There's normal flaming and senseless flaming, isn't it apparent the author realises the importance of cash shops and grinding, but does that mean we have to like it??!

No! If you ask me both mentioned are a waste of time, but then I know they're what makes F2P games a business. In this case, much of the flaming against this article is just ... unreasonable.

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i dun really care bout skimpy outfit or cashshop... but i hate grinding game... "no-grind-no-level" sucks

This article is stupid. If you don't like MMO's you shouldn't play them. 1) of course mmo's are going to have girls in skimpy outfits it's marketing. 2) Grinding/leveling up in general is stupid but a staple way to make someone invest gratuitous amounts of there time and we'll make them want to buy more from 3) Cash Shop and make sure the good stuff doesn't last because you want to make the people get a refill every month or so because it's a f*cking business, and after the game is no longer profitable flip some stuff around update and add some extra shading and you have SUCKMYNUT 2.0 it's just like Windows Vista-Windows 7.

Everyone loves girls running around in those sexy outfits, even in real life we do. (Of course, not TOO much.) haha but every guy loves seeing girls' curves and what not.

I like that comic you put in grinding lol nerd rage.  yes grinding for levels suck , but for me depends on the game. Like LaTale. i hate grinding.

and i also like the fem chars with skimpy clothing tho you kno im sure because of it we all know some of them are male playing as female.

and i am one who waste on cash shop items. because i enjoy the exp buff items if the game has them in the CS (cash shop). Makes leveling a bit easier for me.

1] That's how the Korean mmo industry runs. Either they are cute innocent looking girls or the 'less is more' armor trend..

2] That's the mmorpg world for you. Grind, grind, grind.

3]You have yet to see more of mmos then. There are a lot of great mmos out there that does not have item mall function, but they come with a monthly fee. Imo, I would avoid cash shop games.. because it's lolmeh.

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the main attraction for every game is probably the girls lol because majority of people playing games are man and ingame items is just to make your game more fun if u dunt like it no nid to buy

skimpy naked girl

i feel like you half-fasted this blog.

1) its the nature of the game and the time it was set in. its the type of gamestyle it has that goes with the costumes. There are alot of games where girls are not naked like that. Besides you cant even see anything revealing in that

2) THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF A GAME! whats the point of playing it if you got the best item! then its not really competition

3) more then 3/4 of mmorpgs dont have cash shops and the ones that do, dont give you a big help. They are just some washed up armor, equipment or weapon that can be obtained easily in other ways

so good job on the blog but next time just think before you write an article and publish it

I apologize if my last post sounded a bit rude. I don't intend to sound like some jerk, just stating how reality works. It wouldn't sound anywhere near as mean if reality wasn't a jerk itself >__>

The skimpy clothes don't bother me too much its just that there isn't too much customization both in clothes and in the characters.

Well I love storyline but it gets old when it repeats itself.

Like grinding.

So based on #1 I'm guessing you hate every product/service on the entire planet? Let's face it: the term "sex sells" is used in marketing a lot for a reason. And this isn't a rule that applies only to video games. Sex is used to sell literally EVERYTHING! Cars, prescription drugs, deodarant (I'm getting sick of those Axe commercials >__>), I even once saw a christian church use a skantilly clad girl on their website to get more members O_o

As for #3: Let's face it (again!): Video games companies are a business, not a non-profit organization. They offer these games to make money, not lose it. I will admit, some (*cough*many*cough*) are a bit too greedy, but that's just life. If you don't want to support a company, don't give them your money and stop playing their game. There are plenty of other F2P games out there, and there are quite a number of P2P as well, if you prefer.

hmm they also overuse the storyline....

well slutty looking chicks wont go and grinding wont go but cash shops can. just play P2P or B2P.  I dont mind any of the 3. skimpy outfits is wat get the guys into the game to at least check it out. i mean vast majority of the gamer out there are guys.

 Point #1 can NEVER be overused

Of course we all know cash shop exist to fund the developers in turn that improve the game, and to keep the game, and in-game economy going.

It's a vital part of the F2P market, and without it nobody would make F2Ps because of no profit, and nobody denies its importance, but then, I, at least still doesn't have to like it, and the author was merely pointing out his/her dislike of it.

Ah and ht02135, grinding is EXCESSIVE levelling, where you have to spend weeks on normal gear just to level up ONE level, not to mention getting yourself died, having the precious exp deducted is the equvalient of when you climbed to the top, suddenly slipped and fell way down into the canyon below into a gruesome death.

