Premium Players get less than expected!
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Ad Astra,
Posted on: 2011-09-24 05:58 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I don't know if screwed is the right word. Overcomplicated and a bit odd in places, sure. One would expect to have access to content unlocked by a purchase of an expansion, spoken by devs or not.
Especially since it is now free to VIP players.
I'm on the fence about it. I think MOST of what they are offering for sale is brilliant, but a few things seem to be structured badly in the list, and a few others are downright odd.
Perhaps a bit more time could have been taken to plan out who got what...and it could have used a bit of streamlining methinks.
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It's called being penny wise dollar foolish. People assume they are saving money when in the long run they are spending more. Add to that the players that gotta have everything now and that's why these hybrid business models are profitable.|
Originally Posted by Nox__Fatalis
None of this even matters. The prices in the market are so stupid, this whole experiment is going to end in massive failure. The only people who are going to shell out for overpriced crap are the people who were going to pay 15 bucks a month anyways. Why pay 100 bucks on a game you will get tired of after 2 months when it would normally cost you 30 (only 15 if you use a friend code)?
Sorry, math problems guys, work em out or let the void take you. |
God forbid they save money by paying for a sub and accumulating free points.
Nope. They're gonna play for free and impulse buy everything they want ASAP.
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Originally Posted by UberGuy
In my opinion, the weight of evidence about what is "promised" with respect to Going Rogue including Incarnate access is on the side of folks saying it was not bundled. Only one official info source anyone has dug up for GR references Incarnate powers, and that's the presence of an Incarnate info page appearing under the GR heading. Incarnate powers are not listed on the game boxes, not in the (US) online store page, etc. |
I consider a video of Positron stating at PAX that Going Rogue included the first tier of Incarnate access (which I linked earlier) fairly conclusive proof.
People seem to forget that Going Rogue was on Pre purchase way before it was in stores and it was advertised as including the Incarnate access. Removing it during beta does not negate the fact that by that point they had already sold it with that feature. And it was obviously clearly intended as a Going Rogue feature as they required you to buy GR in order to access Incarnate content.
My contention is therefore that the Alpha slot is clearly part of GR any further Incarnate content was simply the next issue. I have no problem with whatever Paragon want to include as free with the game. i do have a problem with revisionist history being enforced by the blinkered rabid anti-f2p crowd that seems to be building on these forums.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
It's called being penny wise dollar foolish. People assume they are saving money when in the long run they are spending more. Add to that the players that gotta have everything now and that's why these hybrid business models are profitable.
God forbid they save money by paying for a sub and accumulating free points. Nope. They're gonna play for free and impulse buy everything they want ASAP. |
The industry standard assumption is that 90% of F2P players never pay anything.
The hybrid models are successful because the subscribers generally end up paying more money.
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Originally Posted by Death_Badger
The industry standard assumption is that 90% of F2P players never pay anything.
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85% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Originally Posted by Death_Badger
i do have a problem with revisionist history being enforced by the blinkered rabid anti-f2p crowd that seems to be building on these forums.
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You're the one spouting revisionist history.
Looks like the good old welcoming committee is out in force today....
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