Scared about ARR

[Kyri]

I wouldn't mind a cosmetic cash shop at all^^: I admit to spending a little more then I would have liked on tera skins and costumes even though I literally never play

[Dannythm]

I wouldn't mind a cosmetic cash shop at all^^: I admit to spending a little more then I would have liked on tera skins and costumes even though I literally never play

Yeah like the one WoW have, I think Blizzard has figured the perfect balance between a cash shop (I still think 20€ for a mount is way too much or 10€ for a pet) with purely cosmetic items that don't give any edge on the game, and a monthly fee.

I wouldn't mind a purely cosmetic shop for ARR at all.

[Zehira]

Okay guys, if you believe someone's opinion has already been addressed. Why don't you just copy posts and post quotes to someone who needs to know if s/he doesn't have time to read all of this thread?

Just saying... :3

[Laume]

Don't know if it's been mentioned (and hate to dig up skeletons), but the only f2p [former] SE product I know is/was Fantasy Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Earth:_Zero
But I agree with most people. SE has never given in to the whole "Pay this for free! You'll get bored of it in 3 months anyways. There's a new game on the horizon! Buy some fake currency!" model that many kmmo's have established. If they ever do, ffxi will go first (they literally said that they didn't expect the game to last this long. But it's still making money so they keep it running/adding stuff.). If this game is/was, that big of a failure, they certainly won't go the f2p model. That's one thing I like about companies like square enix. They have a passion for what they're doing. They'd rather have a great product that failed than an army of shallow product that they can wh*re out.

[Lady]

Don't know if it's been mentioned (and hate to dig up skeletons), but the only f2p [former] SE product I know is/was Fantasy Earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Earth:_Zero
But I agree with most people. SE has never given in to the whole "Pay this for free! You'll get bored of it in 3 months anyways. There's a new game on the horizon! Buy some fake currency!" model that many kmmo's have established. If they ever do, ffxi will go first (they literally said that they didn't expect the game to last this long. But it's still making money so they keep it running/adding stuff.). If this game is/was, that big of a failure, they certainly won't go the f2p model. That's one thing I like about companies like square enix. They have a passion for what they're doing. They'd rather have a great product that failed than an army of shallow product that they can wh*re out.

I was thinking about that game, (and i loved it) but FEZ was a subscription game when it was in SE's hands. It didnt become F2P until gamepot bought it. Wish someone else would pick it up, wouldn't mind playing that until ARR comes out.

[Laume]

I was thinking about that game, (and i loved it) but FEZ was a subscription game when it was in SE's hands. It didnt become F2P until gamepot bought it. Wish someone else would pick it up, wouldn't mind playing that until ARR comes out.

Yes, you're absolutely right. I should have expanded what I meant by [former] SE product. Thank you for the clarification. I never got the play the game, sadly... I wanted to, but by the time I had time, the game closed like 2 weeks later.

[Twiddle]

Exn: you correct, something i have noted in not one, not two but ALL free to play games is that the community is divided in to two different camps. The people who pay, and pay more then a monthly sub would normally cost for stuff that should be included in the base. And the people who don't pay at all, who are to such a large extent penalized that they don't stay around long. Way i see it GW2 was a pure rip off, why? Because, even after you spend the 69.99 on your copy, and start playing you quickly realize that unless you keep burning money and the total ends up way over 14.99 a month... you see that you can't honestly keep up with the game speed. At cap unless you are bleeding your credit card like a pig. You can't even afford repairs, at cap the difference between people who pay ~50$ a month and those who choose not to is to the level like we are playing 2 different games.

This is the reason i prefer a p2p game with a monthly sub, we all get the same base and a persons pay at the end of the month does not influence the enjoyment of the game. Were i will give a penalty to p2p games is that they all seem hell bent on 14.99 a month. And yes some people to feel that's steep, and yet i see no MMO p2p braking out of that mold..

[Kyri]

Exn: you correct, something i have noted in not one, not two but ALL free to play games is that the community is divided in to two different camps. The people who pay, and pay more then a monthly sub would normally cost for stuff that should be included in the base. And the people who don't pay at all, who are to such a large extent penalized that they don't stay around long. Way i see it GW2 was a pure rip off, why? Because, even after you spend the 69.99 on your copy, and start playing you quickly realize that unless you keep burning money and the total ends up way over 14.99 a month... you see that you can't honestly keep up with the game speed. At cap unless you are bleeding your credit card like a pig. You can't even afford repairs, at cap the difference between people who pay ~50$ a month and those who choose not to is to the level like we are playing 2 different games.

This is the reason i prefer a p2p game with a monthly sub, we all get the same base and a persons pay at the end of the month does not influence the enjoyment of the game. Were i will give a penalty to p2p games is that they all seem hell bent on 14.99 a month. And yes some people to feel that's steep, and yet i see no MMO p2p braking out of that mold..

I bought Gw2 to play the beta pre order thing but never took to it. When you posted this I had to look into it since I hadn't done anything really in Gw2. The pricing is crazy! The best armor in the game you have to spend almost $600 us to buy enough game gold to get it. Thats ridiculous... *tosses her unplayed gw2 in the trash before she actually has a care to play it*

[Cedri]

I bought Gw2 to play the beta pre order thing but never took to it. When you posted this I had to look into it since I hadn't done anything really in Gw2. The pricing is crazy! The best armor in the game you have to spend almost $600 us to buy enough game gold to get it. Thats ridiculous... *tosses her unplayed gw2 in the trash before she actually has a care to play it*

I have never been prouder of a human being than I am of you right now Kyri. Well done.

[Kyri]

I have never been prouder of a human being than I am of you right now Kyri. Well done.

D'aww.. *kisses your cheek*