probably old news, but I had not noticed this before on the gamestop preorder page

Reserve Champions Online and receive :

* A 30-Day Free Trial.
* 5 Cryptic Bucks which can be used to purchase a variety of premium in-game goods.
* GameStop exclusive Insesctoid Airfoil which flaps up to 90 times per second and is ideal for the high-flying hero.
* Level 0 Flight. GameStop customers can utilize the awesome power of flight right at the beginning of Champions Online – something that normally takes users 5 levels to earn!
* Guaranteed access to the Champions Online Open Beta Test, set to start 2 weeks prior to the game's release.

Guess I'll be passing this one up. Sigh..

Originally posted by gadunk

probably old news, but I had not noticed this before on the gamestop preorder page

 

Reserve Champions Online and receive :

* A 30-Day Free Trial.
* 5 Cryptic Bucks which can be used to purchase a variety of premium in-game goods.
* GameStop exclusive Insesctoid Airfoil which flaps up to 90 times per second and is ideal for the high-flying hero.
* Level 0 Flight. GameStop customers can utilize the awesome power of flight right at the beginning of Champions Online – something that normally takes users 5 levels to earn!
* Guaranteed access to the Champions Online Open Beta Test, set to start 2 weeks prior to the game's release.

 

Guess I'll be passing this one up. Sigh..

 It sounds like its going to have a cash shop and require a monthly fee. If so I wont be purchasing this game either. I can live with a cash shop if its a F2P game, but I am not spending 50$, 15$ a month, and dealing with a cash shop. I guess we will see what happens...

If it's only for cosmetic items, I won't care much.. I'll just /point and /lol at people I see with $3.99 bat wings.. Actual "exclusive" items with like, stats though? Yah that would be a deal breaker for sure.

i'm guessing it will more then likely be for cosmetic items and powers like CoX already has.

DID you miss the huge RMT thread below?

No offense but I wish people would look for threads before starting new ones.

This topic has already been debated in the other thread so let me summarize:

Nobody knows the details of this system and it is better to wait and see what it is before jumping to conclusions. RMT is the wave of the future, and personally, I expect every MMO to launch to have it in some form or another.

Hopefully it will be cosmetic stuff and will not have any major impact on the game environment.

The best thing to do is wait and see.

Originally posted by templarga

DID you miss the huge RMT thread below?

No offense but I wish people would look for threads before starting new ones.

This topic has already been debated in the other thread so let me summarize:

Nobody knows the details of this system and it is better to wait and see what it is before jumping to conclusions. RMT is the wave of the future, and personally, I expect every MMO to launch to have it in some form or another.

Hopefully it will be cosmetic stuff and will not have any major impact on the game environment.

The best thing to do is wait and see.

Way of the future? Haha, usually that therm is used for something that is revolutionary and reaps benefits for the consumer, not the other way around.

Way of the future for greedy gaming companies yes (and lazy people who cant be bothered to play a game but just want to get to the end game). Other, more respectable companies, will do just fine with the 50$ per box and 15$ per month and let the players actually PLAY to earn their characters and not buy them.

RMT is garbage!

 As stated before we don't know to what extent the cash shops will play.  What I would suspect is they will use it for costume items that normally would be gotten from either hours of play or special occasions.  For example a pumpking head on halloween when you complete a mission or something... if you don't complete the mission you can buy it from the cash shop.

I seriously doubt they will put content in the game ONLY accessible via cash shops as Jack was quoted as saying he hates cash shops... but I think atari is the one requiring them.... we'll wait and see at launch I guess.

If RMT was the way of the future you wouldn't see people here complaining about it.

This has been discussed over and over by players on both MMORPG and CO forums, and we are yet to hear an official response about it, or I haven't seen it yet.

Even if it is about cosmetic items, it's still RMT and you will find yourself paying extra money per month to get that nice looking costume that would be otherwise avaiable as a fun quest chain, achievement or something like that, veteran reward or big in-game money sink.

