[asdjlkadsjklads]

> If the price was the only problem, you'd still expect to see people playing draft regularly, at least in the interim, especially since there are free drafts you can play. But there's more wrong with this game than just how they priced it.

Fwiw, price _was_ my only problem and i still stopped playing. Why? Because it felt the game's intentions differed from mine. It felt like the game was trying to be Magic, where as i just wanted to play a card-dota game - not invest in some market, continually buying packs, etc.

In addition to this, the drama and complaints surrounding the market also made me feel like the game was doomed for failure. And the type of game it was made me not want to play it if it died (unlike a single player game, where i'd happily play regardless of other people).

Just my 2c / context.

[DanHulton]

Yeah, I'm not saying it wasn't a problem for anyone, but that there should be a solid core of people playing drafts (free or otherwise) if the base game itself was legitimately great, since the pricing issue effectively goes away there. Maybe it would still keep you away, but it shouldn't have kept everyone away. The fact that only about a hundred people are playing means that the problems have to run deeper.

[rishav_sharan]

As someone who has put in over 10k hours into dota since 2004, price was my issue as well. I don't want to pay for the game and then pay for the cards.

I would have been the natural convert to artefact. Yet they missed on players like me