Well again, its hard to say really. Also have to consider the folks that would return, when the news are spread out (I know a few who currently cant be arsed with dual accounts) .. so yes, they might lose a little money in the beginning, but Im also convinced a lot would return.

Just look at all the positive feedback that the new buffs got. The game is gonna die next year anyway .. cant be worse than their loss with TOA =)

 

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ITT poor people


if someone has 8 accounts they deserve to have 8x the benefit.


if you want a "level" playing field, make 7 friends. thats what the MM in MMO stands for >.>

 

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Holy shit, buffbots are still whined about ten years later?

I can't stand this mentality PowPow.

You know that if you pay for 8 accounts, and then somehow use 8 accounts to play 8 characters at once, that should be fully within your power.

But buffing a character and taking him out to RvR gives the bonuses of two characters (roughly speaking), oh, but where is one of them? sitting in the safety of a border keep. This is not the same as paying for 2 accounts, and then playing 2 of them. Its a consequence of how they made buffs work. They made it so that one player can give strength to another player without doing anything but being online.

Ok, so you still disagree with me? Why not let every inactive bot that you have sitting at a border keep increase a players stats by 10%? How could this be a bad idea, if someone wants to pay for 15 accounts, then they deserve to have 15x the benefit right? 15x the benefit from playing 1 character while 14 of them sit at the border keep? You still might agree with this but you can't argue that its good for the game. It's like having a competition to see how high people can jump but you don't put any restrictions on the fact that you are allowed to use a rocket ship if you are rich enough to afford one. Well ok, but who's gonna take part in that competition, except for the very dedicated few who buy a rocket ship, and then brag that they can reach higher than those who just use a pair of running shoes.

I would never ever argue against allowing people to play two or more accounts accounts at once at get the exact same benefit as if that many people were playing the same number of characters. But you can change the way buffs work, and people will still get the advantage if they want to play two people at once. If people took their buffbots into the battlefield with them, then things would be different, because when an unbuffed person goes against a person and his buffbot, he should lose, but on the odd chance he wins he'll get the realm points of 2 characters, not just 1.

 

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Number one reason I've been told for not reactivating is buff bots. The whole loss of revenue thing is bull.

 

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Doubt it, most players have 2+ accounts. I would guess at least half their subscriptions are bot accounts. DAoC is a niche game, and doesn't appeal to many players for a whole load of reasons. Many people who say they would play, probably wouldn't. A lot of new users are put off by the disparity that is created by realm ranks, and the learning curve (which is being addressed with the new journey I guess). I don't quite think buffbots are the number one reason for most players leaving. (given that all the spiked drops in population tie in with other events TOA/NF release, WoW release etc)

 

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and qoutes like this are what make people who try to be helpful... look like complete idiots

show me the spiked drop in population that ties in with the TOA/NF releases...

oh there isnt... because populations went UP at TOA release, and stayed level even through NF release... and didnt drop untill WoW release

so before trying to make a point, make sure you have your information currect.

 

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The buff bots work fine, I have a bot yes but I've run on npc buffs and potions before. I've even put a clip of me doing it in a recent video.

I came from classic server after all where we didn't have the luxury of bots/npc buffers.

I used to run around with 7 pieces of gear to swapout in order to get 25% buff bonus & some duration on my items just to compete. This is something I would have to do while out in the field and risk being ganked while wearing cloth armor items etc.

I also ran a bot on classic for PVE etc

So ye, don't whine to me about free buffs that you don't have to watch the timers on lol

ToA and the buffbot mentality is crap to me but since they're there, enjoy them. If someone wants to pay for the edge, let them.

 

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Do you have any evidence to support your information to be correct in order to prove him wrong or is yours purely speculation and opinion too?

 

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