Stargate Worlds
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- Developer: Firesky
- Genre: Sci-Fi
- Status: Development (est. release 2009)
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- Website: http://www.stargateworlds.com
- Retail Price: n/a
- Monthly Fee: n/a
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Stargate Worlds » General Discussion » Monthly Fee? Yes or No
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Halo-Bump 7/11/06 12:09:21 AM
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Do you think that gamers should pay a monthly charge for Stargate Worlds, or should it be in chapters like Guild Wars, where you buy the game then new content is released every 6 months or so, or perhaps Free to Play, never having to pay ever, or maybe you could buy "Premium" items in game that costs real money?
Games that charge a monthly fee are always well maintained and usually have new updates and expansions added on regularly, but ends up costing a lot money over a 12 month period. (£14.99 per month x 12 Months = £179.88) Pay Per Chapter is good for people who don't want to pay a monthly fee because of their limited use of the game but does mean expansions will cost roughly £20 each time. Free to Play is good for people who do not have a lot of money and cannot afford a monthly fee, also it gets rid of the need to use your credit card. The downside is you get a lot of "DANNY IS A MUG!" repeated in your chat menu several thousand times and a lot of people who generally ruin the games atmosphere. What does everyone else thing?
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Subgenius666 7/12/06 11:40:02 AM
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the problem there is monthly fee is the only way to go ...
Chapters is ok but... in the end guild wars gets boring quick.. there isnt a good quest system and farming isnt fun unless you have 2 types of characters only good farming is in the underworld... that game in the high end is made strictly for pvp and only arena pvp and also to easily maintain the ONE server there is barely any player interaction between each other... Premium items is the biggest joke ever.. why acctually have to work at anything in a game when you can just easily buy something that makes you timmy the power gamer... people who do pay by cash for items are people who play games for about 2-3 months then leave cause they have A.D.D. if you dont want to work to build up your character why even play an mmoRPG at all? MOnthly fee encourages the game company to constantly think of ways to keep the customers interested... MOnthly Keeps players in the game cause they dont want to see there money go to waste paying a subscription... i could go on and on about this but i have to go to work now !!! :) |
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Squal'Zell 7/12/06 12:00:24 PM
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"Next time i log in SWG ill probably see elves and druids" |
Paying games are usually best quality in: Content (starwars galaxies does not count that was just a big mistake of a game) maintenance, stability, and player interaction quality.
Guild Wars on the other hand was great system but only to focus it on PVP. Guild Wars was a huge sucess in PVP system but it was just a regular linear (diablo II grinding style) instanced dungeon type... not very fun to play. a real MMO PVE system : i can go anywhere i please but there are risks involved (monsters traps terrains) a real MMO PvP system : lalalalala (singing) ambush!!!!! whaaaaa!!!!!!!!! cling clink (swords) POWPOW (guns) some one is usually dead and naked on the floor those take lots of managing and paying 14,99 per month is acceptable for that quality Now to stargate worlds, i would hope that it is a REAL MMO because cmon...more than one person can visit a planet at a time. it would be ridiculous that there would only be 5-10 gouaoulds (sry for awefull spelling) in one big planet it would be fun that a ghouaould controled planet would have actual players guarding a gate or create ambush for the humans. it would be more realistic... isnt that the point of an MMO : be as realistic as possible in the given universe? so my vote is yes i would pay 14,99 per month to play. |
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figjam88au 7/13/06 3:17:37 AM
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"Be true to god.... And call him an ass" - me |
I think SGW would do good with "pay per chapter" as Stargate has seasons, and each Chapter could be 2 or 3 seasons, with the chapter being bought before the episodes happen so there can be updates when the show is on. Hope that made sence
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DeletedAcct 7/13/06 7:50:08 AM
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Pay to play. At least keep a few of the "l33tZor" losers out
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Squal'Zell 7/13/06 10:08:47 AM
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"Next time i log in SWG ill probably see elves and druids" |
i wish that where true.... they usually use mommy and daddy's credit card to play but granted there are fewer. |
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grimboj 7/17/06 7:31:47 AM
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?? That would mean we only get new content every 3 years. Many problems with that sort of business model.. mainly that they would have to fund the servers for 3 years based on the initial purchases - which is impossible. Pay2play is the only way to go. Its the only way to pay 2 sets of developers - one to fix bugs and one to develop new content on a monthly basis. As well as paying the $50,000 a month server costs. There are 2 games on this web site that are not pay2play. One of them is guild wars which has 3 days worth of content :s Another is dark and light and thats is a disaster. Aparrently roma victor will be p2p *but* rich people can buy endless in-game currency and the average user will need $15 of currency/month anyway. |
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figjam88au 7/17/06 10:14:57 PM
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"Be true to god.... And call him an ass" - me |
very good points there, how about the first part(5 seasons)of the game is released as a one time payment to keep the non hardcore gamers playing, and an expansion(next 5 seasons) with a monthly fee that continually expands. |
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Kibs 7/20/06 9:50:27 AM
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I would prefer monthly fee out of these options.
Its more flexible than the others. I have never liked the idea of buying premium items in exchange for the fee, its unfair for those who don't have as much money as others. As for the Guild Wars set up. Well that isn't exactly much cheaper, if not even more expensive depending on how reguarly new expansions are brought out. I have never liked this model either as it isn't really very flexible, and people think they are getting a free game when they arn't. It can turn out being more expensive than the average monthly fee. On the plus side it does encourage the devs to make sure they bring out good expansions, but there are other ways of motivating devs of course. |
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grimboj 7/26/06 7:56:44 PM
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It depends on your basis for comparison. The new expansions retail at $50 and the first one came out over 12 months after the original game.... EQ2 releases expansions every 6 months and charges $60 for them on top of the $15/mo fees :( |
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Squal'Zell 7/27/06 7:33:51 AM
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Joined: 10/09/04
"Next time i log in SWG ill probably see elves and druids" |
i doubt guildwars will be more expensive than paying monthly fee monthly fee game : 14.99 x 12 = 179,98$USD + retail 39,99$USD thats 219.87$USD Guild wars (expansions every 6 months so 1 game + expansion for 12 months) Guild Wars Prophecies 39,99$USD + GuildWars factions 49,99$USD thast 89,98$USD P.S. all prices are taken from www.ebgames.com |
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Devil21 7/29/06 10:46:10 PM
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I like the idea of a monthly fee but I think they charge too much monthly. I mean $15.00 a month is a fair amount. Especially since I live in Canada so it's $20/mo for me. I would be happy even if they charged $5-8 less per month. While I am a fan of monthly fee's I think they could be a little more reasonable.
As well, I'm not a big fan of GW's expansions, buy them if you want to, because everybody should be able to have the same experience. "Jim: OMG Tom I just found this sweet boss in yura island that gives you a million gold!" "Tom: Sorry I don't have the new expansion so I can't come..." That kind of thing. What I would prefer would be $9.99USD monthly fee. The game maker shouldn't have to charge $15.99 a month to the player. If their game is good and they spend time making a game people want they can get a lot of players. $120.00/yr x player amount sounds good enough to me. Just my 2 cents. |
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Halo-Bump 8/03/06 6:22:06 PM
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