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Post by Admin on Feb 15, 2011 18:07:41 GMT -5
As long as it takes alot of time/effot to to get anything for "free", alot of people will still choose to just spend real money and buy what they want right away. So I think that having this conversion could benefit Cryptic by making the "let us earn it" crowd happy, and still keeping the "I want it now" crowd spending their money. There used to be costume pieces that became available for purchase with perk points after grinding out 5000 kills of certain types of mobs. Then suddenly the vast majority of those costume pieces ended up on the C-Store but were still available from the costume vendor for perk points. Cryptic did that to cater to the "I want it now" crowd while still trying to appeal to the "let us earn it" crowd. It didn't go over very well and eventually they scrapped perk points being used as currency and just made perk-unlocked costume pieces available immediately. Now all of those said pieces are either free for Gold or C-Store purchases. The moral of the story is that Cryptic tried to appease both crowds at the same time and the plan fell on it's face. I don't think they have it in them to pull it off in a way that would work. I'm curious why it didnt go over well. If both crowds got what they wanted, then who was unhappy?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2011 19:15:55 GMT -5
There used to be costume pieces that became available for purchase with perk points after grinding out 5000 kills of certain types of mobs. Then suddenly the vast majority of those costume pieces ended up on the C-Store but were still available from the costume vendor for perk points. Cryptic did that to cater to the "I want it now" crowd while still trying to appeal to the "let us earn it" crowd. It didn't go over very well and eventually they scrapped perk points being used as currency and just made perk-unlocked costume pieces available immediately. Now all of those said pieces are either free for Gold or C-Store purchases. The moral of the story is that Cryptic tried to appease both crowds at the same time and the plan fell on it's face. I don't think they have it in them to pull it off in a way that would work. I'm curious why it didnt go over well. If both crowds got what they wanted, then who was unhappy? Some were of the opinion that it was just a money-grab. Others swore it took the sense of achievement out of the perks. Both sides agreed that it was a bad move either way as most people knew that putting the rewards on the C-Store was one of the first baby steps Cryptic would take in the cash-shop-driven direction. I didn't care really. I got that Viper Helmet I always wanted.
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Post by Brick on Feb 15, 2011 21:34:43 GMT -5
I'm curious why it didnt go over well. If both crowds got what they wanted, then who was unhappy? The side that didn't like that the other side got it the way they wanted it too. Which was both sides. It's called elitism. "I got X item/reward/bonus doing Y difficult thing, and if you can get that exact same reward by doing Z easy thing, even though if does not affect me in any way whatsoever, I'm going to complain about it, because I feel less special because other people can have the same stuff as me."
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Post by poopyhead on Feb 15, 2011 22:28:45 GMT -5
I'll give examples from two games. I think they both did this correctly. Essentially, this is 'legal" RMT endorsed (re PROFIT) by the company.
Perfect World: They set up an auction house in game where people can trade in game gold for cash shop points. There is no set exchange rate. Supply/demand determined the rate. This does two things for the company. #1 It provides a legal way for people to RMT (i.e. to use real $ to pay for in game gold). This frees up resources from having to combat all the "illegal" RMT activities #2 Allowed people with more spare time to earn cash shop items. This keeps the population interested and gets people to spend money.
EVE: They also have a way to use in game gold to pay for subscription. This has the same effects as with PW. People who wanted to use real $ to buy in game gold could buy subscriptions for others in exchange for in game gold.
just some thoughts...
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Post by vgamer on Feb 16, 2011 16:14:44 GMT -5
I think they should at least expand the ways of being able to buy atari coins. It's retarded that I can only do that by Paypal or a valid creditcard, both ways which I frown upon due to safety. If they accept the 'ultimate game card' as a currency, that would help as you can get this by doing surveys: www.playspan.com/ultimate-game-cardMany other mmo's do this too, so I think it's a reliable method for cryptic
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