Not sure that’s the correct way to look at the situation, yere their are games where causal players are unlikely to ever get endgame gear.
But housing tax is set up so players with less playtime pay way more then someone with more hours a week, we are not talking about being skilled enough or having knowledge about clearing some of the game.
It’s just a straight out punishes people with less playtime, and making them more likely to leave, Dabba do you have a House, and if Yes, how would you feel about your House tax getting charged every 15 Hours?
I have three, and I would not have that issue because I would not have bought any of them if I didn’t think I was going to be playing enough to pay the upkeep costs.
Nobody forced you to buy a house, if you don’t play enough to warrant it or pay the upkeep, simple, don’t buy one yet.
Ok but why? They charge tax every 7 days, not every 15 hours. Its a pointless question you made up to support your pointless argument.
If I knew that I was only going to be logged in 15 hours over that 7 days I probably wouldn’t have bought a house. Don’t buy things you can’t afford the maintenance on, its a good life lesson and one you’ll want to remember when you grow up.
I just figure I ask you to look at the perspective from another point of view, but I’m guessing its all about yourself, seems kinda ironic with your previous comments
I am looking at it from your point of view. I understand you want something you can’t afford.
I’m just not going to agree that wanting it means you are entitled to it. If you can’t afford it, you shouldn’t have bought it.
Its like me asking for a vacation home in Florida, but only wanting to pay the mortgage on it the months I actually stay there. Sure that would be wonderful, but its not how life works.
I haven’t bought a house yet either, honestly the only zone I really want a house in is Great Cleave cause I love the snow but apparently we’re not allowed to live there. Oh well I’ll just keep hanging out with the inn keepers.
The topic was mostly just me ranting, as I said in OP post I feel the game loses casual players, one of the things is the way the House Tax system is set up, from your comments I take it casual players shouldn’t buy a House.
If their don’t traveling can become very inconvenient, if their do the tax might seem to much of a chore and their leave anyway.
Since you have 3 Houses I guess you already know how good it is to have a House, and don’t understand why you call people narcissistic and entitled for wanting a better housing system.
I should probably mention that I’m not a casual player, you seem to be focusing on me a lot.
Kind of like how life works huh. Having your own house is great, but its expensive. I wouldn’t buy a house in a place I didn’t spend much time in. Every individual is different, and has to make their own decision on whether or not it is worthwhile to make that kind of investment.
I would buy a house in a place I did spend a lot of time, could afford one, and would get the most out of it, and I wouldn’t if otherwise. I totally get the ranting, Ive had plenty of moments where I wished I could afford something that looked awesome that I could not afford. It happens to all of us.
Funny thing is, I deleted my character and I had 6 orbs sitting in my backpack (2 for amrine, 3 for depths, and 1 for something else I forget.) I don’t remember if they’re BoP or you can trade them. But, either way, that’s 6 valuable orbs down the drain that people could have used if I didn’t quit playing. I wonder how many other orbs were deleted?
Oh…and not to mention all the motes, wisps, and whatever needed to craft those kinds of items. All deleted.
I wasn’t trying to one up anyone, just saying that a lot of valuable stuff has probably been deleted by a lot of people disgusted by the state of the game.
That’s actually why I deleted it, to make sure I wouldn’t play again. If this game ever gets to a state where it’s worth playing, it will be a very long time from now, and I would just start over without caring too much since I’d be way behind and would have forgotten everything anyway.
But, the likelihood of this game becoming something I want to play is not very likely.
Ive written off their dungeon system. I have orbs in my inventory that are player bound and I refuse to pug it. My company might run it, but to what end, to say that we did? Why do we need orbs period… just put a daily cooldown on the instance and be done w/ it.
The housing tax isn’t a big deal. I mean the first 3 faction missions you do a day is 10x gold so say you do some easy ones worth 12 that’s 120 x3 or 360g per day ~2,500 a week easy. I guess if you’re unlucky and the company that owns the territory decides to max stuff out it would suck but then you just don’t pay it. You can’t use the port or any trophy buffs but you don’t lose the house or anything in it and the tax is not cumulative. Once you hit 50 hit up every invasion you can for an easy 650 gold plus any wars you can get into and of course there is OPR at 60.
