Talk:Login Rewards/@comment-60.48.102.104-20130429201612/@comment-72.93.170.74-20130501090313

Yeah, I'm gonna agree here. I don't know what the RNG values are, but it seems that you're more likely to get the common items than the rares.

Understandable, I suppose. Don't want everyone running around in orokin powered gear or something. Leaves little point to buy Platinum if players can earn the marketplace stuff TOO easily.

Still..kind of annoying.

Let me say this before "that guy" comments. You know the type, the one who says that everyone complaining has no right to whine because it's a free game. To which I say:

1. Just because something is free does not mean it is exempt from personal criticsm. Same reason as "just because you spent 6 months slaving away on a film while losing everything and everyone you ever loved in the process doesn't mean it's a great movie."

2. It's very clearly a psychological trap meant to keep players coming back each day. From what I can tell, the good rewards: "Orokin Reactors/Catalists, blueprints" drop very rarely. I've been playing since the game hit steam and I've only got a catalyst once (and it was a blueprint btw). I'd say they're using the Skinner Box trap. By teasing you with the chance of a reward if you keep logging in but punishing you if you miss a day, this way it gives you an incentive to come back. The "reward ranks" add an incentive so it becomes a routine for the player. That sounds very much like a Skinner Box trap. I don't like it, but they're not the first to do it won't be the last either.

3. I am not whining I am complaining. Do you want to hear whining?

"THIIISSSSS IS WHINING! GRINDING IS SOOOO DULL! WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP DOING THE SAME MISSIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN?! WHAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE GAME?! WHY CAN THE ENEMIES TAKE COVER BUT I CAN'T?! WHY IS STEALTH GAMEPLAY SO COUNTER-INTUITIVE?! WHY ARE THEY USING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAPS TO KEEP THEIR PLAYERBASE?!"