124795-am-i-the-only-one-that-hasnt-completely-given-up

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I posted this to the Wildstar subreddit, but felt posting it here would bring even more discussion. (reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/WildStar/comments/32tx8x/am_i_the_only_one_that_hasnt_completely_given_up/)
 
 
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Look, I understand that people are angry at the box promo, and how that was a huge "f*** you" to anyone who's stood by and subbed to the game, while being ever-devoted since beta.
 
I understand that people are really upset with the complete radio silence from Carbine on the sudden promo, and what it could mean for the business model in the future.
 
I understand that people are furious at the fact that they can't have access to an exclusive item without having to spend their hard-earned dollars on ANOTHER box copy, which they already bought.
 
But can't we give Carbine the benefit of the doubt here? I'm not saying they won't change the business model, and I'm definitely not claiming to know what the future holds for the game...
 
But in my honest opinion, Carbine has done a pretty great job with this game so far - they've introduced some really ground-breaking gameplay styles, some ingenious end-game content, enthralling solo-player immersion, and overall a solid end-product with the introductions of Drops 3 & 4.
 
We've had this constant doomsayer, "F2P incoming!" bullshit since Day 1, guys! People have gone out of their way to make this community toxic, and out to do nothing but be detrimental and belligerent in an attempt to do anything possible to hurt the game and it's player base. We've literally been dealing with:
 
"This game sucks"
"I'll never play this game unless it goes F2P"
"Can't believe anyone would pay a subscription fee for this game"
"This game isn't B2P, CREDD doesn't make it B2P!" (lolwut on this one)
 
The game could go F2P/B2P. The game could lose a lot of it's very loyal player-base that have been here since Closed Beta days. A lot of things could go downhill. 
 
But before we grab the pitchforks and start to assault a company that we've been rooting for - couldn't we at least calm ourselves, and wait for them to speak up? What sense is there in getting all hyped up over something that may/may not happen? Let's keep our chins up, and hope for the best.
 
I'll be right there with you guys in being extremely disappointed if the business model changes, believe me. I've been here since August of 2013, and have been actually following the game since ~2011-2012. I've put a lot into the game, and I would hate to watch all that be figuratively "washed away" because of the business model change.
 
To sum up - I'm giving Carbine the benefit of the doubt on this one. Let's not be so quick to jump to conclusions, and being rabble rousing. We all love this game, and we all want it to succeed - senseless and baseless anger and accusations won't solve anything.	
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Hi!
 
We already have a few discussions going on about the exact same thing you've mentioned above, so in order to keep all the information in one spot and not open a bunch of discussions all about the same thing, I'm going to lock this and request that you please continue the ongoing discussion in our main threads. :) 
 
Mystery box discussion 
Business model discussion
Retain boxes being removed discussion 
 
Thank you!
- Team WildStar 	
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