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Given the game is free to play (freemium), I find it interesting that random stuff can't drop on the ground. So games can't give away free digital goods? Is thi
by gleenn 4y ago
Given the game is free to play (freemium), I find it interesting that random stuff can't drop on the ground. So games can't give away free digital goods? Is this only in the context of people who paid something?
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- RandomBK 4y agoWhere did "free digital goods" come from? People have to pay money - sometimes a lot of money - for these loot boxes. I'm fine with random loot tables, but the moment I need to pay to roll the dice it stops being a "random item drop" and starts looking awfully like a "slot machine".
- kbenson 4y agoTo be fair, the last sentence in GP comment makes it fairly obvious they're just trying to understand the context in which this applies. "Lootboxes" means different things to digfer people, depending on their experience with the genre, even if those that have been following along think of it as "pay for random item roll", as I believe is the case here.
- adra 4y agoThey boost the chance of getting rare loot in dungeons and possibly (no confirmation without posted loot table odds) some items can only ever be acquired with the boost active. It's loot boxes with more steps.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI think they are talking about unpaid loot/ loot boxes
- kbenson 4y agoYes, I'm fairly sure this is in the context of people that pay addrioltional money to unlock a random item roll chance in game. For additional context, see all the news about star wars battlefront 2 a few years back, there this really got a lot of popular coverage.