I went to my local Game-Stop and did the $5 pre-order. I pickup my beta key card the fist week of august and will get into beta for $5. I then pay for the rest of the game (no shipping fees) on in store pickup.

Not at all!

Not since word got out about their stinky microtransactions...

you made a good choice, don't listen to people when they down talk the mt's, its just cosmetic

i went ahead and ordered it online from game stop and paid my $57. figured i might as well cut throught BS and get to the point.

 Microtransactions are going to be for fluff. People are gettign bent out of shape for nothing. IM excited about CHampions, COH/V were great games. This should be their landmark Superhero MMO since they got good experience with COH and COV. I know this wont be a half arsed game it will be full and complete with all the bells and whistles as well as stability and performance. 

Paid in full at Gamestop. Sept 1st here I come!

Originally posted by SaintViktor

Paid in full at Gamestop. Sept 1st here I come!

dont forget august 17 for the open beta.

i pre-ordered my copy at gamestop and will be picking up my beta code in a week woot hope to see yall in beta =)

got my preorder in at Play.com

cant wait :D

Originally posted by lornj

i went ahead and ordered it online from game stop and paid my $57. figured i might as well cut throught BS and get to the point.

The only BS here is Cryptic's.

One month from release and still this on their FAQ.

Q: Will a monthly fee be required to play?
A: We have not yet announced the pricing structure for the game.

Originally posted by lornj

Originally posted by SaintViktor

Paid in full at Gamestop. Sept 1st here I come!

 

dont forget august 17 for the open beta.

I'm actually getting a beta key Aug 1st because of the gamerzines.com promotion. :D

Same :D

Originally posted by Horkathane

 Microtransactions are going to be for fluff. People are gettign bent out of shape for nothing.

yea fluff that should be part of the monthly fee.... for game that touts customization as a key element.

Accepting this kinda thing is going to lead MMOs in a direction none us of want.

I'd be ok with it, if the monthly fee was lower the the norm or all content updates are free (IE you never pay for an XPAC)

Originally posted by Horkathane

 Microtransactions are going to be for fluff. People are gettign bent out of shape for nothing. IM excited about CHampions, COH/V were great games. This should be their landmark Superhero MMO since they got good experience with COH and COV. I know this wont be a half arsed game it will be full and complete with all the bells and whistles as well as stability and performance. 

oh they will start with fluff items, and then i bet they expand on it later to include items that give an in game advantage.

People accepting microtransaction now are just helping it become standard in all mmo's..well done guys for ruining the genre.

Originally posted by ronan32

Originally posted by Horkathane

 Microtransactions are going to be for fluff. People are gettign bent out of shape for nothing. IM excited about CHampions, COH/V were great games. This should be their landmark Superhero MMO since they got good experience with COH and COV. I know this wont be a half arsed game it will be full and complete with all the bells and whistles as well as stability and performance. 

 

oh they will start with fluff items, and then i bet they expand on it later to include items that give an in game advantage.

People accepting microtransaction now are just helping it become standard in all mmo's..well done guys for ruining the genre.

If you look at CoX, everything is still cosmetic and as no impact on the gameplay.

And I'm waiting to pre-order until they actualy have the beta key card in hand, had many trouble with them in the past. They said they were going to get them and by the time you get there, they are already out. They probably keep them for themselves and family or sell them, anyway, if they don't have them, no pre-order from that place.

Originally posted by reeb23

Originally posted by green13

Originally posted by lornj

i went ahead and ordered it online from game stop and paid my $57. figured i might as well cut throught BS and get to the point.

The only BS here is Cryptic's.

One month from release and still this on their FAQ.

Q: Will a monthly fee be required to play?
A: We have not yet announced the pricing structure for the game.

 

 

get out of here troll

Green wasn't trolling there, but in Cryptic's defense, I don't know many game site that keep there FAQ section updated like they should... it kinda a bottom of the barrel thing on the priority list.

Originally posted by lornphoenix

Originally posted by Horkathane

 Microtransactions are going to be for fluff. People are gettign bent out of shape for nothing.

 

yea fluff that should be part of the monthly fee.... for game that touts customization as a key element.

Accepting this kinda thing is going to lead MMOs in a direction none us of want.

I'd be ok with it, if the monthly fee was lower the the norm or all content updates are free (IE you never pay for an XPAC)

 

 

The number 1 game in the world does this ? ( WoW ) yes they have the card game for mounts/points . This is how MMO's are going to do things these days. Cable company , cell phone company all do the same milk the customers all you can =(.

I did the preordered at Gamestop up here in Canada. i called Gamestop today and either the person was clueless or they just didn't know anything about the game. She told me there were no beta keys coming and was unsure of the release date ?? WTF they thinking up ?

Originally posted by Zandora2018

The number 1 game in the world does this ? ( WoW ) yes they have the card game for mounts/points .

The trading card game does fall into the micro-transaction thing by a long shot.
That's Promo not MT

Loot cards are completely based of chance.
Just found out about UDP, tho.
I looked up the in-game stuff you can "buy" with those point
They aren't that great.
Firework trinket... /yawn
Ugly looking tabards... no thanks.
Orge suit trinket... ok that one I like.

Main reason to buy those cards are to play the card game, not for the in-game stuff.

 

i pre-ordered by going and dropping more money on Mortal online instead.

because at least they have the decency to tell me what i will be paying for.

Originally posted by lornphoenix

Originally posted by lornj

im kind of getting tired of hearing all the crybabies whine about the MT. if you dont like it, dont play it. and to the retards that say there should be a lower monthly fee, are you going to buy stuff from the store if there is a lower monthly fee? if you arent STFU and go cry elsewhere.

I'm tired of people, like you, that are willing accept this kind of non-sense from companies, leading MMOs down a path I don't want them to go in.

I haven't bought those add-ons for Fallout 3, Well DLC for any game on any system really, for the same reason I don't want MTs in Sub based MMOs.
It all about principal.

Pretty much every conpanies with monthly fee have stuff you pay for extra money.

Cable has pay per view.

Phone, cellphone charges extra for long distance call, voice mail.....

Internet charge you if you download over your limit.

Even costco charge me just to be allowed to shop there.

Many MMO now have some kind of MT like WoW, EQ2 or CoX.

It is the way of the future, these are companies that are there to make money, not to please you.