@musical-memoirs
Read my post and comment more carefully before replying in a disrespectful way. Because yes, you are being disrespectful be calling me disrespectful.
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That's not how this works, bro. xD
Read my suggestion
I did, more closely than you, apparently.
I even advise them on a different way to charge money for re-rolls
Your way is not a valid alternative, because it earns Rare exponentially LESS money than the current system (They would earn 10-20% of the profit they earn from it currently, which is already almost nothing given how cheap the appearance change already is), which is already more than fair enough, seeing as you are not entitled to pirate appearance changes to begin with, much less free pirate appearance changes, as you are supposed to stick with your choice, like we've done, up until now. :P
with a way higher price
Raising the price of a feature that an insignificant portion of the playerbase will use doesn't actually compensate for the huge loss in income... And at some price level, it becomes too expensive for people to be willing to spend money on it.
I for one, might buy a cheap pirate appearance change ONCE, because i'm slightly unhappy with my pirates disproportionately large torso size compared to the rest of his body... But i would never pay triple the price for an appearance slot, because it's pointless, it doesn't give me new interactions with the world, it doesn't give me new ways to express myself, it doesn't even serve as a disguise, because my name doesn't change... Your suggestion gives me a free appearance change, which is all i wanted, meaning Rare gets nothing from me. : /
So, basically, you take away the one-time cheap transaction, and replace it with an expensive one i will never consider buying, because i can already get my appearance change for free... So Rare would get 0 money from me, as opposed to a little bit of money. :P
Your suggestion is simply a bad business model... You grossly overestimate the demand for the feature in question. You incorrectly assume people will buy this feature multiple times, you're wrong, most will only buy appearance change once, maybe twice over the course of this game's lifespan.
You're one of a very small minority who would want to use the appearance change feature more than twice... And you're even lonelier among those of that minority, who are unwilling to pay for that service, as cheap as it is. : /
You also incorrectly assume that appearance change is supposed to be part of the gameplay, for some reason... based on absolutely no reasoning or logic, whatsoever... :P
It's almost like you're just fishing for free appearance changes, under the guise of a suggestion... Which happens to be a common pattern among forum posters here (Fishing for freebies under the guise of suggestions), hence my suspicions. x]
In my suggestion I try to think about the people who really needed this feature
An almost impossibly small minority of people? lol... Yes, let's cut Rare's profits from the appearance change feature by 80-90%, just to satisfy an insignificant minority of the playerbase.
Because this... totally makes sense, right? Except, no, it doesn't. : /
because they made a mistake long ago.
They don't need your suggestion, they just need a second chance at choosing their appearance... meaning 1 singular payment, and they'll find the appearance they're gonna be happy with...
Just like me, who's mildly unhappy with my pirates disproportionately huge torso. :P
I think about Rare and how they can still charge money for this feature.
You don't have to do that, Rare already did, and they're charging money for each appearance change... Problem solved. xD
And I consider the wishes of myself and fellow pirates who truly like to roleplay in this roleplaying game.
Guess what? I've been a roleplayer on World of Warcraft for roughly 17 years now... I know the appeal of roleplaying, i know how much fun it can be. When i first started playing SoT, i actually did roleplay ingame whilst i was attacking other ships.
Turns out my pirate lingo needs work, but i think i did alright... I stopped when nobody else tried to play along, it's not fun RPing a pirate when nobody else does it. ;_;
And whilst your suggestion would make RPing different characters a little easier, it still doesn't justify cutting profits by 80-90%. xD
Your RP needs, are secondary to Rare's income... That's just the harsh reality of the situation... Sucks for us RPers, but it's simply something we have to come to terms with. : /
The only people I have trouble understanding, are the ones who are fundamentally against character re-rolls.
Obviously, i'm not against re-rolls. I fully support Rare's current implementation of appearance changes. It's a perfect compromise. Rare gets their income, and we get to have the service for a VERY agreeable price. :)
Because those are the only people my suggestion doesn't consider, because I don't understand their opinion yet.
Their opinions aren't the only things you don't understand though...
Like how appearance changes aren't something you have a right to, it's a paid privilege... Rare didn't have to allow you to change your appearance to begin with... Yet they do allow it, for a cheap price.
And here you are trying to negotiate a way to get it for free... When you are in no position to negotiate. :P
- You take the added feature for granted... AKA, ungratefulness.
- You think you have a right to appearance changes... AKA, you're entitled.
Do you understand why i think you were being ungrateful, and entitled now? These are not derogatory terms, they are accusations of fallacies, lapses in logic... I hope you see the difference between them now.