Hugo

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@maevesfw gg's. They destroyed it so the average destiny player feels like a major league gamer. Almost certain its going to backfire within 4 weeks.

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@staycationtg More frames and a controller AA nerf and the game is goated, without it and I suspect I'll get bored midway into season 2.

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@maevesfw I'm dropping the game specifically because of how strong controller is. I could play controller but the looting is ass on controller.

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@glorpinity Sharing a game studio with these people is deadly.

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@CobbleisOut Bro be saying anything.

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@rraymiiLive She's a beauty, enjoy.

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@ludwigABAP the system has been producing more of these than truly sentient beings for a while.

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Might drop marathon so I no longer have to hear another opinion from a destiny player again.

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@EliteRlt1377 @LooseCS So they can do all of those again in a more severe manner.

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@EliteRlt1377 @LooseCS extend trade protection windows, throttle API requests, ban accounts essential for the 3rd party markets to function. eat up mid-tier market share by improving the steam community market. Longer holds. There's a few levers they can pull.

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@I_am_jerm Prices held because of the ability to cash out for real money, and the reason legislators are all over valve is because the ability to cash out for real money means these items are real assets, which then asserts that the randomised mechanics are gambling. They're stuck.

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@SqAudio_ @MarathonDevTeam Controllers need aim assist to compete but the level of it in Marathon is insane. We're not far from controller being the only way to play against other skilled players.

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@p1eakcs It only gos up with an increased player base.

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@andrius_xd @LooseCS They may gain a much larger share of a smaller pie. I suspect without any pressure from lawmakers they would have kept the market exactly how it was, it was likely better for the game overall.

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@andrius_xd @LooseCS It could be the chopping of high tier was primarily
a reaction to chinese involvement. Valve taking the view high prices attracts more legal attention or hurts long term market health. However, them updating the community market was a strong signal they want an increased share.

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@andrius_xd @LooseCS Regardless, they would only need to remove the trade offer feature to get rid of the 3rd party market entirely. They don't actually have to compete on fees if they don't want to.

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@andrius_xd @LooseCS If they truly want to redirect users to the steam market I suspect they will lower the fees. The question is do they truly want that or do they want to appear to be hostile to 3rd party markets on the surface only.

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@andrius_xd @LooseCS The regulation is leading to more market sales needing to happen on steam. Which means steams 2k maximum deposit (which is largely due to regulation itself) is an issue. Valve are doing things to bring the high tier down to align with steam maximum listing price and max deposit.