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Dude, your appeal for insight is honorable, however this is Talent Marketing aka Talent Acquisition we are talking about. In a highly specific environment at that.
But why she couldn't get that "talent" title in some other, non-gaming IT company previously? Enlighten me, as I'm not familiar with the US HR specifics. And why should she play games in order to do what she does?
 
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But why she couldn't get that "talent" title in some other, non-gaming IT company previously?
IT companies, especially ones in california, bend over backwards to hire womyn & minorities to show how progressive they are.
some people will claim it's for investment reasons or whatever and that's bullshit, if they cared about money they wouldn't be hiring failures that will destroy their products & company in the first place.

hope that clears things up
 

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Dude, your appeal for insight is honorable, however this is Talent Marketing aka Talent Acquisition we are talking about. In a highly specific environment at that.
But why she couldn't get that "talent" title in some other, non-gaming IT company previously? Enlighten me, as I'm not familiar with the US HR specifics. And why should she play games in order to do what she does?
No offense meant, man. Like, I'm probably being Mr. Obvious here, but it's just that an HR Specialist should understand the field and should have an inclination towards it at best. She doesn't show neither, and she even "bravely" points that out.
That coupled with Blizzard figuratively flopping in several areas in the last few years makes up for a tragicomedy is all.
 

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Can you ... feel the ... excitement ... guys?

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Dude, your appeal for insight is honorable, however this is Talent Marketing aka Talent Acquisition we are talking about. In a highly specific environment at that.
But why she couldn't get that "talent" title in some other, non-gaming IT company previously? Enlighten me, as I'm not familiar with the US HR specifics. And why should she play games in order to do what she does?
No offense meant, man. Like, I'm probably being Mr. Obvious here, but it's just that an HR Specialist should understand the field and should have an inclination towards it at best. She doesn't show neither, and she even "bravely" points that out.
I think you're drastically overestimating the IT industry. In several decades as a software engineer, (in SoCal, no less), I never met a recruiter (even an in-house recruiter) who was anything but a paint-by-numbers HR stooge whose primary role was facilitating the interview and hiring process (which involved actual devs and managers who used to be devs). They made sure the i's were dotted and the t's were crossed while we determined whether the candidate had the necessary skills and would be a good fit for our team.

In most of the places I've worked, both HR and Marketing were also primarily female-staffed. It's not that big a deal.
 

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I think she is primarily excited about her job, because Blizz is still a ginormous fucking company and would look good on a resume. That or she has a milking fetish.
 

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Even without stash tabs these prices are taking the piss. For anyone who actually sticks with the game, might as well consider stash tabs a mandatory $60 purchase. I know people say you only need a quad but they're full of shit. Then on top of stash tabs you have lootboxes, battlepasses and all sorts of cosmetic monetization.
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This is the most MTX expensive set in the game and the cheapest I've ever seen on special comes out to $87.50. GGG is so fucking greedy that their transmog system is based on consumables. They don't even let you permanently unlock the skins you're buying skin transfers for. Without swiping your credit card or grinding league challenges, your character will look like absolute shit.
Very disingenuous of you to include something like a cosmetic for your stash and the portal as part of the set, when most sets in the shop lack that component entirely and it's not something you are wearing on your character. Furthermore, you can't wear Wings and Cloak at the same time. It's one or the other and if you're buying both, then it's really your choice to get that extra. A set is just that = the armour pack. Everything else simply shares a theme with it.

It's also disingenuous of you to say that the least expensive set is 90bux, when you get a free set ON TOP of the points value with every 60bux+ supporter pack.

The particular mtx in the screenshot cost double of the usual price, because these are combo mtx. It's a discontinued system to provide value for duplicates, when buying the mystery box. GGG since has switched to a true "no duplicates" system which puts a hard cap on how much you can spend on the box until you get every mtx from it. Calling these gacha is a stretch, since most gacha feature only 1 single desirable prize which you can't obtain otherwise. Meanwhile the mystery box features multiple mtx which people want and all of them become available for individual purchase 3 months later.

Finally the Skin Transfer consumable which you mention is only 20bux for a bundle of 50. If you absolutely must transmog every visible piece of your equipment, it's 5-6 uses total on a character and in the Softcore Trade league people tend to upgrade each slot twice or thrice at most. So you get either 3 full characters to skin every league or one single character for 3 leagues in a row. If that is too much for you, then you're the stingy greedy faggot in this case, not GGG.

