and what distinguish the good gacha games from the bad ones) is how much fun you can have with what you get. Some feel like the transactions and the gambling is the end goal. You play to get currency to get random stuff. Boring.