Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34368958-20190510023202/@comment-33711316-20190605104820

Clarkarot wrote: I am more important to myself than anybody else in the world, that is correct. However nowhere did I state other people aren't important so thank you for putting words into my mouth, those always taste the best :)

Of course other people matter too. They make it possible for Dokkan to reach #1 and for me (all of us) to receive stone rewards. So I value them in that sense. Realize I'm never going to meet any of you personally so I can only speak about what little specific connection we have in the relevant context. Whales spend money and enjoy all cards while I save but only enjoy the cards I'm lucky enough to pull with the stones Dokkan allots to free2play players like myself.

Not much can be done about that as I will not spend money so I'm very grateful to the players who actually make this wonderful game possible.

I understand about addiction, I've been foolish enough to fall into that trap before. I also have no one to blame but myself. It's very easy for people with addictive personalities to fall into addiction: sports, substances, media, videogames, internet, gambling, the list goes on and on. Would you like to have all those things banned because some people fall into the trap?

I'd much rather those people would seek help, professional help. First step to beat addiction is to realize you're addicted. In regards to Dokkan, if you feel the urge to summon on every banner and obtain all the cards it may be revealing signs of addiction or it reveals you're passionate about the game, you want it to live long and you realize it takes money to keep the Dokkan ki balls alight.

Yes, I want free stuff in a mobile game. Don't we all? Maybe some of us don't. If that's your case maybe you could set up a Dokkan fund where likeminded people would help Dokkan foot the bill of handing out free stones. There's an idea I could get behind. The main problem with loot boxes and gacha mechanics is that they're specifically designed to trigger addictive behaviours. I'm not saying that everything should be banned, that's a bit extreme, but it does need regulation in some form. Same as real life casinos. There is a reason why there are very strict laws conserning gambling, but for some reason video games don't have to follow them. It's not just gambling either, basically everything with addictive properties have serious regulation that needs to be followed in order to produce/sell/operate. There really is no reason why digital gambling shouldn't have similar rules.

Reversing you argument is also possible; seeing as you believe addiction should be handeled personally, maybe we should make all drugs, alcohol, gambling etc. completely legal and unregulated. That way everyone can be happy doing what they like best. And if they get addicted they just have to go to rehab. Sounds like a great plan, right?

Don't get me wrong, I love this game, and I have spent money on it. I would hate for it to dissapear because of this. But I also hate the whole loot box system and would be happy to see it go away. It's a serious problem, and when people are spending their life saving on stuff like this something really needs to be done about it.

Anyways, it's not like I have the solution to this problem, I'm just stating my oppinion. Looking back at it my first comment was pretty harsh, I just get emotional about addiction issues sometimes because I know what it can do to peoples lives, so I appologize for that.