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The Greed, OMG the Greed
Morgaren
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I was coming back to the game, lost my account info, was making a new account, everything's good.
Made a new toon, couldn't roll a sith, had to pay for that or unlock in in legacy.....ok, that's cool too, gotta make money somehow, saw new races, that's interesting.
So then I am playing, was enjoying it, done the story before but you know, was enjoying it all the same. So I got some new moves, was telling myself "I want to put that rush ability above my builder, cause it will make for easier clicking." cause I am a clicker.
Then it came up, I HAD TO PURCHASE THE ABILITY TO HAVE EXTRA HOTBARS.
so I uninstalled the game, came here to moan, and warn people talk about how horrible the cash shop is in the game, well here is a prime example.
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It was never an issue.
lol, i could have sworn this read Tissue not issue, had to reread,
over 20 years of mmorpg's and counting...
Sith Warrior - Story of Hate and Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKrlwXt7Ao
Imperial Agent - Rise of Cipher Nine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBBj3eJWBvU&feature=youtu.be
Imperial Agent - Hunt for the Eagle Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQqjYYU128E
I play some free to play, Aion, Rift, Neverwinter, a few others, Never have I had to pay to have access to the UI.
I draw the line there. I was going to pay for the sith, had no issue with that, but to pay for something concerning the UI just doesn't sit right with me at all. way I see it, there is also going to be a charge to make the chat font bigger. That one cost them my business, whoever thought it was a good idea to charge for that has no idea why ftp actually makes money. You kinda got to lure them in farther than level 8.
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But you forget some people are entitled to everything for free. And when they don't get what they think they are entitled to they make threads like this.
Personally if I ever got to point in my life were I posted on a website whining a video game is not free enough is the day I stop playing video games.
Not sure why the OP couldn't bother to recover the old acct info. Unless the old acct was banned for some reason.That would have solved the hotbar issue ..allowing for 4 to start. ..and possibly the Sith problem too if it was already unlocked legacy wide before. Don't get me wrong..there is plenty about the F2P model for this game that I find so annoying that I continue to pay monthly. No regrets either. I was paying before it went F2P anyway.
Originally posted by laokoko
"if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".
never mind
... and of course the bits those people always skip over..
1. It has a box fee
And don't you love how the standard definition for F2P, which is basically "a MMO that requires no initial purchase to download and play", is somehow shifted - like a goal-post with freshly oiled wheels - to mean only "requires an initial purchase, but no subscription fee", when it comes to GW2?
Gotta love how people just conveniently change definitions to suit the situation like that. Somehow, "free" doesn't actually mean "free" when it comes to GW2.
2. It has a cash shop.
ANet have liked to pat themselves on the back for not having a flat monthly sub on multiple occasions. Meanwhile, they've adopted an alternate revenue model that is known and proven to generate potentially far more revenue, by nickel and diming customers on individual items, while removing any limit on what one can spend.
I don't know what's more amazing... the cajones ANet have to put out such blatant PR spin, or the number of people who readily buy into it... simply because they like the game.
As for EA and their demonstrated greed in SWTOR.. well, yeah... lol... It's EA being EA. Sad thing is, people continue to support them.
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In Rift, you have to pay $5 if you want to use the AH, you have to pay if you want the 3 new classes, give me a break. SWTOR is no different than any other MMO
Sorry dude, but this is is really an "in other news water is wet" story. It's pretty much common knowledge that SWTOR has the worst f2p model on the market (I think after seeing it, the guys at SOE decided to lighten up on the EQ2 restrictions as they saw how poorly people responded to it and saw that their restrictions weren't too dissimilar). Many have made fun of it; even the guys at Bluehole made fun of it when they made the teaser trailer for TERA going f2p (remember the part where they said they "won't take away your hotbarts"? That was a deliberate jab at what happened in SWTOR).
Right, because we totally can judge what all future f2p games will be like based on the one with the widely recognized worst model, the one that does almost everything wrong, and not models that do almost everything right *coughAionLineage2andTeracough*
Since when is Tuesday a direction?
Haha! This OP made my day!
Normally I prefer sub. 15 bucks/month is fine for me. But sure, I can play a FTP game aswell and pay a small fee for some newly released features or dungeons or so! No problem! But pay extra for another hotbar to put my abilities on..... hahaha!! I almost fell of the chair...
Actually I think they'd say the same thing, because hating on Blizzard seems to be in vogue these days, especially on this site. The way some people talk you'd think everyone in the company had been convicted of pedophilia or some other kind of horrific crime.
That aside, I agree somewhat with the OP. Charging people to access a complete UI is pretty damn shady. But it's their game and their rules, play by them or leave. Plenty of other people are willing to make use of the bandwidth your absence will free up, I'm sure.
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A few weeks of farming? My time is a bit more valuable than that. But I assume if you sub you get this as part of the package so that would be the way I would go.
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I bought the game and subscribed for a few months, all i got was some extra hotbars and cartel coins.
approximates cost. 120$
You downloaded the game for free and paid 5.00 for some hot bars. and 10$ for some coins.
Im not sure what the better deal is........
The res thing is pretty lame to me though.
Erm, what did they lose actually? A customer that is not willing to pay? That isn't a loss, it is a relieve of bandwidth and services.
So the question is, what did you win?
Yeah screw Sony, Microsoft, blizzard, Nike, McD, ford, Pepsi, coke, pro sports teams, movie theaters, people that own parking ramps , someone trying to sell a house, the kid selling popcorn so he can go on a trip with his/her group, the airlines, screw all these I am entitled to all their products for free!! How dare they try and make money!!