Of course leveling is a major part of RPGs, it's its very foundation, but too much of it, we get bored - irksome - annoyed - ending up stripping your hair out until you're bald.

You don't want to be bald now do you?

and personally i dont use cashshop item.  and i have no problem with people using cashshop item to gain special edge in game, because it is their money that keep the game online.  without their money, the game will not be online.  for those people have issue with it, then go play P2P game, dont play F2P game.

there is no such thing as free lunch.  you either have to charge players like P2P or cashshop in F2P, or there will be no online game for anyone to play.  as for grinding, i suppose you mean lvling, major theme of RPG is grinding.  grinding is something that you can't do without in RPG.  how to make grinding fun, that is the real challenge, personaly i prefer party grinding in doing main quest, raidering dungeon, or bullying mob boss.

Good first article.

I agree with the cash shop and grinding points, but skimpy half-naked girls...eh, w/e. This industry has a helluva lot more important issues than that. Plus it draws more men into the game(in addition to...yeah.), and men probably make up 70-80% of the industry. Probably.

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Congratulations on posting your first blog for starters. =) But not to sound rude (because that's not my intent) but welcome to the world of free MMOs. This is how they have been operated for the last 6+ years.

Games made by man for man meaning man likes half naked if not naked girl figures and to reach a point of pro gamer there is system created called grinding. So just accept the rules of mmorpg.

I do actually agree entirely, parts of skimpy and revealing stuff as well as cash shops adn such other nonsense is a game insane keepage. I for the part ignores the cash shop entirely but i still got the problem with skimpy nonsense and such...i then go back to NWN2 and have happy fun time with character creations and styling in with my own worlds and creations, having fun to the non-skimpy and non-cash shops around. Well...look at this ---Things like cash shop is for greedy GMs sitting with money in-cashings for their own purposes...unknown for me and the skimpy is for what men just likes...so much they ARE willing to cloth her off too!! (i hate these pervs...) top of that...i might be a man, but i'm not like these perverted pigs--- End of storyline to this.

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 This: " Skimpy, half naked girls" - Comics have been using it since late 80's and mangas since at least Cute Honey  in early 70's. Really, I could care less, there are far more serious issues in MMOs than this.

 This: " Skimpy, half naked girls" - Comics have been using it since late 80's and mangas since at least Cute Honey  in early 70's. Really, I could care less, there are far more serious issues in MMOs than this.

Well it's all true, no disagreeing with you here.

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Interesting views.  Heres some of my own on the same topics.

Skimpy Outfits.

Hounestly i dont really care if the gear is skimpy or not what i really care about is the destinct lack of choice when it comes to fasion.  i really dont like it when every player wears the same gear for every lever barrier.  the armour can be skimpy or full covering but please just make them look GOOD its been a shame at how poor the gear in a majority of MMOs look like crap i can never understand why anyone would want their character to run arround in flamboyant bright couloured armour that has strange lights glowing like theyre the red light district from town.

Item Grinding

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...... yea its a pain that grinding becomes near pointless in some games afterall spending hours looking for something your only going to get rid of when you inadvertantly get something better is kind of demoralising.  But with that said there has to be some sort of controll for items or youll have everyone walking arround with the same item furthering the lack of custmisation (as if it wern't already lacking).  it would have been nice if items in general in MMOs werent so level dependant it just makes them feel as bad as the armour.

Cash Shops

The cash shops have begun to spin in a negative direction.  before they were merely just for fasion accesories and the like so that the game could remain free to play as the revenue is used to pay for server maintanence but lately theyve become the scorce of necesary gear for players who want to play in a more hardcore fasion.  It seems as if the companies are now using the shops to line their own pockets which isnt all that bad afterall if a company doesnt make a profit they tend to disapear but i dont agree with the abandoning of us casuall players who dont use the cash shop as our means of gameplay

skimpy outfits and grinding yeah ill agree with you there. Lol what's even more funny about grinding is that some people actually consider it as "HARD WORK" lol....cmon now...we all know that what it really means is "WASTED TIME"

as for cashshop it's cool if the items are permanent it sucks if it's not. Especially if the GMs in that game are a bit lazy to do anything

hehe so true...although i do like girls in skimpy outfits :P

+you spend money on the cash shop oO