Cash shop confirmed

[Zohnax]

That's what we're looking at in cash stop at start, Tofu. Fast forward a couple months and we have

XP Boosts
Faster than Normal runspeed mounts
Inventory space upgrades
Gamble boxes instead of holiday events
Elite crafting materials that can be gathered nowhere else.


All fine and expected in a free to play environment. Now tack on your $14.99/mo Subscription cost, how you feeling? Little bit nauseous?

There's those assumptions again.

I think I've wasted enough time here. If people are confronted with reasonable fact and just want to keep on making assumptions based on fear or non-MMO games, there's no point in even bothering.


@Teirshin EA is desperate for money because they've been losing money for years. (Star Wars Online? Sim City? Yeah..) SE on the other hand, is back on the up-side.

Unless this starts affecting the game directly, there really isn't a problem with cosmetic items.

[Erudain]

There's those assumptions again.

that happened in absolutely every other MMO that went down this road.....I'd call it "an educated guess" more than a plain assumption

[Elim]

There's those assumptions again.

They're good guesses and may end up happening if SE follows the trends of other MMOs.

Another guess: SE may start to purposely make all dropped/tome/endgame/crafting gear extremely ugly and only release good looking gear in the cash shop. Then they'll put a bunch of the good looking gear in a gambling box so you only have a random chance of getting them. Also the gambling boxes only give you one piece of a gear set at a time. This happens in SW:TOR so it's not a far fetched idea. lol

[TeaTimeBear]

There's those assumptions again.

The forum goers are composed largely of hardcore/casual/middle ground mmorpgers who have probably been around since the the UO days. I would not discredit what is being said so quickly. You might take what is being said as nonsensical babbling of troubled minds, but perhaps they see not just the trees but the entire forest said trees occupy. There have been many "assumptions" made in the past that came true here. I can't say I blame them for being so upset. If you've seen the same situation occure again and again.. One that had a negative impact on something you supported time and again you would eventually develope an awareness that some stuff may or may not end up happening again.. All likelihood pointing toward the former.