I've heard and read but not fully understood... EU trade laws tend to complicate promotional stuff like this? Something something something? I know part of the EU laws are why a lot of video games have several language options and all that. It sounds very complicated to run international promo campaigns that business lawyers have to read through and make sure things go 'ok'.
Me thinks SE EU majorly fucked up with this outdated idea of which there are several issues I have with it (but it's not just SE EU).
Both SE EU and SE Japan have campaigns that rely on resources that sell out (magazines vs specific drink items).
SE EU forces the UK players to have to wait almost 3 months to get the entire set of items that (at least) NA players were able to get all at once.
Not quite as alarming, the relative difference in cost. I don't remember how many points were required to get all the items in the Japanese promo event and how much the drinks cost. UK will need to pay roughly $30 versus roughly $20 that NA players paid.
Fuck everyone who says people who have complaints are 'entitled'. No one is asking for this to be free. People would just like to be able to have the relative ease that others had it. (Also, again, there's no real evidence that NA players taking advantage of the Amazon loopholes caused this dumbfuckery that I attribute solely to SE EU so far.)
We still don't know what other regions in the EU will get as their campaigns but they are eligible to participate (somewhat) in the one currently targeted at UK players. As such this poorly implemented campaign still affects them.
I understand this is a promo but really it sounds like having to run through a maze in a marathon to get the items.
Me thinks SE EU majorly fucked up with this outdated idea of which there are several issues I have with it (but it's not just SE EU).
Both SE EU and SE Japan have campaigns that rely on resources that sell out (magazines vs specific drink items).
SE EU forces the UK players to have to wait almost 3 months to get the entire set of items that (at least) NA players were able to get all at once.
Not quite as alarming, the relative difference in cost. I don't remember how many points were required to get all the items in the Japanese promo event and how much the drinks cost. UK will need to pay roughly $30 versus roughly $20 that NA players paid.
Fuck everyone who says people who have complaints are 'entitled'. No one is asking for this to be free. People would just like to be able to have the relative ease that others had it. (Also, again, there's no real evidence that NA players taking advantage of the Amazon loopholes caused this dumbfuckery that I attribute solely to SE EU so far.)
We still don't know what other regions in the EU will get as their campaigns but they are eligible to participate (somewhat) in the one currently targeted at UK players. As such this poorly implemented campaign still affects them.
I understand this is a promo but really it sounds like having to run through a maze in a marathon to get the items.
