Thread: Opt-in Pay Tier Structure until 2.0 (different than the 'half pay' or 'free to play')

Thing is, before 2.0 is released there will be another beta. If people want to test the game out again, they're obligated to do so then. Until that time comes, they gotta either pay or temporarily discontinue. As much as I would love to see the game remain f2p, or even $5 a month, it's not happening.

Originally Posted by Ruisu

Thing is, before 2.0 is released there will be another beta. If people want to test the game out again, they're obligated to do so then. Until that time comes, they gotta either pay or temporarily discontinue. As much as I would love to see the game remain f2p, or even $5 a month, it's not happening.

Having another free trial period in a year is definitely a good idea, and will mitigate some of the casualties in the player base from charging now. But it will only help if people actually hop in-game during that period, and if the last time they were pretty dissatisfied... they probably aren't going to give it much of a second chance a year later.

I'm speaking from personal perspective here - when I quit after launch, I probably wouldn't have considered playing now, or even at 2.0, if I hadn't been on an hour or two a month just to keep an eye on things. What I got from playing a little bit after patches was a sense of progress. It's not enough to slap on a new version number and say "Things are better now!" even when they are; people are cynics and won't believe it without a good PR effort. What I'm saying is this: the current state of the game is infinitely better than it was at launch. But I only believe in the promises of 2.0 because I've been following along with Yoshi-P all along the way and see that he's delivered everything promised, AND been receptive to changes.