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So should I stay subbed then?? There is no reason to. The 25% extra stuff is just a qol thing and hardly worth 15$/mo.


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Players that use credd do not pay any money to carbine, they only spend in game gold. So why should they get the same thing the players that give money to carbine get? Do you know how backwards that sounds....


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I agree. Carbine really needs to address this! It feels like they are trying to take advantage of the subscribers by making them buy NCOIN on top of their subscription. I hope that's not the case, but what else can we think at this point?

Edited October 28, 2015 by mysticjbyrd


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Speak for yourself.


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NCoin is not the only possible stipend. Like I wrote in my original post, Omnibits or Madame Fay coin are also option's and stipend. Those are both exclusive to Wildstar so they couldn't be used on any other NCsoft game. Increasing the Omnibit drop rate (+25%) and/or cap for subbing does nothing to the market since it's make believe currency. It does reward those who spend real $ monthly though as subbing should over F2P only (IMO). Madam Fay Coin can only be purchased with NCoin but it too is exclusive to Wildstar. Adding either or both shouldn't be considered a P2W wall since nothing in the Shop or that Madam Fay awards are game breaking item's. They're mostly cosmetic pixel's on the screen. Not actual Gear, Weapon's or Runes that give stat's. They're costumes, currency, flask's, dyes, mount's, pet's etc. If subbing gave a little of both it would encourage the F2P market to sub. It's just like the discount coupon Idea. Give a few Madam Fay coin's (like 3) and player's would see what they could win. It will/should make player's want to buy more, like free tries at a slot machine does with gambling. Have you ever been to Vegas? They understand this concept very well as do retailer's that offer the "spend $50 get $10/5 off certificate's" etc. Market research has proven those are both idea's that work. EDIT: clarity

Edited November 2, 2015 by Equa1ity


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TSW -also- gives a cash stipend, on top of the veteran's cosmetic and XP enhancements


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Very true, 8 Year Veteran of CoH. CoH was still making money (profit) when NCsoft pulled the plug, right before another expansion (issue) was about to be release BTW. Heck, they didn't even get to finish the Incarnate system. I was a subscriber and still spent a lot of real money on in game purchase's because of what their subscription model offered. Luckily CoH had a very talented community that played and loved the game. Many worked in the gaming, programming, coding etc industries. The community has been developing the successor (City of Titans) themselves since 2013. Back on topic, adding items that are not included in the regular F2P or awarded in the Comic Point's system's would be the only reason to bother with subscription. Omnibits, Madam Fay coin and Service Tokens are all stipend that could and should be included. Signature service needs a little more than just stipend added (IMO). Regardless of what they do or do not, I won't sub unless something more substantial is added. After a few month's of subscription a new player can accumulate all the necessary convinces because of the cosmic rewards system. I don't want to see a repeat of what happened to CoH.

Edited November 3, 2015 by Equa1ity


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coh is why i will never give ncsoft that kind of money again. loved that game. having it yanked away like that was just too much. thank goodness a few people are trying to bring it back (city of titans is looking great).


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