149892-friends-of-rotostar-datamine-currently-free-aspects-going-behind-a-paywall

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Probably originated in English and is being translated to Chinese. Not that there aren't some things I like in this, free lockbox key a day and potentially higher tradeskill item stacks, but I don't see them rebranding their Signature and Cosmic points so soon.


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I thought that part was clear. However thanks for clearing up that it's for the China release. Though no, concerns aren't eased. I will always have concerns with a business model that focusses on selling skins, animation bundles and subscriptions that remove inconveniences or provide small time saving bonuses instead of on selling a game based on the qualities of the game.


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TOR's model centers around how badly they punish non-subs. Comparing the perks between Wildstar and SW:TOR I find Wildstar has a bit of an edge over TOR but on the whole they're comparable. Every other difference comes down to the utter load of manure TOR drags their non-subs through. It's a rather despicable model IMO. I prefer TOR's monthly cash shop currency grant over Wildstar's grindable Omnibits, but WS's is quite a bit more generous depending on how much of the weekly cap you fill. Service Tokens are still around but the expanded limit helps mitigate that to some extent.

There was some speculation that that was the case. I appreciate the clarification. I also very much appreciate the willingness to discuss datamined content. TOR's hostility towards that sort of discussion combined with their near complete silence on future plans has created a huge amount of customer frustration with their team.


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and dont they limit content in those games if you are not a sub? so it is kind of talking apples and oranges, but I do agree that this sub could be more appealing. the recent omni bit change was a step in the right direction. while a sub in this game is a little lack luster, it does not limit what content you can do. so to say it pales in comparison is right, because you actually get more content with their sub. here you get everything for free. so it is a tricky comparison to make as this business model is really generous for free bots. but in order to make a profit they need to monetize things ingame, and i do not think anything talked about is something that I would say "thats not right". all content is playable, but QoL things, costumes, dye, mounts, and other vanity items are totally fair game to monetize imo.


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Here's the breakdown: If you play enough to hit the cap every week of the month, that relaxed cap gets you 240 Omnibits per week over the F2P cap. If we assume spherical cow and round the month down to four weeks, that's 960 Omnibits. For the same $15, you can get 1200 NCoin. Now, there are a couple of things you can only get with NCoin, but for everything else in the store, the Omnibit price is half the price in NCoins, so you're grinding out the value of 1920 NCoin in four weeks if you cap every week. Me? I've hit the cap a couple times total. Grinding to the higher cap takes longer, because you're earning two bits for one but the cap is three times as high. Even if I can only be arsed to do content to the cap every other week, I'll be pulling in 960 NCoin equivalent on Signature. Since grinding that much more is going to amount to more Elder Gems and cash, those increased rates of income are of greater value. Now, even with all of the Cosmic perks scratched out, I'm still getting more for my money, because EG and plat buy things you can't get with store currency (things like runes and repairs and consumables and stopgap equipment and so forth, for those of us who don't care about cash shop gambling boxes, vanity costumes and the like).

Edited March 1, 2016 by Shendorion


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