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New Gambling Feature
Kybub
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As a former blackjack dealer, I would love to be able to deal blackjack inside a tavern to my buzzed costumers.
Tired from swinging your swords and casting your fire balls through the newly discovered dungeon? Come stop by the Tavern and sit at my blackjack table! After a few drinks and money sinks, go back to swinging your swords and casting your fireballs to get your coin back!
Tired from swinging your swords and casting your fire balls through the newly discovered dungeon? Come stop by the Tavern and sit at my blackjack table! After a few drinks and money sinks, go back to swinging your swords and casting your fireballs to get your coin back!
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Either way, with the free market AoC will have we will be able to do it unofficially anyways.
Yea it probably won't be worth the media attention to endorse gambling tbh, like I said though people will definitely do it unofficially.
With the games that will be present in the tavern as of right now, it's will be easy to gamble, and people are going to be doing it. So why not blackjack? 💪😃 Ah, people have seen and been through much worse at younger ages. Blackjack on pixels will amount to nothing in regards to a teen audience! I do like your side though! Very cool 😎
I am just now realizing how weak my rebuttal is. I surrender. Next time go easy on me 😢
You'd be surprised what the Karen's of this world can get accomplished nowadays lmfao
A similar example would be something like hate-speech. Including it in the game through dialogue may affect the rating and marketability, but developers aren't necessarily responsible for players engaging in hate-speech during online play (although that can get into some murky legal waters too, in some cases).
Particularly with some of the new legislation that is starting to emerge in places like the EU. Explicitly including gambling could end up being a bad idea.
And it isn't exactly a good feeling to work for your progression and your game currency just to see someone with more just because they got lucky on a few games of luck.
But I do believe it can be implemented in a way that works. For example, you win a different currency that can buy you cosmetic items, or something of the sort.
Yea I could be wrong but I was under the assumption that due to recent rulings in the EU, you can't have gambling of this nature in an MMO if you want to operate in the EU.
Edit: And apparently many countries outside the EU have even stricter gambling restrictions so I'm going to assume such a request is impossible.
I think it would be awesome if it goes this way. Then Intrepid can honestly say they don’t support gambling in the game and avoid controversy, and players can still do it under their noses. Having it totally run by players and policed by them makes it feel more immersive and makes the community stronger. Plus, it will be interesting to see what kinds of innovative gambling games players can make up within the limitations of the game’s UI.
They wont do that. To mutch work for to lidl gain.
They have already talked about card games on one of there interviews in 2018.
card games doesnt mean gambling.
You Gamble the moment money (Real life or ingame) becomes involved.
Even chess can be turned into a Gamble if you let people bet on the outcome.
The Witcher 3 had Gwen with its gambling mechanic but the game was rated Mature so they could do that.
AoC is trying for a Teen rating i think.( Correct me if im wrong there)
So no Gamble like mechanics in the EU.
They can still implement card games and board games into AoC, they just cant implement an official mechanic that involves Money.
AoC could follow its lead and allow gambling if they limit the stakes to such a small amount that losing doesn’t hurt you. You mostly play for fun and maybe some kind of achievement. I doubt it would be controversial if done that way.
Imagine the most basic starter quest awarded 30 copper pieces to complete and you could gamble 5 copper pieces at the most, such a small amount there was almost nothing a vendor sold that cheap.
The whole argument about gambling shouldn't be in the game because "people can get addicted" or "people will spend more time gambling than actually playing the game" ...so what? It's a cool aspect to have in a fantasy game like this. Just because some people have poor self control doesn't mean the whole idea needs to be scrapped for everyone else.
Well Said. (Slow golf clap)
Gambling should defiantly be in the game 100%, even if it's small.
For any player, gambling is a chance to get something more, new or rare for a small price, or lose it all.Its exciting, fun, and punishing at times, just like video games. Its fitting for a world that fills of fantasy. And yes there is always concerns for how it would be implemented. If the concern is , addiction, then why sell alcohol. video games, MMOs especially are addictive. More importantly I would rather lose virtual money than real money. unless of course, you paid for that virtual money.
Look to how other video games have implemented it, for example Diablo III and FFXIV uses a specific currency, in this case it could be tavern currency. For the occupying guild tavern currency could be used in different ways than the visiting people. currency could be obtained from tavern specific quests etc. With the rise GTA RP on youtube, the casino is always entertaining for both players and viewers. Now I'm not saying to go full out casino mode, I just support gambling in games, as long as its worth it. If not an immediate feature, it would still make a good feature for future DLC.
I know this was posted about a year ago but I thought its worth the discussion. Any thoughts, comments , additions?
If I had more time, I would write a shorter post.
As long as there are no real world money involved, have fun.
Clarification. Cards, dices, chess and the sorts. No slot machines or weird modern day Vegas doohickeys.