Randomguy22 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 After watching the thread grow, I would like to set up a betting pool on how large the thread becomes before the next update comes. (The thread in question happens to be this one: https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/255923-de-please-please-do-not-do-business-with-perfect-world-megahyperultrathread/page-167 Currently betting 2 bo prime ornaments on it reaching 250+ pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeromancy Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 You can thank China for ruining everything :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druulx2 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Wow, here's a good way to force a price drop for the Rubedo Plated Viper Skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notlamprey Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Considering our options when it comes to realistically expecting to impact this hypothetical deal is... depressing. If PWE gains effective control, our best practical hope is to make them lose several million dollars. Even then, will the greedy farts who killed (hypothetically) Warframe even feel it? Probably not. Like I said, kinda depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudHush Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) If situations like this one have taught me anything, it's to always to assume the worst. That way you can either be pleasantly surprised, or depressed and accepting of the bad news. PWE has done this exact same thing before, and all the optimists are twisting words and arguing semantics in a vain hope to stem the upset tide. It doesn't work. Given the speed at which conflictual situations can appear, shorthanding to the assumption of the worst is not an unreasonable call. However, with this particular case, Warframe would not be seeing damaging effects for at least 1 month by terms of the press release, and longer by terms of how long it would take to develop and implement the 'toxic' influences of PWE. In that there is sufficient time, the more prudent course of action is not to assume the worst and act on it, but merely to prepare until the receipt of more information on which to further prepare and eventually act. I love every one of you. (PS4)s, I love you. Non-Founders, I love you. Founders, I love you. Devs, Admins, Mods, I love you. Lurkers, speakers, comedians, prophets, Tenno--- Edited July 2, 2014 by CloudHush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlouetteSK Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Or from Finding Nemo. Now I'm just imagining Darla (PWE) shaking the plastic bag with Nemo (Warframe) inside it and asking "Why are you sleeping?" ("Where is my $?") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brynslustafir Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 *facepalm* OF COURSE! This is why UGC will no longer be useable for plat purchases, because PWE doesn't allow the use of UGC on any of their games. DE has been preparing for this for a while now and just tried to keep it a secret so that we wouldn't abandon ship before the buyout took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimumBow0 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Benifits: None Cons: Give me a few years to write out. You have my metaphorical upvote, my respect, and my shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me.KayOh Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 there is no positive spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exath Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 This thread will be forever remembered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainohCaptain Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Well, wanted to leave game anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuRockBR Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Posted 26 June 2014 - 04:06 PM CHANGES: Revised default position on Venka Tenno Claws. Leaderboards for Breeding Grounds event have been archived and clan rewards are currently in the smelter. FIXES: Fixed issue with primary color tint on Valkyr’s Kara helmet. Fixed the "WAS: 100 NOW: 75" discount text item not showing up in the detailed panel of the store. Fixed multiple issues related to tinting default and Immortal skins. Fixed emblem offsets on Ember Prime. Fixed attached avatars not actually getting destroyed in the parent destruction process. Fixed exterminate accounting for agents that spawn other agents (eg infested drone with crawler). Fixed drones getting stuck recovering to nav and behaviors re-triggering constantly. NOTE: Our digital certificate has been renewed and players may notice the name change from “Digital Extremes” to “Digital Extremes Ltd.” This was done at the very least weeks ago. They knew and kept silent. Now all this S#&$ makes sense ¬¬' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsagiBoogers Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Honestly curious here, what does anyone expect that petition to do? I think a lot of us understand that it probably won't do much, but we all want DE to know that this is a TERRIBLE idea. Warframe's one of the best games I've played in years, and seeing it die would, well, suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishki88 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I've given many +1 today.... But this one deserves a +1 more than all others. ps: got boring at the pool, eh? Nope just a small delay and change of plans, we made a bunch of water balloons and had it xD But it's about to storm so we went back inside O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticMoss Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 At this point, the best case scenario would be if DE said "Yes, they bought our outstanding shares to help us out, in exchange we just advertise their games, they get a little cut, but we GUARANTEE that PWE does not have any form of creative control over the IP "Warframe", none whatsoever." Then people can merrily go back to farming Loki Prime parts for the plats. :v If that was true DE might have told us before it even happened cause that would be good news a big MMO business like PW pushing us with money would be great but PW doesn't play like that PW looks for strong games with alot of players. then they buy them out and turns it into a big money bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poksar Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hortonman Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 TL;DR: do not log in to Warframe for the time being, thank you. --- DE probably cannot stop PWE from buying it. But you can. I think this is the crucial first point to start with. This isn't necessarily DE's fault and even if DE doesn't want it, they probably can't stop it. The shareholders decide DE's fate, and if PWE is paying them a lot of money, they are going to sell. They don't care about Warframe or its community, they only care about the capital gains they make on their shares in the case of a buy-out. This means that we cannot focus our rage and anger at DE, we have to focus it at PWE. PWE shops around for games based on a number of faceless metrics, such as logins per day, average session length, peak concurrent users, average revenue per user, etc. They are not buying DE because they think players will like it, and will not be dissuaded from their purchase if players complain. Words are worthless to PWE: metrics are all that matter. Forum posts do not matter to PWE. Complaints do not matter to PWE. Petitions do not matter to PWE. There is only one channel through which we can voice our displeasure about the PWE takeover, and that is metrics. The only way Warframe players can send any kind of meaningful message to PWE to have them call off the deal is by causing a sufficiently significant change in operating metrics that would have to be reported to the potential buyer during the process of lawful disclosure during the MNA (mergers and acquisitions) process. PWE will absolutely drop the deal for DE if Warframe activity metrics falter significantly. This is a challenge between the power of the community to stand up for their game (by refusing to play it at all) and the apathy that PWE is banking on. PWE probably expects a few people to protest or to quit, and if a few of us do then they go ahead and destroy this game. This is the community's chance to prove that it can't be ignored. And I'm not talking about some symbolic 1-hour walkout or a 24-hour boycott. I'm talking about not playing at all, even if they release a massive content patch, until we are certain that PWE is out of the picture. Everyone who logs in to Warframe, for whatever purpose, is currently supporting the PWE buy-out of DE. Period. If you want to keep the game PWE-free, do not log in. Clan leaders should log in, set their MOTD to a notification about not logging in, and log out again. Stay on the forums, stay active and make yourselves heard here, but absolutely do not log in to the game. Show DE the empty desert they'll have if PWE buys them out and then you can all return to the lush oasis of Warframe once this 11th plague has blown over. Spread the word, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsack438 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 https://www.change.org/petitions/digital-extremes-ltd-not-to-sellout-to-perfect-world-entertainment#share do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambisyon_Ni_Batman Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Heads up, someone edited Wikipedia. I hope this is just some troll messing around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_World_Entertainment The edit was recent (July 2, 2014) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perfect_World_Entertainment&action=history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 When and/or if it turns out you lot have got the wrong idea, and PWE isn't buying DE, I'm gonna be all "ha ha, told you so" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundervision Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Almost 200pages. Go, Tenno, go! I'm just waiting until this page will reach 200pages. (And waiting for official response from DE, at least, from Steve) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me.KayOh Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Might it come to that, even DE may not be able to control this situation. an so you will make me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marthrym Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 "Players have taken to the forums voicing a certain amount of displeasure with the deal" From the article on joystiq.com. I like the "certain amount" part the most... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt_Atroxium Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Heads up, someone edited Wikipedia. I hope this is just some troll messing around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_World_Entertainment The edit was recent (July 2, 2014) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perfect_World_Entertainment&action=history Anyone could have edited that. I can go do it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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