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Wizard101: J. Todd Coleman Addresses the 18+ Chat Gaff
Drew
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J. Todd Coleman, director of Wizard101, addresses some player concerns with regards to changes implemented in their chat system that left a significant amount of their players dissatisfied.
Recently we made a change to our chat system that left a number of people in our community frustrated -- or some cases, even angry. The feedback has been signficant, and I wanted to write you a quick note to let you know that, as always, we are listening.
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I continue to be impressed by that game. It makes me wish I had thought of something similar a long time ago.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
Well I will give the Wizard101 staff some leeway due to their client base, but I think they and other developers need to grasp that without chat their game loses much of what a MMO is.
I will also give a big ROFL on his 15 million players. They might have that many registered accounts, but they don't have even close to a million paying accounts let alone 15 million and this game is really not free to play, you must buy areas at the minimum to advance beyond level 10. Exaggerating numbers does not speak well for trusting what he posts.
I always respect people that are prepared to stand up and say "we messed up, sorry". So you could have bought the whole game with crowns but still won't get chat unless you subscribe? Strange.
That's not what they're saying. If you buy anything in the store and use a credit card to verify you're 18+, chat will be enabled on your account. You do not need to subscribe. Prior to this point, it was always intended that you would have to subscribe in order to have the open chat. They never intended for everyone to have the open chat without a subscription. Because it happened unintentionally and people got used to it and liked it, they are opening it up so that you can have the chat without subscribing. You still need to use a credit card to verify your age. I'm not sure you even need to buy anything. You just need to use a credit card.
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Ahh I mis read it...hands up I messed up
Roughly how much is it in crowns to buy the whole game? I've always had a soft spot for it.
That's a good question, I'm not sure. I've only run into one zone that required a purchase and everything else (so far) has been part of the free game. I don't even know what you can buy with the crowns. Wait, there is one thing I'm aware of and that's a family style account, where you have one 'Parent' account and several 'Child' accounts that are all linked together.
Wow. I had no idea they had so many areas...I've not seen even 20% of the game. Looks like you can buy access to every single zone for something less than 92,000 crowns. That number is rounded up...I just counted in my head. 60,000 crowns is $60. It's discounted for more than 60,000 crowns, but I don't know what the discount is. There's also the option to subscribe for $9.95 a month (first month for $4.95).
Looks like the sub is fairly reasonable after you get to a certain level. You can definitely play a lot of the game with $0 because I'm doing that right now.
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Total cost for all areas is 68 640 crowns.
EDIT: If you plan to play 'hardcore', it's better to pay just the sub for a few months to get access to everything. If you play casually, each area costs just a few dollars and can keep you entertained for hours. In any case the game is cheap to play as long as you don't buy any items with crowns, and the item shop items really are optional unlike in many other games /EDIT
i like the game but i wonder if anyone thought about a parent letting their child play for free and when their child can't pay for the area's because maybe the child's parentor parents can't afford to pay then what does the child quit playing because they went as far as they can go?
It will cost you approximately 75 dollars to get enough crowns to buy the entire game, maybe a bit more. I haven't made it into the Celestia area yet to see how much more than the original 60 bucks I've payed so far to open up perma access up to Dragonspyre.
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They seem to have a 25% off sale right now.