The Darkness Mystery Box

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Xavathos wrote:

So I've just spent $250 on only boxes to get a set of wings that would have otherwise been 350 points or something and, you guessed it, I will not be flying anywhere tonight on my wings of twilight. What I do have, however, is a cluttered MXT stash full of duplicate items I will never use and I am not allowed to give away to those unable to buy items themselves.

Until now I have been understanding and self disciplinary in my view of this business practice, but not only do I once again feel extremely burned, I am honestly disappointed that this is coming from my all-time favorite development studio. Now I don't mean this as an attack. I cannot give you enough praise for the game, the updates, the communication to the community, the fairness toward all players, it's all astonishing, honestly.

But this business practice of these boxes, the way it's all set up to prey upon those weak to gambling in a genre that already kind of begs the attention of those people, is just plain wrong. At the beginning I viewed it as a fair way to get some cheap MXT items that would you otherwise not get or not try out. For people who spend 100 points and call it a day, yes these boxes are amazing, they are, value-wise, more than fair.

But you forget about the people who are likely to spend a lot of money on your game, the people who really keep you afloat and support you, they are getting the short end of the stick here. And if at least we were allowed to give away our duplicates, we would be able to share with the community, but again I understand why that can't be allowed. Again, it really isn't about the money I spent, you've more than earned it. If I didn't think so, I wouldn't have already spent enough to cover 3 full Ascendancy support packs by now.

But I really do ask you to reconsider these boxes in their current form. I've expressed this feeling before towards support, and now again through this post, because I really feel like something needs to change about this. After a session of opening boxes, I just feel like quitting, out of shame I guess, because it kind of feels like a failure. I never want to quit Path of Exile, so I don't like this feeling even a little bit.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

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Xavathos wrote:

So I've just spent $250 on only boxes to get a set of wings that would have otherwise been 350 points or something and, you guessed it, I will not be flying anywhere tonight on my wings of twilight. What I do have, however, is a cluttered MXT stash full of duplicate items I will never use and I am not allowed to give away to those unable to buy items themselves.

Until now I have been understanding and self disciplinary in my view of this business practice, but not only do I once again feel extremely burned, I am honestly disappointed that this is coming from my all-time favorite development studio. Now I don't mean this as an attack. I cannot give you enough praise for the game, the updates, the communication to the community, the fairness toward all players, it's all astonishing, honestly.

But this business practice of these boxes, the way it's all set up to prey upon those weak to gambling in a genre that already kind of begs the attention of those people, is just plain wrong. At the beginning I viewed it as a fair way to get some cheap MXT items that would you otherwise not get or not try out. For people who spend 100 points and call it a day, yes these boxes are amazing, they are, value-wise, more than fair.

But you forget about the people who are likely to spend a lot of money on your game, the people who really keep you afloat and support you, they are getting the short end of the stick here. And if at least we were allowed to give away our duplicates, we would be able to share with the community, but again I understand why that can't be allowed. Again, it really isn't about the money I spent, you've more than earned it. If I didn't think so, I wouldn't have already spent enough to cover 3 full Ascendancy support packs by now.

But I really do ask you to reconsider these boxes in their current form. I've expressed this feeling before towards support, and now again through this post, because I really feel like something needs to change about this. After a session of opening boxes, I just feel like quitting, out of shame I guess, because it kind of feels like a failure. I never want to quit Path of Exile, so I don't like this feeling even a little bit.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.