pozzer18

again as i have prev mentioned a large portion of people who have bought the arma games do so for the custom content and not the core game. with out gaming communities and modders etc i guarantee this game series would sell significantly less games. if the problem is that BI do not get a cut of the donations used to help run a server maybe that could be included in any new rules. most gaming communities are not looking to make a profit they are simply looking to help fund a server. the problem is A3L got greedy and started making thousands of pounds a month and that is now one of the reasons BI is clamping down on this sort of donations. i get that 100%. the only issue is they are not affecting A3L from making money they are infact affecting the smaller communities that dont make a profit. i know all the guys following this thread will bash anyone trying to make a point in regards to this, that is probably why their is only 14 pages of feedback in over a year. you only have to visit reddit and observe some of those threads to see the impact this is having on the wider community. i applaud all of you for not needing donations to be able to survive however i can guarantee that the majority of gaming communities can not afford this and ill also revisit my earlier point with out gaming communities this game title will not be as popular as it can be.

try flying a helicopter that is part of the DLC i can 1 million % confirm you cant!

Hi Johny sadly it appears you haven't read my entire comment and have instead stopped halfway through. i have clearly stated this is against your rules and have also asked that maybe it is your rules that need to change to help gaming communities survive. I also feel that your stance on selling ingame items such as guns etc is unfair when yourselves are in fact already doing this through addons. If we pay extra and buy your weapon pack we can then have more powerful weapons than players that dont buy said Addon this contravenes your very own rule set. i understand that you make the rules as it is your game so to speak, but i would also say a big chunk of the people playing your game are doing so to play the modded scene. As a developer if you cant see that these rules will ultimately kill off your game your insane. With out communities putting servers up to attract players the future doesn't look bright. So back to my original point, maybe your rules on monetization need to change to better help gaming communities survive as we in turn will help your company sell games

Hi, My 2 cents on this whole issue is personally this is killing off Arma 3 servers. when i joined the scene 5 years ago back on Arma 2 their where thousands of servers, then Arma 3 came along and people where wary of moving across as mods where new and full of bugs. Then you decided to add monetization ruling and server numbers have been in decline ever since. People are not moving over from Arma 2 in droves in fact Arma 2 is actually seeing an increase in servers currently. The majority of people who play Arma 3 dont play it for the original game alone. dont get me wrong with out it mods like exile and epoch wouldn't exist! but most players buy arma 3 to play Mods. Now for modders to continue modding they need donations and the bulk of their donations come from gaming communities. gaming communities get their donation from their players which believe me is really hard under your current rule set. so what does that mean? well gaming communities get less donations so cant donate as much to modders, modders get less donations so cant dedicate more time to mods so mods slow down or are not made. players then stop playing Arma 3 and go back to Arma 2 where mods are already widely available. Arma 3 overall is a much better game than Arma 3. you have made so many improvements over the prev title. if you want Arma 3 and also Arma 4 to have the same success as Arma 2 you need to abolish this monetization ruling. players simply wont donate for clothes or hats, they want building parts and guns. this donation model where players can donate for game changing perks is what helped Arma 2 get so successfull. if you want players to move over from Arma 2 to Arma 3 their needs to be more Mods released and for that to happen gaming communities who host servers at massive costs need to be able to cover their costs. i can see from the forum above that your getting barely any feedback on here but you only need to do a search on reddit to see the negativity to this Trial. Now from what i have read you keep referring back to how the old widely used donation system is against your rules, maybe you rules need to change to help accommodate people who play your game. no one has really touched on the fact that gaming communities make your company millions of dollars each year. with out us you wouldn't have players. so maybe help us help you sell games by adjusting your rules so us gaming communities can survive. Pozzer18