Sorry but being "cosmetic" only doesn't fit when you already have monthly fees AND a retail purchase initial cost.

all signs point to it having 'cosmetic' stuff much like CoX.

so now they have to actually be a better game than DCUO since they are taking a Sony approach to ripping o.... erm.... charging, their customers.

so you buy a game for $50, put down your $15 for the month....... and cant design the exact character you want because you didnt spend the extra $5 for the diamond facemask, to bad you have to use only the square one, despite your money going towards the development of the diamond one.

"Way to future" lol what a crap. I'll definitely won't play champions online now. Thanks god there are better MMO firms than cryptic.

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Originally posted by gadunk
If it's only for cosmetic items, I won't care much.. I'll just /point and /lol at people I see with $3.99 bat wings.. Actual "exclusive" items with like, stats though? Yah that would be a deal breaker for sure.

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This.

I wonder if Cryptic will do this with Star Trek Online. USS Enterprise: $10 plx

Look at all of the major MMO companies that have started or operate some type of RMT system.

Look at all of the games have have introduced it in some form, like Turbine (DDO) and SOE (all games pretty much).

Look at the success of games that have RMT and have grown exponentially in the last few years. Wizard 101 and Runes of Magic come to mind along with Free Realms.

Even a WOW developer said that it is not out of the realm of possibility in the distant future.

So as I said, its the way of the future. Most games will have an RMT system and I expect almost all games to have one that come out in the next year or two including Aion (I expect them to introduce one at some point) and SW: TOR (come on, its EA).

That does not mean I like it or support it, its just a fact at this point. The question will be to what extent do they do RMT in their games.

Originally posted by Sylian

"Way to future" lol what a crap. I'll definitely won't play champions online now. Thanks god there are better MMO firms than cryptic.

Better ones then cryptic?  Theres nothing wrong with cryptic, and again, this seems to be put on by atari not cryptic, atari was quoted telling the shareholders months before the cryptic bucks even started something about including an item shop for added revenue....   also.. who's better then cryptic? Mythic?, SOE?   oh maybe you mean blizzard... oh okay then....  Cryptics not the  best..... but in comparison to other companies.. they're pretty on par.

For all we know it could be a Cryptic store that offers character slots, makeovers and alot of materialistic things just like Guild Wars has and if that is the case then it is totally acceptable. It is still a wait and see what it really is going to be.

Originally posted by SaintViktor

For all we know it could be a Cryptic store that offers character slots, makeovers and alot of materialistic things just like Guild Wars has and if that is the case then it is totally acceptable. It is still a wait and see what it really is going to be.

I have a feeling, sooner or later, it will be "Pay to unlock this and this power!"

Honestly, I don't see the big deal about RMT. If you can't afford something, then don't buy it. IF a game offered RMT for items that affect utility or stats, and if that bothers you, don't play the game.

RMT transactions allow more revenue to come in that might not otherwise. As someone with a job, I don't mind paying $10 for an extra storage space in Guild Wars.

Remember, these guys have to remain profitable or they close the game and you have nothing to play.

Originally posted by SaintViktor

For all we know it could be a Cryptic store that offers character slots, makeovers and alot of materialistic things just like Guild Wars has and if that is the case then it is totally acceptable. It is still a wait and see what it really is going to be.

 Except, with Guildwars, you dont pay a monthly fee. The best part of CoX, I assume will be the best part of Champions, which is the character design tool. Its fun to spend hours simply designing new characters. With a game like this, I am not paying extra for character slots or bat wings. If im paying 15$ a month, I expect to have access to all the content thats available. With a game like this, character look is a fundamental part of the game...

**Crosses Champions off list of possible games to play**

I don't know what future RMT is the wave of, but I can guarantee it isn't mine.

Guess I won't play this. Paying a subscription and haveing to worry about keeping up with an item shop? Yeah, that doesn't sound like a ripoff or anything. I'll be waiting for a more quality game anyways from a less mediocre developer (imo of course...).