No probs with face/sex change, because the options are so varied, its nice to look at different avatars once in a while.

However, if they add things like +def/attack/magic/exp, etc potions, I'll hate it and still play but as soon as FFXIV comes, I'll drop Aion.

IF they don't, I'll play both Aion and FFXIV, huhuhuhu.

LOL the OP needs to stop grabbing his panties and giving himself wedgies. Silly OP.

Originally posted by RedwoodSap

Currently it's this:

On March 11th, Aion: the Tower of Eternity, an MMORPG developed by Korea-based NCSoft, made it available for players to change their character 's appearance and sex through buying "appearance change tickets" and "sex change tickets". The appearance change ticket is priced at 9,900 Won(USD 6.75), allowing players to change their character 's face and body shape, while the sex change ticket is priced at 12,000 Won(USD 8.18), allowing players to change both appearance and sex.

Though in the past NCSoft sold limited edition items in Lineage, it is still the first time for it to sell such common items in game. Does it indicate that the Korean version Aion: the Tower of Eternity is combining monthly subscription model with item selling model.

However, NCSoft claimed that they introduce "appearance change tickets" and "sex change tickets" only to offer players with more satisfactory services, but not to increase revenue.

But if they pull a Smedley and add experience potions,etc., will you quit or bend over and take it?

 

 

 

I'd piss and moan AND buy the stuff. They certainly will do stuff like this to raise revenue. How long could it be before they copy the explosively cash cow of Wo_ (censored) trading cards, of which decks have random loot cards that sell for hundreds of not thousands of dollars. There are plenty of people who will pay a few bucks for a customization, or even alot of money for anything that gives a stat not available elsewhere.
 

This is bs, why should it cost anything if you want to have your toon look another way? Either give players the option for free or let it be. Thats exactly how it started in eq2, buy some stupid pets that follow you around and stuf flike that - and later the aa / exp pots.

Reason enough for me, not to buy this game tbh.

OMG!!!!! If they  ruin Aion by putting performance enhancing items into the cash shop I'm going to EMO-Rage Quit and then cyberstalk night and day any Aion forum I can find trolling how unfair and underhanded NCSoft is and how craptacular their game totally is. 

Or not.

Maybe I'll just keep playing EVE.

Originally posted by Kenaoshi

Apearence shit and char server transfer are aceptable chargable services.

 

I disagree. It shouldn't be allowed for pay or free.

I hated it when Smedley and SOE started offering it in classic EQ. Originally you could not transfer servers, you had to reroll and you couldn't change your gender or your appearance other than what you wore.

Players who behave poorly, earn bad reputations, steal form their guildmates etc. should not be allowed to hide their identity to keep on deceiving people or transfer an established character to a new server for a fresh start.

Haven't any of you played Guild Wars it is probably similar to there ingame store feature on there character selection screen will probably be the xtent of it all. haveing an option to change things late in the game is nice for those who dont abuse it but it doesnt matter what you do someone will find a way to xploit it for there own selfish ways.  Jerks are everywhere get used to it.

If they implemented a real cash shop (not just limited services that don't really affect the game), I'd quit immediately.

I have never and will never play any game with a cash shop.

I would quit.

I don't consider name changing, server transfer and changing appearance a cash shop items.

These types of features are added in many p2p games and they SHOULD be made so specially for server transfer and name changing, next time think carefully before chosing that server and/or what name you have used.

So in other words saying cash shop in the title is a bit missleading in my opinion since there was no sign in interface nor in their game information about such cash shop your saying.

Quote from an Ayase post on AionSource:

"Aion is and will remain a subscription-based game. The "micro-transactions" I know have been discussed so far only involve lesser additional services, rendering "micro-transaction" a fairly erroneous word to describe it. Overall I think we're looking at a quite conventional subscription system, but as the reply in the interview states we aren't at a stage in planning yet where we can tell you exactly what we'll have. Rest assured that it wouldn't make sense to anyone to have a game which requires both micro-transactions and a subscription fee to be played decently."

They don't call it a cash shop, not even MTs, just additional services.

Originally posted by EricDanie

Quote from an Ayase post on AionSource:

"Aion is and will remain a subscription-based game. The "micro-transactions" I know have been discussed so far only involve lesser additional services, rendering "micro-transaction" a fairly erroneous word to describe it. Overall I think we're looking at a quite conventional subscription system, but as the reply in the interview states we aren't at a stage in planning yet where we can tell you exactly what we'll have. Rest assured that it wouldn't make sense to anyone to have a game which requires both micro-transactions and a subscription fee to be played decently."

They don't call it a cash shop, not even MTs, just additional services.

Exactly and like I said already some p2p games have these services also.

even if they do sell items that will give players an advantage, i doubt they'll make the best of the best items only accessable by cash shop... if they sell ingame items, and i'm correct, i'll probably bitch and whine but still play. if they sell beastly items that gods use, i'll probably quit.

It's obviously to make more money, thats all a company is, to make money. In Lineage 2, appearance change items were purchasable ingame, Aion is selling it for $, that is a change there. However, to be fair Aion has a much more extensive character customization feature which deserves a revenue stream.

If I liked Aion, I would definitely quit if they implement cash shops or the like.  I'm already boycotting Cryptic Studios', Champions Online and Star Trek Online because they think it's in our best interest to implement both Subscription and Micro Transactions in both of those games.  I don't support greed, never have, never will.

we are talking about ingame features to change your decission, it's not cosmetics, it's not things that you cant get otherwise, its a change of decission, you're free to do it right on the first attempt and then never need these extra services at all.

I don't know what the conversation is about, are we trying to foresee that NCsoft will add some more stuff? Check out blizzard, did they add more stuff? Check out L2, did they add more stuff? Check out CoX, did they add more stuff?

Originally posted by Ephimero

we are talking about ingame features to change your decission, it's not cosmetics, it's not things that you cant get otherwise, its a change of decission, you're free to do it right on the first attempt and then never need these extra services at all.

I don't know what the conversation is about, are we trying to foresee that NCsoft will add some more stuff? Check out blizzard, did they add more stuff? Check out L2, did they add more stuff? Check out CoX, did they add more stuff?

 

But not always for the better =\.

To me, implementing new things as a pay to get looks like a last ditch effort before they shelve the project and work on something new.