The Senior Product Lead for Aeria Games is participating in an active and informational "ask me anything" event taking place on the Bless Reddit. Folks are invited to head over and ask questions they have about yesterday's announcement that Aeria would be publishing Bless for both North America and Europe, or just about the game itself.
So far, participants have covered their anxiety at Aeria's ability to handle the game, whether or not it will be pay to win and other areas of concern in addition to general questions about the game.
Many people express lots of worries about its going to be a big P2W. What can you say about that? When will we see a beta and launch? ;)
Well, I understand your concerns and I share them. As a player, I really understand where you´re coming from. As a guy working on games, my stance is: fair F2P is good for user retention, P2W is not (maybe for the spenders, but not for the entire population of a game). In my role as a Product Lead, I´d like to focus on retention. As for beta and launch, "it´s done when it´s done" ;) seriously though, we´re working on it and it will be a couple more weeks or even months before we can announce more details.
Head to the Bless Reddit to get your questions answered. The event will be ongoing throughout today and tomorrow.
