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I don't think AGS will be better than EA as a publisher. I can't believe I can say that.

Seeing how they handled New World and how they currently handle Lost Ark...

For anyone unaware, Lost Ark has a serious bot problem and the answer from AGS is to act in a way where the primary impact is felt by legitimate players.

Lost Ark makes RuneScape's history of botting seem minor in comparison.

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I was thinking of trying out Lost Ark this weekend. Is the botting bad enough that it affects someone soloing their way through the game?

The impact on the economy of the game makes it very difficult to play the game for free and even at the 50$/month mark you would be having a rough time because of the market.

The game is fun until you reach the point where the botting becomes impactful. Up until that point you can enjoy it for free with minimal impact from bots minus the inability to farm some horizontal progression content.

Not really. I enjoyed soloing the game.

Is it that unbelievable? EA are a very successful publisher

EA has been increasingly anti-consumer for years, notably through the proliferation of microtransactions, loot box mechanics, “Season Passes”, and half-finished base games with expensive DLC “expansions.” Highly unpopular brand, despite their commercial success.

World of Tanks copies all that goofy stuff. Having been on the game for 12 years, I just ignore that stuff. They are free to play but have crap tons of loot box and season pass hoopla. I use the "free to play" term loosely. I have spent a lot more money on that game than any other I have ever played, and I'm not a big spender by any means.

Key difference is that EA still charges full price up front, too.

Wargaming sells tanks in game. Each one costs as much or more than a full box game off the shelf/download. Most sticky players have bought several.

Dead Space is literally coming back just now after they EA-ified Dead Space 3.

What PC games do not have serious botting or cheating problems? We need better kernel mode attestation systems.

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