This type of post again comes up time and time again. You poorfags just can't let it go. You realize this is also your own greed showing for wanting more for spending less? You even deride the free "battle pass" that lets you earn mtx for simply playing the game. You just want shit to be shoved in your ass. And you post this in the D4 thread, which will have a much more aggressive monetization including pay2win with a 100% certainty at this point.
Just saw this but I have to respond, what a crock of shit. Getting a handful of cosmetics as part of a supporter pack doesn't change that every item in the store is extremely overpriced with or without a sale. You'll easily spend the first $30-$60 worth of your supporter pack purchase on stash tabs. If you want a MTX set (armor, backpiece, weapon effect, weapon skin, footprint, portal for a consistent aesthetic) you're looking at $80-$90 minimum on sale. That's $120-$150 spent on supporter packs.
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PoEtards are out of their goddamn minds if they believe any of this is reasonable regardless of the game's update schedule. I'm not even cherry picking. Check the special tab yourself literally any day of the year. My favorite set in the store is Darkwood. Nothing super fancy. The whole set (on special) is $87.50 and that's assuming the person buying it is willing to wait for it to go on sale. Otherwise it's over a hundred dollars. This ain't worth $87.50 and >$100 is an absolute joke.


Just because you like the game doesn't mean you need to let Chris Wilson fuck you in the ass to the point where you're defending consumable skin transfers. I like the game too but good god man.

Additionally, anyone suggesting that Diablo 4's monetization is going to be worse than Path of Exile's is out of their minds too. Based on what? Immortal? I'll believe it when I see it. Games with box prices tend to be a lot more reasonable when it comes to cosmetics. You only see this hundred dollar plus bullshit in free2play garbage like Valorant, Counter Strike GO and Path of Exile. Call of Duty is Activision Blizzard's bread & butter when it comes to 'core gamers'. Let's take a look at an example of what you get for $24 in Call of Duty points.
  1. Legendary character skin
  2. 3 weapon blueprints (skins)
  3. Charm for your gun
  4. Cosmetic watch for your character
  5. Finishing move animation
  6. Emblem
  7. Character card
 

HereticGuy

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As a guy from a poor third world country, I never understand the appeal of spending hundreds of dollars for artificial costumes. I'd buy some real clothes for myself / my family, instead of throwing money to a company in California.
 

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Just saw this but I have to respond, what a crock of shit. Getting a handful of cosmetics as part of a supporter pack doesn't change that every item in the store is extremely overpriced with or without a sale. You'll easily spend the first $30-$60 worth of your supporter pack purchase on stash tabs. If you want a MTX set (armor, backpiece, weapon effect, weapon skin, footprint, portal for a consistent aesthetic) you're looking at $80-$90 minimum on sale.

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Additionally, anyone suggesting that Diablo 4's monetization is going to be worse than Path of Exile's is out of their minds too. Based on what? Immortal? I'll believe it when I see it. Games with box prices tend to be a lot more reasonable when it comes to cosmetics. You only see this hundred dollar plus bullshit in free2play garbage like Valorant, Counter Strike GO and Path of Exile. Call of Duty is Activision Blizzard's bread & butter when it comes to 'core gamers'. Let's take a look at an example of what you get for $24 in Call of Duty points.
So... you spend $60 on the game and then $24 on the cosmetics = $84. This is much better than spending $0 on the game and then $80-90 on cosmetics and such.

Sir, do you know how math works?
 

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This dude is a lost cause. PoE sometimes breeds these people who just can't stop seething about the game for whatever reason. There are so many games made every year now. You could be enjoying a new title every week or playing one of the other time sink games. Instead they argue on the internet about a game they hate as if they were Amber Heard's lawyers or some shit.
 

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I tend to agree that some of these monetization schemes are wack and I don't really get buying fictional costumes and toys inside a game, but then, it's not like spending cash on a subscription or a game license is tangible and won't also go up in smoke if a game/service dies, so... meh.

Either way, I know enough to know that A = A and I don't particularly care how other people spend their money.
 

Nifft Batuff

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As a guy from a poor third world country, I never understand the appeal of spending hundreds of dollars for artificial costumes. I'd buy some real clothes for myself / my family, instead of throwing money to a company in California.
This would be a sane behavior even for a rich person.
 

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So... you spend $60 on the game and then $24 on the cosmetics = $84. This is much better than spending $0 on the game and then $80-90 on cosmetics and such.

Sir, do you know how math works?
Path of Exile isn't free. The stash tabs are the box price so in reality it's $30-$60 in stash tabs+$90 for a single MTX set.

Not even Activision would have the balls to charge what GGG sells their crap for. Important to note that in Call of Duty or Diablo, you don't need to buy MTX to look decent. In Path of Exile you either grind multiple leagues worth of challenges for cosmetics, swipe your credit card or look like absolute shit during every playthrough.
 
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J1M

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The only way I can see buying D4 is with WoW gold. WoW would need to get better first though.
 

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So... you spend $60 on the game and then $24 on the cosmetics = $84. This is much better than spending $0 on the game and then $80-90 on cosmetics and such.

Sir, do you know how math works?
Path of Exile isn't free. The stash tabs are the box price so in reality it's $30-$60 in stash tabs+$90 for a single MTX set.

Not even Activision would have the balls to charge what GGG sells their crap for. Important to note that in Call of Duty or Diablo, you don't need to buy MTX to look decent. In Path of Exile you either grind multiple leagues worth of challenges for cosmetics, swipe your credit card or look like absolute shit during every playthrough.
Mm. Sure, whatever. Don't buy it then.
 

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