Comments on: I’m an Idiot

By: Longasc

Longasc — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:58:35 +0000

I cannot name much MMOs that have really “fair” RMT. DDO might be the only example. Tesh might add Puzzle Pirates and Wizards 101, but I do not play them and so just say I heard they do it “right”.

By: Longasc

Longasc — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:57:22 +0000

This RMT stuff always starts out innocent. Then it gets more and more and then you suddenly paid the equivalent of a 2 months subscription. I think this is the point where people will start thinking and RMT beginning to smell.

By: Breltar

Breltar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:04:41 +0000

To me DDO does it right with the ‘gate key’ in the fact that you can play the game completely free, but have to pay for certain areas. I have in fact paid for a few dungeons, but I still ‘own’ the keys to them for as long as DDO is around and still do not have to pay a monthly upkeep cost.

I could see that being more of a problem on a game you are paying a monthly for and would be furious if I bought a 40 dollar box and started shelling out 15 a month only to not have the ‘full’ game available. I think many companies are testing the waters with this and we will see successes and failures.

By: Surviving the Microtransapocalypse « Bio Break

Surviving the Microtransapocalypse « Bio Break — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:38:21 +0000

[...] a special item vs. the regular edition) — I just want to note that it seems that we’ve passed some sort of point of no return in 2009, and it’s going to be Microtransaction City from here on [...]

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:22:28 +0000

Looks very cool. Must resist urge to buy

By: Genda

Genda — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:02:43 +0000

@Burfo they are grandfathering in certain stuff, and the fee only kicks in once you level a new profession past 5, I believe. So if you like, really play the game.

By: Burfo

Burfo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:35 +0000

—converting Free Realms from a Free To Play to a Fee to Pay

I haven’t played Free Realms in a few months, but it sure looks like it’s still free to play…?

By: Atnor

Atnor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:03 +0000

Thanks.

Kinda weird how that works, isnt it.

I wonder if it’s because it just boils down to another way that “fourth wall” barrier gets breached between you and the game world.

By: Genda

Genda — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:50 +0000

@Atnor – That’s a really good point about the psychology around how we look at games. I agree that while I pay a monthly fee and get the “Disneyland” play/ride all you want model I feel like I have an MMO “home”. If I’m using the Carny “Pay as you go” I feel like I’m being overcharged (even if I’m not) and I’m less likely to invest and by proxy get attached. My loyalty will go down as well.

By: Atnor

Atnor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:31:23 +0000

These things are fine with me. I dont care if an MMO sells cosmetic items like dyes or panda pets. As you said, it’s when it affects gameplay, and the game is not developed around that, that I have a problem with it.

Even DDO content, since the game is now developed that way, I dont think I mind the cash-gate content system. Just like I didnt mind (and bought) the adventure packs in EQ2.

It does lower my esteem towards a game. I tend to then think of those MMOs as “games I’m running through” instead of “persistent MMO worlds that I now am a part of”, but that’s my own deal That just makes me less “loyal” and my chances at long term payments of any kind will go way down, when I feel I’m being nickel n’ dimed.

Honestly, the only place I can think of at the moment where RMT has irked me personally was how SOE did it in EQ2 and Vanguard, where they essentially “become” the bot-gold-selling-player-trading company. I hate that. REALLY ticks me off, actually…. I’m sure there are others, but thats the only example I can think of so far.

Pandas… just make me shrug. Very cute though. 10 bucks just sounds steep.