From beb2712bf14462a228ff568c0772c74a957e6ad0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MicrocontrollersDev <66657148+MicrocontrollersDev@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 10:00:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update essential.md --- docs/latest/essential.md | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/latest/essential.md b/docs/latest/essential.md index 003667a0..a27d4c2c 100644 --- a/docs/latest/essential.md +++ b/docs/latest/essential.md @@ -2,21 +2,24 @@ ??? note "Essential sucks" - Its new microtransaction system is predatory, purposefully designed to charge you more than what it would cost you prior to the new currency update. - Essential now uses a new in game currency in order to buy cosmetics, similar to Fortnite V-Bucks. The amount of currency you can buy and the price - of cosmetics is purposefully placed so that you always have to buy extra coins than you need to buy an item, forcing you to spend extra. This - business practice is incredibly anticonsumer and profit driven. + Its new microtransaction system is predatory, purposefully designed to charge you more than what it would cost you prior + to the new currency update. Essential now uses a new in game currency in order to buy cosmetics, similar to Fortnite's + V-Bucks. The amount of currency you can buy and the price of cosmetics is purposefully placed so that you always have + to buy extra coins than you need to buy an item, forcing you to spend extra. This business practice is incredibly + anticonsumer and profit driven. - Essential also tries to market itself as a mod library. Because of this, if another mod wants to use something Essential offers, all users of the - mod are forced to install Essential alongside the original mod. There is no way around this. If you are a mod developer, please look elsewhere for - the features Essential offers. I especially recommend avoiding vigialnce, due to its myriad of issues that have been known but not fixed for years. + Essential also tries to market itself as a mod library. Because of this, if another mod wants to use something + Essential offers, all users of the mod are forced to install Essential alongside the original mod. There is no way + around this. If you are a mod developer, please look elsewhere for the features Essential offers. I especially + recommend avoiding vigialnce, due to its myriad of issues that have been known but not fixed for years. - Essential has tracking and data collection. This information may be shared to third parties as can be read in their [privacy policy](https://essential.gg/privacy-policy), - as well as what data they collect. + Essential has tracking and data collection. This information may be shared to third parties as can be read in their + [privacy policy](https://essential.gg/privacy-policy), as well as what data they collect. - Lastly, Essential is a half-baked mod. Almost every promise for new features has yet to be delivered since and before its release. Additionally, - the features Essential currently has are purposefully made to be worse than other mods. Most obvious of this is their built in zoom, which despite - some of its features being copied from Patcher, most of its functionality and customization was not adeded to make it "easier for new players". + Lastly, Essential is a half-baked mod. Almost every promise for new features has yet to be delivered since and before + its release. Additionally, the features Essential currently has are purposefully made to be worse than other mods. + Most obvious of this is their built in zoom, which despite some of its features being copied from Patcher, most of its + functionality and customization was not adeded to make it "less intimidating and easier for new players". Don't feel forced to use Essential!