What I'm getting from this is that you haven't known Nexon for long.
This is like what would happen if Maxis got away from EA. Maybe then Spore could have been a thing. Or Sims wouldn't be shit. Or maybe like Epic Games getting away from, well, themselves I guess.
Fuck me, why the fuck do you think a "big publisher" is a good thing for it? From the little I played of this game, nearly every aspect from it has the personal touch of reverse-midas that only Nexon has. And I played a lot of "games" from them. I use "games" because they're just cashops with a game attached to it.
Now the game will stand on the merits of SD. If it dies, SD were idiots. If it doesn't, SD were good devs. Yeah, that's a thing because Nexon doesn't believe in anti-cheats. Or preventing gold-farmers. Someone on their forums complained that when he tried to report a gold farmer in Vindictus, he got himself a ban for "spamming". Hackers that don't get punished are nearly always big "whales". If they notice they can cheat and get away with it, they'll spend thousands of dollars on cosmetic shit. TF2 hackers rarely have cosmetics because they know they'll get banned within a month.
Levi Sanchez
Blizzard payed them to let their game die
Jacob Hill
What the fuck are you, a 14 year old girl?
Leo Jones
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Hunter Hall
The fact some characters are being unbalanced it's true Proxy's mines need to be fucking nerfed but I think you are being too rough on the characters unlock thing, you can unlock a merc in a week or so if you play regularly. But I also agree on the benefits of a pay to play formula.
Pretty much, it's the ultimate test
Also I haven't seen cheaters in a while, but some posts portray it as if it was a cheaters heaven
Liam Richardson
Modders are fucking faggots. who are too lazy or stupid to make their own game.
Easton Kelly
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Xavier Ramirez
I played during the betas and a bit after release then stopped for a while since they had gutted a lot of characters which made games very repetitive. Picked it up again before the big xmas event and found they had only really added a few characters at extortionate prices.
Proxy's mines were annoying but once you got a feel for maps and understood where people commonly dropped them they werent a massive problem. Could've done with a slight damage nerf to prevent one-shots and a decent arm time increase to stop them being thrown in the middle of a fight like a grenade.
Anthony Reyes
They just have one job, if they are shot as not armed they shouldn't explode, too bad SD seems to lack any form of common sense
Gavin Bennett
Generally people do modding because it helps them understand the development process, and doing it's a good way to get experience.
The ones who don't beg for cash aren't the ones you're thinking about.