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Originally Posted by Blitz
This seems to have flown so far over your head that I feel like you're just putting me on at this point. I never thought you were comparing subscription fees to rape and genocide. I was using those things, which are truly evil, to show just how idiotic your use of the word evil to describe charging a monthly fee is. Do I need to draw you a diagram of this?
The old maps still need to be recoded to put into the new game. Not like they just copy and paste the code off the MW1 disc. Why would you talk about production cost when you have no idea what it costs/the work that goes into one of these packs?
You seem to have the idea that making a game/content is easy and quick. Again, not pretending to be an expert on coding/making games, but I know it's a pretty complicated thing. Takes time and money. This has gone from a discussion of glitches to including the DLC too. I do not debate that the DLC is slightly overpriced. And I mean slightly. The fact that it's just slightly overpriced is why I don't care. I'd gladly pay $10 for it, so an extra $5, what I might spend on a single drink at a bar, is not a big deal. People are just going crazy because it's turned into "EVIL ACTIVISION RAPING OUR WALLETS". Few seem to care that it will be fun playing these new maps. $15 isn't much to pay for that, to me at least.
Regarding glitches, I understand frustration if you're encountering them constantly. I'm seemingly lucky enough to not have this, and I play the damn thing nearly every day. But castigating the company for taking too long (re-a couple of weeks) to fix them, and berating them that game code isn't absolutely flawless in the first place is asinine. Blame the community of 12 year olds and retards who get off on trying to spoil the game for others. Like Fig said, every game has glitches. The more complicated and ambitious games are, the more you'll see them, because it's impossible to check every single thing you can do in any game. Even if there weren't glitches, people will still find something to bitch about (IE the constant "Gun X/Perk X is so overpowered!!!!11!" that you already see on boards).
I'm not saying glitches aren't annoying, but fuck's sake, acting like the company that made it have somehow completely failed because it's not perfect is extremely stupid.
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You said that I compared subscription costs to rape/genocide, I didnt.
Now ill make it clear, rape/genocide is the most evil heinous crime one can commit, its the extremity. I view subscription cost doubling as only slightly evil. So leave it at that.
I do not have any idea about production costs but honestly how long do you think it took to make crash work for MW2 compared to the new map Salvage? I know it isnt a copy and paste but its like building a house if you want to do it like that.
Crash - framework and walls are already up, you just have to do the wiring and its good to go
Salvage - you have to dig the foundation first.
I guess you are right, it isnt there fault as sad fuckers will always look for a way to have a leg up on everyone else in the game.
However, taking so long to recognize and fix the problem is what my qualm is with it. The CP glitch was horrible and was around for probably a full month, it wasnt like boosting/MLC - CP/javelindom which was all counterable, this glitch once someone got 3 kills (with hardline) basically meant the match was over, because you couldnt stop it, or couldnt very easily. To spot it you somehow had to ninja your way to the drop location and steal the crates which was anything but easy. This ruined like millions of games because the match ending was decided about 60 seconds in.
So you either back out, take a loss and try again or play and have your k/d screwed royally due to the insane amount of gunners/ac130/choppers and harriers that were overhead.
How you never encountered this is unbelievable, as I and Req have said it was nigh impossible to find a match without it happening.
Hell I ever stated I had scavenger + cold blooded on and shot down 27 air support during the course of a match.
Also the M$ certification is bullshit, it took a fix even longer to get done.
And lastly with XboxLive, we pay whatever a month for about the same that PSN gets in terms of service.
It irks me when my money is wasted on something, thats what I am saying.