Brillig

First - that's not irony.

Second - you can't nerf something that isn't out yet.

Finally - that's still not irony.

The Force is George Lucas not being able to spell 'mitochondrion' and failing Biology 101.

Teleport Foe INTO WALL



/whynot

Don't feel too bad, I'm even farther out there. 3 accounts, 80 slots. And actually, I added a $1.99 account, so I guess it's now 4/92, although there are some empties in there.

(Pretty soon someone will come along that blows us both out of the water).

Feedback does help improve the game. It's questionable whether "Costume slots are way too expensive" constitutes useful feedback, especially when anecdotal (forum) evidence exists that people are buying them at the current prices.

As for the number of characters/account, you're probably both right and wrong. In absolute terms the number of characters/account is probably quite low. However, if you look at the population of people that are willing to subscribe and pay over and above the subscription, then the character density is probably quite high.

(Oh, and how come your OCD hasn't made you max out your character slots?)

If that's the case, then you're an extreme outlier and you should get used to things not being the way you'd like...

And just because I'm in a silly mood. 48 slots per server. 16 servers. $7.50 works out to less than a penny per character-slot.

BARGAIN!

Even if it's only one server, 48 characters brings the price down to 16 cents per slot. That's really really cheap. If you buy all the slots, it's still only 77 cents per character. Less than a buck a character for 5 more costume slots.

... and then they all jump you and send you to the hospital.

Capital idea, because then you don't even need any functionality in your house, as you're never there long enough to interact with anything!

Indeed, this is almost exactly what that other game over there did with their Hideout feature.

That's curious considering a free account isn't supposed to have email access.

Hmm...

Aside from the transfer token pack, haven't all the sales been 20-25%?

Any 50% sale, especially for a hot item like a powerset, is likely a looong way off.

Wouldn't paying attention to voices on the forums be pretty idiotic? I mean, where are you going to find people saying that the prices are too low and need to be raised? Even people who hold that opinion aren't going to voice it.

Listening to other people tell you how to price your product is a waste of time with a digital goods store like this where you can adjust the prices trivially on the fly. I'm sure every bit of data from the store is getting analyzed six ways from Sunday right now, and we'll see adjustments as time goes on.

However, one thing everyone should be prepared for is that prices will tend to be on the high side, punctuated by occasional sales. This is the model that seems to be working best in the hybrid space right now - you get full price from the folks who either have to have it now, or who regard the cost as trivial, and then when you do the sale, you get a mass influx from those who impulse buy, as well as the scattered few who actually possess patience.

Zwill is working on an official statement, but the short version is that the points awarded in the F2P headstart (~9/14) included in advance the monthly allowances that would have been paid out through 10/11. After that date, the monthly allotments should start getting awarded normally.

There's nothing keeping you (or anyone) from buying one extra costume slot, and $7.50 is well within 'impulse buy' range for a lot of players. Pretending that you have to buy all five at once is just silly.


Sometime after sales at full price slow down. Telling people in advance would be counterproductive, as a large number will just wait until the sale.

Or in other words, it'll go on sale sometime after you give up and pay full price.

...that the thread is about to get mod-smacked. Possibly the OP as well.

Is this right? Is it really running 3 year old drivers?

Actually, you'd be surprised. Something like a quarter of US households don't have a credit or debit card, and that number is even higher overseas.

On the other hand, another model has had success selling one-time 'guest passes' to content. It'll be interesting to see if CoH follows suit.

I don't think giving them away for free is a good idea. Selling them on the market, yes. Free? That's giving away too much. Maybe as one of the repeatable Tier 9's.