Yep I'm not spending anymore, well under 200$ and initially I didn't even regret it. But their lack of communication mixed with lack of content makes me wish I stuck to my gut, sounds like even PVP has some sort of Resonance cap.
Really hope things get ironed out but I won't hold my breath.
I've just been playing like Skinner mostly-- so I wasn't paying attention to concerns
Chris
had regarding communication back in July.
I checked the reddit and finally did a full inventory and accounting of the situation. I'm going to continue H4 (3900 CR p156 875 res right now) but only as a social thing to ween off my friends/guild just in case the game gets a major content patch so I don't burn the bridge completely.
More importantly, I recently found out many whales especially in SEA are using credit card fraud. They use the stolen CC to buy Google/Amazon/Apple gift cards, then use that on the BATTLE.NET shop.
This is very widespread and a serious problem right now. Of course it is common sense. The shop costs between 1,000 USD and 5,000 USD to be a "Legit contender". Of course there is going to be felony fraud and people selling orbs black market.
Anyone in this thread would probably quit overnight if I told you how cheap blackmarket orbs are if you are willing to let the seller log into your account to deliver them using the giftcards. It's a blood boiler. The system has no integrity, and the orbs are dirt fucking cheap. Being a 5k resonance whale costs barely a few hundred bucks if you go black market fraud and work with 3rd party sellers. The giftcards they use are pure cash funded by the CC they use, so there is not really a major risk to your account. The CC company tries to charge back the fraudulent purchase of the giftcard, but the card is used up and is simply a cash card, so the investigation stalls out. The giftcard use adds another layer of delays and protection to the CC fraud. It'd be damn near hard to do anything about it. Blizzard has yet to make a public statement.
Combine widespread giftcard fraud (which is impossible to stop) with insane pay2win cash shop monetization-- and you've got a future dead game on your hands quick.