>>1117225
Fraudulent Misrepresentation with Ines Raya -> Refunds
Regarding the topic of the Ines nerf and The First Descendant development team previously stating that they would not be nerfing descendants... I think this is grounds for players to seek damages and refunds from NEXON and The First Descendant.
Reasoning:
- Early in the life of the game, when Bunny and Gley were the targets of scorn by the try
hard 'balance your game' types, the developers publicly stated they would not be nerfing
descendants and instead would be buffing other descendants to match.
- The developers advertised Ines Raya prior to and during release as a great descendant
with great gameplay mechanics and specific functionalities.
- The in-game user interface specified what Ines Raya could do.
The three above bullets are called advertisements and descriptions. By making Ines Raya a buyable character, and furthermore, by integrating the descendant Ines Raya with a specific set of in-game functionality, the first descendant developers have essentially made it so that when they nerfed Ines Raya, they fundamentally degraded the product they advertised to customers. It's generally considered illegal for the seller to alter the product they sold someone after that person has already purchased it.
This is a huge problem, as the situation presents itself as a somehow even worse version of "Fraudulent Misrepresentation". It's the equivalent of going to a shoe store after seeing an advertisement, buying a great product with a small refund window, and then.. instead of the product just actively sucking... after your refund window has expired, the company comes to your house and swaps out your boots for a pair of flip flops.
If the developers didn't tie descendants to a specific set of skills and functionality, then this wouldn't be an issue, and they could balance their classes all they want. But in this case, they sold people not just a character design, but a discrete set of skills and capabilities. For them to then later degrade those skills and capabilities to the point where many of the people who paid for the character and associated content (costumes, cosmetics, inventory slots, etc) are no longer interested in playing the character, is a an act that I believe warrants either mass refunds or retracting the changes made.
I also believe this applies to any existing or future nerfs they might attempt on a character which they advertise, describe, and release for sale in exchange for people's real currency.