And so the snowflakes prevail, just dont buy them, simple as that. No need to attack a guy for doing his job.

I agree that microtransactions are bad but harassing an innocent person is no better.

This is why I don't use Twitter, way too many man-children there.
Yes, microtransactions are a cancer that needs to be purged, but going after a guy that worked on said game is just crossing the line.

Imho, getting angry and letting publishers and devs know about it is fine but.....

1. Make your point strongly but respectfully, without personal insults or threats.

2. Target the right people, probably the publishers in this instance.

3. Only do it once and restrict further comments to any replies rather than just continuously harassing someone over and over in the same way.

I know the person who started this pathetic crusade on Twitter - it's bloody disgusting. They asked him if MTs were required to play, to which he replied saying it was cosmetic only - which is true. Then, this guy decided to post an image of the PS4 items for sale which he got online (as he doesn't even own the game) and started to call him out for being wrong about a few boosts which weren't even supposed to be buyable with the gold (as you couldn't get them on PC, the update hadn't rolled out to remove them from the PS4 version yet) - plus you could buy them in-game with a tiny amount of coins you pick up.

So, this individual started posting how he was a liar and more vulgar terms whilst messaging to major news sites and smaller ones to try and get them to cover what he thought was news. This led to people seeing his messages and a bunch of uninformed people (just like the originator) jumping on the hate bandwagon and attacking the dev over something he didn't even do.

The guy they were harassing is the Lead Level Designer - he probably had no say or input into the Microtransaction side. Plus, he probably playtested or owns the PC version - where MT for gold is only for the cosmetic things you can already buy in-game.

The whole thing is pathetic and the comments and hate sent towards the dev was totally uncalled for. Even if the guy was responsible for the MTs, they are the least obtrusive ones I've ever seen in a game - I played it pre-release and bought everything with in-game currency with no grinding or backtracking, it all just came naturally.

I hate entitled people who think they have the right to cause people hell just because they aren't happy with something they don't own, never intend on picking up, and to try and fit their agenda of hating everything which will get them clicks and follows. It's pathetic.

Man Bethesda went down hill so fast, I hope they go bankrupt honestly there games are getting horrible with mt’s

Ah the shortsighted crowd of entitlement going after a developer of social media (yawn). Well it's not like he's going to show up on his doorstep or office, that would mean he would have to go.......outside (duh...duh...duh...dramatic prairie dog).

Can you change the description from Fan to child? They got a LOT of growing to do.

The game journos are gonna have a field day with this one. I can already smell the articles from a mile away "Toxic Gamers Makes Developer Quit Social Media!"
In all honesty though, I hope the developer gets back on his feet.

What is the the tone and setting return to which they refer?

I dont understand why people are complaining. Everytime you make a purchase you give these companies ammunition, attacking a dev is not going to change anything until the idiots of this gaming community wake up and start talking with their wallets.

I don’t blame them, twitter is a shit show lol. If you don’t leave due to harassment then you leave because the people there are bottom of the barrel stupid. Anyone trying genuine “business outreach” on twitter is a moron.

Damn shame.

Okay, I played through the first level and yes it is different than the other Wolfenstein games, some issues, yes, but the day I start harassing devs on the internet is the day I stop playing video games. That just seems a bit too much for my tastes. We all enjoy games but not to that extent and this from a game lifer who has been gaming since the early 80s.

Alleged harassment
Ok I want to know what was said before I jump on any side on this and how many were saying it

Hate to see this, the fucking ground level employees dont make the fucking desicions i used to get this all the time in retail people screaming at you because a guy making 3000× your wages made a desicion the customer doesnt like...

Microtransactions are cancer. Just going to torrent this for PC and not even play it. The game is just average at best. Just going to add it to my Wolfenstein collection.

No one has a right to be pissed. The microtransactions are fuckibg meaningless cosmetics your ignorant fools. Omg Microtransactions that have no bearing on the game let me bitch like a child. That's like complaining Target sells trading cards. Morons. If something doesnt effect gameplay then WHO GIVES A FUCKKKKK. You entitled assholes. Never leave your mothers basement. No human interaction let me abuse people on twitter because I'm a lowlife human who can only feel good when I complain about pointless topics.

I never encountered microtransactions and I played for around 30 hours and got to level 55 .. Loved every minute

Attacking someone who worked on the game is not the right thing to do. It's understandable to be angry because the game didn't turn out like we hoped it would but, that doesn't give us the right to say whatever we want to whom ever we want. That's like going to the grocery store, putting cucumbers in your basket, paying for it, going home only to realize you bought zucchini. Then, you go back to the store and talk trash to to the clerk and say things so mean and vile that they take leave for a week.

We are all raised differently, but is it really that difficult to show some respect?

The game sucks and they added micro transactions. Is that okay? Absolutely not. But, pointing the finger at someone involved in development only hurts our credibility as a community. We need to give proper feedback to the people who made the decisions. It's 2019. I'm sure we can figure out who those people are. But, If we continue down this path, developers and publishers are going to care even less what we think and just do what they think will make more money.

WTF is wrong with these people? The dev isn't the one who put them in there!!!!

Just so people are aware of how microtransactions work, since I see a lot of false narrative being pushed. Almost all of the time the dev is the one who implements the system. They are required by their publisher to meet certain revenue goals each month. The publisher doesn't care how they meet those goals, and they are not the ones who design the system. Ask yourself how a buisiness suit who has no idea what makes a good game would ever know what to implement. Treyarch for example got off scot free by buyers because every terrible thing they added was all pinned on Activision, but internal investigations revealed Treyarch was responsible for almost all of it. The revenue goal set is the main thing that can affect how erratic the implementation of MTs end up being.

However, the entire design and implementation is done by developer end and not publisher as many people seem to be thinking it's the opposite with no evidence to back it up.

Why don't we just get rid of MT's and lootboxes?