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EME Opens up The Cash Shop
EME has been keeping it more on the hush-hush, but today they opened up a premium cash shop for players that want to buy fluff. If it starts to become pay to win I am gone, but what do you all think about it ?
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Someone beat you to it.
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/351482/page/1
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P2P + cash shop = rip off. Whether it's P2W or not.
The cash shop is nice so far, but I do agree with you... if EME starts putting pay to win items in there I am unsubbing. Given how well they have been taking community feedback however, I do not see this happening with NA Tera. I hope they add more fluff like costumes and additional skins etc.
P.S. I would love if they sold a hearth stone of sorts that teleports you simmilar to how the safe haven scrolls works. Put it on a 15 minute CD and call it a day, I would pick that up.
I know right ? WTH ? I mean these things let you buy weapons that let you wtpwn in PVP and skip levels in PVE and get better equip than raiders and everything ,
Right ?
I mean surely they must do that because no one would really whine and complain about people being able to buy cosmetic items that have zero effect on gameplay.
Would they ?
Sorry cannot agree with you here, not sure why a cash shop that is not P2W is a rip off, it is your choice to purchase the item and it in no way gives anyone an advantage. More games are going this route for some additional income, I think its a great idea as long as it doesn't go p2w.
For now you can use the unstuck function from the menu. It works the same as a heartstone.
Because p2p is supposed to mean equal opportunity. That's how MMOs used to be and it was a foundational principle.
Notice how when that went out the window for profits...so did the quality of current MMO offerings?
I've never had a problem with cosmetic items as that is a "your choice" thing.
If they do put actual pay to win items then that would be an issue.
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Thanks I did not know that. I kind of want them to implement the hearth stone idea and remove the safe haven scrolls from the game. Make it a fluff item from the cash shop, I be a ton of people would pick that up if the CD was short enough. I kind of want to make a thread on the official forums to that effect ... maybe tomorrow hmmm.
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A sub should give you access to ALL a game has to offer,yes,all of it.
And yes it gives you an advantage,the advantage of having better aesthetics.
Tera fans, GW2 fans hand the cash shop debacle to you! Oh, throw in the subscription fee with it. I'm playing Tera myself, so I'm not a total GW2 Fanboi, but this will be fun to watch!
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Well everything in game is obtainable by every player that currently has a sub. And any player can pay extra money to aquire the cosmetic changes. So given that I don't really agree with what you said. However I do agree that more companies are focused on return over quality of the product.
So, not to beat a horse to death here. We can agree to disagree.
I know what many people mean. Just the other day ..living in Florida I went to Disney World. I paid full price to enter the park but I'll be damned if they didnt charge me for all the food and beverages as well as a pair of Mickey Mouse ears and a Pluto keychain. Pay to play at Disney World and Cash shop. Bullshit!!
Got my issues with TERA but this isn't one of them. Weapon skins, big deal. Doesn't add to in-game power, still equal footing. I could understand if TERA was like Dragon Nest where pretty much all equipment looks the same from level 1 to level 50 unless you buy costumes, but TERA doesn't have that issue. Plenty of cool looking things in the game, why you'd want to spend $10 on it I don't know, but no point begruding those who will.
I hope you're smart enough to realize what's wrong with the analogy you just made. What TERA's doing isn't a big deal, but that doesn't mean video games should suddenly start breaking your bank by charging you both admission + sub then more for every fun thing there is to do. That's not a path, even those more liberal with cash shops, would want games to take.
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great fuckign analogy kudos
Because there's absolute no difference between disney world and a mmorpg.
9.99 For a cosmetic weapon skin? Is this a joke?
*goes back to playing Diablo 3 Hardcore (there is no CASH SHOP)*
great fuckign analogy kudos
Except it's not really. All that extra stuff he's referencing are material goods.
Makes me think this game is gearing up to be a f2p game in a few months.
Well, they both are theme parks that let you ride everything for the price of admission and charge you extra for things such as clothing.
I think the analogy was pretty good actually.
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And I was told TERA had no cash shop and that I was just a GW2 fan hating on TERA because I said it was coming
I'll skip the told you so....
So besides Mounts (Which look to already be planned) what else is everyone expecting to be on the cash shop?
I never agree with this, in any game.
And just because most of the games are doing it doesnt make it "right".
Ppl pay the box, pay every month to play and then need to pay a extra if we want a cool looking weapon?
Allready saw this movie on AION, insted of devs been working on patchs to the game they are working on cash shop improvement. Maybe it will be diferent here, need to wait a few months and see anyway.
Can you really make no difference between real life and a game?