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Perpetuum - Now With Cash Shop
That completely blows
mollified a bit by the fact there is no charge for the client and the sub is pretty cheap
the sad thing is it came the day after i payed for early access and after the fact a yellow (gm or dev) in chat had stated there would be no cash shop 
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Any links to press releases or anything like that?
Funny, that the only parts of the world where Mechs are popular, are the only parts of the world where P2P is king.
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I have looked all over the site and the forums, but yet I see nothing of this.
A link would greatly help!
When I was logged in last night I asked about robot paint or dyes. One of the GM's responded that it would be available as a microtransaction item. I mentioned that people were going to argue about it. He (She?) didn't think they would argue. People commenced with arguing about it.
The GM stated that it would be nothing but cosmetic items, no increased EP, no Mechs, etc. Cosmetic items only. At this point, all I've heard for sure is paint for your mechs. We asked about Hello Kitty theme kits, but they never answered.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
again this was typed about just 24 hours after a statement that there would be no cash shop
and no answer as to whether these "cosmetic" items would be earnable in game
I can't find the announcement. Can you link the announcement?
If this is true they need to announce it soon publicly and it will be a shame as I was quite enjoying myself
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Seems like more p2p games are getting cash shops.. AION jus got theres not too long ago.. I knew once WoW would allow cash shop items more sub games would get them eventually too.. Even tho cosmetic items i'am not too worried about myself.. I jus think if were paying for the game we should be allowed to paint our mechs in game w/o having to pay.
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I don't think WoW started the trend, as few other P2P games already offered cosmetic items in cash shops. Unless you consider in-game items from their trade cards.
Nonetheless, as long as the competition is low, and as long as some customers are ready to pay for it, it's an easy way to get some extra bucks in one company's point of view. And with the playerbase aging, with less time available for gaming but with more money to spend on electronic entertainment, I'm not surprised to see it being a growing trend.
Yea, I pretty much told you they were thinking about it. Nothing is set in stone. But like everyone is saying "It would be cosmetic" only. This would not happen until after live
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It should be one or the other, it makes no difference if they're 'cosmetic' or not? All items in an mmo are cosmetic for christ sake it's pixels on a screen, they serve purpose at all other than entertainment in a game world, this is just a legal way of double billing you, bloody daft. Especially for a team of this size, I'm amazed they have time to be creating 'cosmetic' items to put in the shop at the same time as fixing all those bugs and prepping for live.
What a joke, can't believe people fall for this con.
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We know where our priorities need to be, we're working on no "cosmetic" items of the sort you're thinking of.
certainly and hopefully there will be an official announcement before live
you don't want to look like you're pulling a fast one on your new subscribers (or do you)
Additional services and in-game items were around for years before WOW. It's once it had a name that it was considerd insidious and villified.
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As long as it's only cosmetics I dont mind one bit. TBH I am ipressed how much the developers seems to 'get' a lot of the stuff thats broken in EvE and have managed to fix it for launch of thier game. (Yeah, its an obvious EVE clone, but so what...) I am enjoying the beta a lot.
Sadly I think they will be eaten by the lag monster when they launch if they get any kind of real succes, but thats just my personal gut feeling.
The only problem with this game is that it lacks a publisher which is a potential kiss of death.
Some MMOs do just fine without a publisher.
Actually, unless the goal is to sell a box product, is a publisher really needed?
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release is free download
a box would be kinda pointlesl
Get used to it folks, more and more P2P's are going to go the hybrid payment model route, and I doubt you'll find any games that don't offer additional services for additional fees to subscribers going forward.
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If turbine proves the pay as you go multi payment options system works over the long haul we may see the entire genre go that way. You wanna sub? You can. You wanna play for free and purchase only what you want to use? Go for it. It's perfect tbh.Playing: Rift, LotRO
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Or did it get the name after it became insidious and vilified? oO....
But yeah lol, we've had this stuff since MMO's have been around. UO had and has them :P
I have no issues with alternative payment models, or even cash shop games necessarily unless they are designed so that the content perpetually reminds/frustrates the player that they should purchase something from the cash shop to improve their experience.
So the model DDO employes is great, and the cash shop items in FE don't bother me, but when it came to ROM I defintiely did not care for the design or the power the cash shop gave in PVP activities.
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the game will have a "rapidshare" payment model the video is from 2009 and you an see it here => http://vimeo.com/7454583 @min 8:15
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A lot has changed in a year.
The game will have a normal monthly subscription, everything else is just gossip for now.
I love how people reply the "Truth" here and not on the real game forums. Perpetuum is in Open Beta. Come on over and try the game out. Learn everything you need to know in 30 seconds on the forums