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xcopymmo
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in Everquest II
Sony seams to have hopped on the micropayment band wagon.
With 1/2 fluff gear and some exp potions.
Go spend more money.
Wow never thought I'd see this from this company.
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Kind of a sad development really , I am going to seriously re-think my Station Pass now .. I already pay my subscription and now they want more money from me ?
So the players that chose to play on non station exchange servers were lied to. Nothing new. Smedley has excelled in the art of deception.
"We have no plans what so ever to do actual sales of in game items, and I'm personally very opposed to the idea for EverQuest. I think microtransations can be a valid business model if planned from the ground up for a game, but it would be very very bad for EQ."
and
Originally Posted by Smed
I've been a regular lurker on this site for a while but I wanted to step in here and dispel something that's just plain not true - I don't have my name highlighted here, but anyone that doubts it's me can email me at jsmedley@soe.sony.com and I'll happily reply.Lies.
We aren't going to be allowing RMT in any way, shape or form on the non-exchange enabled EQ II servers. Period. End of statement.
In any event, I wanted to stop in and at least set the record straight - you aren't going to be seeing RMT allowed on the non-exchange enabled servers.
John Smedley"
Lies.
SOE Station Cash feedback thread
forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m
EQ2 fan sites
I can see this being the end or at least a very big hit for the Everquest community. I would predict no less than 10% of the player base will quit because of this outrage. I Was going to buy Vangard but now I won't even touch a SoE game. Hell im so pissed off at sony I was going to get a ps3 this december, well screw them Im buying a 360 elite now.
Well EQ2 was my last stop on an mmorpg. Finally tried it after all the nay saying and do love the game. Just bought TSO last week and now this happens. Guess im not meant to play an mmo. Looks like single player games for me from now on. Even returning to WOW would be a step up after this announcement although a step i will not take.
i was planning on buying TSO. but after this utter BS SOE has pulled yet again!(reference to SWG/NGE fiasco) they lost me as a subscriber completely.
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OK, so monthly pay to play the game, have the ability to buy ingame gold for hard rl cash (Station Exchange)
And Now you can buy all your gear and achievment potions without having to play the game!
So if you are rich in real life, you are now offically rich ingame too!! even your gear!
Pure genious SoE!
Yea, but they still haven't got a character leveling service.......
Added my feedback earlier. I'm not counting on SOE, but hopefully they learned their lesson... again.
Currently playing: EverQuest II
Tried: EVE Online (will return someday), Final Fantasy XI (didn't like, sorry)
You can bet your ass that after the dust settles that thread will be deleted to remove all traces of decent from those who quit over this. Just like the herded everyone into the special forum for exchange servers, they deleted the old pre-nge forums, the combat revamp and everytime SOE pushes some bullshit down the players throats.
It wasn't hard to tell this was coming, but I'm sure there are still people who will downplay this and pretend it isn't going to slowly get worse and worse.
Yea, but they still haven't got a character leveling service.......
I am sure it will come with the next update....................
Yea, but they still haven't got a character leveling service.......
I am sure it will come with the next update....................
I'm not into EQ2.. i loved EQ back in the day. I currently play Vanguard.
I used to level people for money in EQ. I used to sell plat in EQ. I used to make real good money doing so.. I'm not against any of that occurring in an MMO. As far as i'm concerned an MMO is there to be enjoyed by whoever is playing it. It's not a competition. It's a communal non skill based form of entertainment and should be approached as such.
That being said. I don't like liars. I will be cancelling my Vanguard subscription and i will not EVER play an SOE game again.
Make a difference!
Just cancelled!
I like the game but i hate RMT!
its not as if this offer anything above raiding gear so i could gear less
Was thinking about getting The Shadow Odyssey and returning to my recently max-leveled raid-geared ranger, but alas.. No more.
I was thinking of returning to my max-leveled, raid-geared Ranger and feeding nostalgia in Vanguard, but alas... No more.
No more of this, they have crossed the line.
I'll never re-visit any SOE game for the rest of my days, ever.
This Smedley guy is a real piece of fucking work.
Although pretty empty and despite some faults EQ2 was a fine game.
