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[–] Rustmilian 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Base Game that has almost no content : $60

[–] dienzier 5 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I understand the joke and I agree with the sentiment, but it drives me fucking insane when people put the dollar symbol after the dollar amount.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO it is the right way to do it (I know it isn't in the US) You already do it for measurement symbols so why is it before when money is involved

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Do you say "it costs five dollars" or "it costs dollar five"? Write as you speak, please.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do you write 4$ and 50¢?

Or do you write $4.50

And if you write $4.50 do you say "dollars four period fifty"?

That's not nearly the justification that you think it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I write 5 zł (5 zlotys, 5 PLN) or 5€ (5 euros, 5 EUR) because in Europe we don't unnecesarily invert the currency symbol compared to what we speak. The following system, which I found on Wikipedia, would make the most sense:

Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 2Image50.

That'd be perfectly consistent with what we speak and solve the problem of fractional currency notation as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you write 4$ or $4 if you don't have cents? I really don't know how you do it in US

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Australia? Free? Ha! I doubt it.

[–] dienzier 8 points 1 year ago

Just symbolic

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Free, but without cheating it's totally impossible to survive past level 10

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Rustmilian 4 points 1 year ago

"Free to play" : has loot boxes you pay for....

[–] son_named_bort 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is that different than regular earth. You're born on one continent where you don't have to pay but you gotta pay lots of money to go to another one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's literally passports that are more valuable because they open you up to more of Europe. And some passports that limit you to only a few countries.

So yeah, better travelling is literally region locked demos and moving somewhere better is pretty expensive DLC.

[–] GrammatonCleric 11 points 1 year ago

Bro, this isn't solely an EA thing anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get the most deadly creatures and kangaroos for free? No way!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, those are apart of the creatures and gameplay update for A$140

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That reminds me more of Paradox if anything :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Crusader Kings IV: you can still play as the Holy Roman Empire, but now you have to purchase the Holy Expansion Pack for $19.99, the Roman Expansion Pack for $29.99, and the Empire Expansion Pack for $39.99, despite the fact that it's none of those things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

E... A... EArth: we have no shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Kind of like nautical charts. Every region is more money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

no EArht 2 has olny tokelau for free but i can forgive you