I think we're all missing a very important question, here:
Why does it have to be either gated or open? Why can't it be both? What is uncomfortable about having both options?
What do we lose from having content that isn't gated? Is anything stopping people from playing through the gates that they want to play through?
It seems at this point that we're just arguing for the sake of displaying opinions, and not because there's actually anything to argue over.
The option to play through the gates will still be there. The option to not play through the gates is being introduced for people that don't want to do it.
"Yeah but they should do it my way" isn't really a reason to argue anything, because it can be countered with the exact same argument from the other side; if you accept your own as reasonable, then you have to accept the other side's as being reasonable because they're the exact same argument; if you don't accept the other side, then you can't accept your own without being hypocritical or otherwise contradictory.
And that's why we're not getting anywhere. There's nothing to argue about. This entire thing is a Non-Argument.
Why does it have to be either gated or open? Why can't it be both? What is uncomfortable about having both options?
What do we lose from having content that isn't gated? Is anything stopping people from playing through the gates that they want to play through?
It seems at this point that we're just arguing for the sake of displaying opinions, and not because there's actually anything to argue over.
The option to play through the gates will still be there. The option to not play through the gates is being introduced for people that don't want to do it.
"Yeah but they should do it my way" isn't really a reason to argue anything, because it can be countered with the exact same argument from the other side; if you accept your own as reasonable, then you have to accept the other side's as being reasonable because they're the exact same argument; if you don't accept the other side, then you can't accept your own without being hypocritical or otherwise contradictory.
And that's why we're not getting anywhere. There's nothing to argue about. This entire thing is a Non-Argument.