I am glad I read about this before I gave to my desire to see Norrath again.
Thank you very much mmorpg.com-posters.
We aren't going to be allowing RMT in any way, shape or form on the non-exchange enabled EQ II servers. Period. End of statement.
John Smedley
President, Sony Online Entertainment
Give it time. Honestly, as long as people don't stand up to this SOE will continue to push the envelope.
I am sure SOE will promise that is won't happen, but they already promised they wouldn't introduce microtransactions in everquest and here we are.
Just like they promised they would fight against gold sellers... until they introduced goldselling themselves.
Just like they said so many other things they would never allow.
The only thing you can 100% count on from SOE is that if they think they will make a buck off of it, they will do it. It does not matter in the slightest if they trample upon their customers experience to do so as long as they think it will improve their bottom line. It has been that way for years and will continue to be that way.
People who make the comments that you just did is what empowers this kind of behaviour from a company. I hope when [not if] SOE finally does something to this extreme that affects your gameplay it isn't to late. Turning a blind eye now is the worst thing you can do, because selling items that everyone wants is the next step.
Give it time. Honestly, as long as people don't stand up to this SOE will continue to push the envelope.
I am sure SOE will promise that is won't happen, but they already promised they wouldn't introduce microtransactions in everquest and here we are.
Just like they promised they would fight against gold sellers... until they introduced goldselling themselves.
Just like they said so many other things they would never allow.
The only thing you can 100% count on from SOE is that if they think they will make a buck off of it, they will do it. It does not matter in the slightest if they trample upon their customers experience to do so as long as they think it will improve their bottom line. It has been that way for years and will continue to be that way.
People who make the comments that you just did is what empowers this kind of behaviour from a company. I hope when [not if] SOE finally does something to this extreme that affects your gameplay it isn't to late. Turning a blind eye now is the worst thing you can do, because selling items that everyone wants is the next step.
maybe they did promise but then 90% of the mmorog community are retards who cancel sub for every new mmorpg that comes out and a company cant run on cookies and milk you know
Hahahahahahahaha! Now I'm DEFINATELY not coming back to either Everquest I or II.
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Give it time. Honestly, as long as people don't stand up to this SOE will continue to push the envelope.
I am sure SOE will promise that is won't happen, but they already promised they wouldn't introduce microtransactions in everquest and here we are.
Just like they promised they would fight against gold sellers... until they introduced goldselling themselves.
Just like they said so many other things they would never allow.
The only thing you can 100% count on from SOE is that if they think they will make a buck off of it, they will do it. It does not matter in the slightest if they trample upon their customers experience to do so as long as they think it will improve their bottom line. It has been that way for years and will continue to be that way.
People who make the comments that you just did is what empowers this kind of behaviour from a company. I hope when [not if] SOE finally does something to this extreme that affects your gameplay it isn't to late. Turning a blind eye now is the worst thing you can do, because selling items that everyone wants is the next step.
maybe they did promise but then 90% of the mmorog community are retards who cancel sub for every new mmorpg that comes out and a company cant run on cookies and milk you know
90% of the mmo community are retards...
Hmm.. I see you enjoy playing online games with others, according to that statement.
Funny how they do this just after the expansion.
Oh my god. Sony are such greedy f****ers. EverQuest 2 is already P2P, only F2P games have item shops. Do they really WANT to go out of business? Cause it's sure looking that way to me!
Just a sugestion Guild wars-
Free 2 play No hidden fees no bull shit, fair good company. Buy the game and your done. Its also got a nice story, and Its a good game to keep the protesters busy playing it until SoE fixes this Cash shop fiasco
To me it also explains lot about how poor the expansion was becuase clearly they've been working on this for some time..utter shambles it really is
I've seen an email from SOE on eq2flames..in it,it says (and i kid you not) come and try these exciting New Game Enhancements...now where have i seen those 3 letters before..i'm sure it was in a an SOE game somewhere
I feel the same way. I really like EQ2, too... ugh...
Currently playing: EverQuest II
Tried: EVE Online (will return someday), Final Fantasy XI (didn't like, sorry)