I'm going to hold off on a reaction 'til I see whether that comes to pass or not - ie. whether Acclaim retro-fits an item/cash shop deal into it. If they do... personally... I will instantly lose 100% interest in it.
Which would suck, I've been really looking forward to this game. Item/Cash shops, in my opinion, are the most devious and blatantly greed-driven concept ever introduced to MMOs. It's basically the company cashing in on the whole RMT thing as they know people who buy their money online spend a lot more on that, than they do on a $15 monthly fee. So I'm *really* hoping Spellborn doesn't end up with item/cash shops.
You pretty much just echoed exactly what I was thinking. So:
If you watch the interview on the mainpage, it's explicitly said that there will not be item shops.
Acclaim Games CCO David Perry has written an open letter to the Spellborn community on the recent announcement that Acclaim will be the North American publisher for The Chronicles of Spellborn.
The CEO of Acclaim (Howard Marks) was the Chairman of Activision Studios through their massive growth during the 1990’s, and together we travel the world in search of the best new games that we can possibly find. Right now we’re tracking over 400 MMO games (yes it’s insane!). My poor old gaming PC is literally peppered with games in every conceivable language, and I’ve just kept playing, patiently waiting for that WHOA! moment. The game that finally got us there is Spellborn. When we saw it running, our jaws literally dropped to the floor. “Who the heck made this? We need to talk!”
Pff I was on the 2Moons exclusive beta team, the team with the level 150 characters in CB and the private server access. Please don't try to pull that the volunteer GM rampage that has been going on. You know little more than 5% of the original problems.
Spellborn will not have the same issues as 2Moons for a few simple facts. I am not at liberty to discuss these at this time, as I'm trying not to burn bridges at this point.
But like I said, you won't see the same stuff pulled in 2Moons as Spellborn. The main part being that Acclaim and Spellborn are not having p**** measuring contests, while trying to conserve or gain more cash.
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You pretty much just echoed exactly what I was thinking. So:
If you watch the interview on the mainpage, it's explicitly said that there will not be item shops.
Read more here.
Wow, everyone's jaw? Have they asked for some kind of compensation for this carnage?
Pff I was on the 2Moons exclusive beta team, the team with the level 150 characters in CB and the private server access. Please don't try to pull that the volunteer GM rampage that has been going on. You know little more than 5% of the original problems.
Spellborn will not have the same issues as 2Moons for a few simple facts. I am not at liberty to discuss these at this time, as I'm trying not to burn bridges at this point.
But like I said, you won't see the same stuff pulled in 2Moons as Spellborn. The main part being that Acclaim and Spellborn are not having p**** measuring contests, while trying to conserve or gain more cash.
http://spellborn.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page