Board Thread:Game development/@comment-38509051-20190415232145/@comment-39414832-20190520005226

Danborgg wrote: You do not need to do anything to buy an item off the catalog.

Events provide meaningful items to "free" players. Even if you have 1,000,000 Robux, if you don't do the event you won't get the prize. Event items seperate the people who put effort into the game from those who don't. I am not saying that LiveOps are bad. I like the idea. They provide a way for developers to enlarge their player base, and thus their income.

However, I think Roblox could continue to make two, three events a year. If they focus on, say, only the Egg Hunt all year, then that would give them plenty of time to make the event itself. I just do not see why Roblox is exchanging one for the other, when in the new system it isn't even Roblox who is doing the work.

SUMMARY

LiveOps SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. I am not saying that the old way should be kept completly, NOR am I saying only LiveOps should be used. I think a healthy mix would be best.

I believe that LiveOps are a good idea, don't get me wrong. However, the removal of all events is what I dislike. While there are still plenty of free items in the catalog, you do not have to do anything to get them. Events with catalog prizes provide a way to earn a prize, something others can admire. Without that way to make yourself unique, the gap between people willing to spend money and those who won't will even further widen. Event prizes were a form of equalizer. You didn't have to have money to get things. You had to be good at the game. Therefore, I find this update so maddening. If the developers are making the events, what prevents Roblox from making a regular event occasionally. The total removal of events is uncalled for. Note:

The sponsored events require, at least in recent years, only a page and some badly designed free items. I feel that Roblox is putting very little effort into them. I could, in all honesty, do without these. At most, I would want just the Christmas, Halloween, and Easter events to stay. If even that is too much, at least let the Egg Hunt stay. It has become a large part of Roblox, and people enjoy it, as one can tell by looking into a players egg filled inventory. If you don't like the game the egg(s) is in, don't play the game. It is as simple as that.