As I sit here and wait patiently for my North Wales WiFi to splutter into life and download Metal Gear Online at a pace quicker than a kilobyte per decade, I decided to take a snoop around for what the feedback for it is so far. On my travels, I discovered that Konami are trying to make you buy insurance for your FOB. Yup.
MGO already has microtransactions, but the necessity of these isn’t exactly known. At the risk of sounding like a furious keyboard fingerer, this odd form of insurance to help protect your base from invaders is yet another cynical attempt at lifting a few extra coins out of fans’ pockets.
From the official website:
Your FOBs are always at risk of coming under attack. Now, you can rest easy with FOB insurance (paid service). If you sign up for insurance, then during the insurance period you will be compensated for any materials and staff lost due to rival infiltrations.
* Staff/materials stolen by the rival will in fact remain on your base, and an identical amount of staff/materials will be handed over to the rival instead.
* MB Coins are purchased with real money, but free MB Coins are also distributed periodically as login bonuses, etc.
* The following are not covered by FOB insurance:
・Staff/items that are not fully your property, such as abducted staff being held in your Brig (FOB)
・Wounded staff (staff lost due to death or extraction will be compensated)
・Staff used by you to deploy in defense of the FOB (neither death nor extraction will be compensated)
・Nuclear weapons
We are all Diamond Dogs, apart from Konami because they are obsessed with tarnishing the reputation of the series, especially if the rumour of Metal Gear fucking pachinko are anything to go by.
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