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As a developer of a F2P MMOG WITH an item shop I can only guess that most people against such thing haven't seen many of them. In Golemizer (yes, shameless plug) the player who spend $500 in the item shop is not gaining any unfair advantage over other players simply because the game isn't built that way. What do you care if the guy bought a rug for $0.20? He likes it, you don't. Don't need it, fine. In fact most players playing Golemizer never spent any money and the game is doing just fine this way. 99% of players that bought something from the shop have spent less money than a full year subscription to WoW would cost ... Players can even exchange "regular currency" for "premium currency". So even players not spending money can buy items from the cash shop! (regular currency being acquire through regular quests we find in any games). Of course I suspect most people against item shops are from the PvP crowd. In Golemizer there isn't a single item improving PvP (or PvE!) that can be bought with real cash in the item shop. Someone that says "I'll never play a F2P MMOG" just haven't found the right one yet. When built right there is nothing to be upset about. I guess most people are just faster to post opinions on a forum than to actually give it a try ... |
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General: Legendary Failures of Legend, Part Two
News Discussion « General Discussion 2/03/10 12:38:49 PM
Not only that, there is not a single "middleware" solution that, to date, has been used in a launched MMO.
Am I wrong or SWTOR could be the first trying it with HeroEngine? Curious to see how it'll turn out. |
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I'd add to this list indie one-man projects... Which could really be part of self-published but with little budget compared to what we usually see. * Enter shameless plug mode * Like mine: http://www.golemizer.com/
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The new"Secret" system unveiled. WoWish PVP ranking system details
General Discussion « Star Wars Galaxies 8/22/06 4:47:08 PM
Now I remember why I'm not playing this game...
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