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• • Tabula Rasa: Crafting Improvement Details

  • Originally posted by Draccan
    

    Vehicles?

     

    Too bad the game is now run on a skeleton crew development-wise

    Sometime soon, I'll re subscribe for another month.  I enjoy the game. 

  • Posted: 7/21/08 10:32 AM
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• • Guild Wars: Guild Wars 2 FAQ

  • Originally posted by openedge1
    

    Recently went back for some GW loving as I wait for AoC to get their act together.

    This game is still fun. Not all the trappings of an MMO, but definitely what a casual player needs.

    This game will be quite fun in my opinion, and again the no fee monthly model is a winner.

     

    I completely agree.  :)

  • Posted: 6/30/08 12:43 PM
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• • Tabula Rasa: Talking to New Lead Designer Tom Potter

  • :(  Mass Effect comes out this week.  I really LOVE TR, but....  Gah!  :D

  • Posted: 5/27/08 11:13 AM
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• • City of Heroes: Optional In-game Advertising in CoH

  • Originally posted by SpectralHunt
    

    Ever since NCSoft took over the game completely, we are slowly starting to see more micropayment (wedding pack anyone?) and alternate revenue streams.  Makes me wonder if the game is losing subs and therefore not as profitable as NCSoft thought it would be.

    At any rate, it's an optional function but...

    I can't help but think this is a slippery slope.  I can't help but think NCSoft is just experimenting on how much the playerbase is willing to accept.  Before NCSoft took over, the devs said there would be no in-game advertising but now there will be.  I expect to see more micropayment options like the wedding pack in the near future which were generally free before.

    I don't like the trend.

     

    The wedding pack is optional.  To date, any micro-transaction items have eventually been available for free.  If you want to bemoan about not having a tux or tiara, so be it.  I certainly wasn't interested in it and as a result don't have it. ... Yet.

  • Posted: 4/03/08 11:27 PM
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• • City of Heroes: Optional In-game Advertising in CoH

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    Originally posted by Guintu
    

     

    But then we're just hoping the money is going to be spent to make the game better.  Look at our government and all the propositions we have every year.  How much money actually gets spent on things that are promised instead of a nicer hourse or car for the fat cats?  What are they going to do give a $5 a month raise to people and the rest will go to the CEO of Ncsoft?  Plus just because you give someone more money doesn't make them more creative, unless they have people threatening to leave the company unless they get a raise.  What are they going to do with the extra money they make?  Give raises?  Hire more people?  Build a nicer lounge?  Buy Rock Band so people can play it when their not working? 

     

    The questions they should be asking to see if this is going to actually help is:

    1.  How many people will actually keep the ads on?

    2.  If we made a F2P server with ads how many of the P2P people would move to F2P?  I would think it would be about 1-3% because most people would pay to not have ads in a game.

    3.  How many new players would they get if they made a F2P server with ads (I think this is the big question)?   I think the game population would double if not triple. 

    4.  When Champions comes out (and if its good) how many people will leave COH/COV?

    
    You're dizzying yourself with questions.  You have a simple choice if you're a subscriber.  Ads on or off.  Make your choice.  If you find you don't care for the decisions made down the road, you don't have to remain a subscriber.  While it might be a fun mental exercise, chasing your tail with possibilities you can't answer is pointless.  The only way you'll be able to find out it through time and patience.

     

    So, until then... Game on! 

  • Posted: 4/03/08 6:23 PM
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