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You do know that's a screenshot of the new area? What did she do, photoshop it? :huh:


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How about ... no? Wildstar might actually be a game where the f2p transition does NOT work and I'm pretty sure (judging from regular human common sense) that NCSOFT knows this as well. There's just no way to turn Wildstar into a money-crapping behemoth they can milk for 2-5 years and then mercifully shoot with a load of 'you're cancelled, brah, don't ever show up on the internetz!'. What would you change? What would you restrict, what would you make available to be achieved ingame, what needs to be purchased? This and about 194756 questions are lingering in NCSOFT's head right now and I imagine ( and, truthfully and rightfully) hope they come to the same conclusion: Wildstar is the one game for the next 5 years, at least, to come that is worth to be kept on subscription. If they even dare to try emulating the crash-and-burn misery that was SWTOR, they will fail and I sincerely hope they know this as well as I do.


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I doubt Wonderpumkin, Frezz, Eclips or myself or the others that think F2P is inevitable are pushing for it because THEY don't want to pay for the game. It is because as most of them have pointed out there is no population, queus don't pop. You can argue it all you like but when queus were cross server... queus shouldn't be next to non-existance, it points to a lack of desire of people playing the game and other than me... I am sure the other 3 are queued up as often as they can. So please get this idea that the people who are saying PVP is needed to save the game as people who are too cheap to pay for the game. More likely than not it is their flexibility and willingness to adapt and accept change that will give the game a chance to survive. All of the fanbois and white knights care about wildstar as it is right now and only as it is right now, most of these other people are the greater general sense of the case the game and IP whereever Carbine and NCsoft may take it.


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Didn't Riot Games make a monumental amount of money and still have an ever growing business on the back of a free to play game? I know I spent more than 15$ a month on average on League of Legends skins and boosts than I ever did on a subscription MMO.


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Nope. They need active players for testing. QA is not capable of doing it properly.


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See, this has to be the worst sentence I've ever read, you would rather they shut the servers down and set on fire before going f2p? why? what exactly is that accomplishing for you? how is that helping anything? what are you even gaining by the game being shut down? the answer? nothing, just something ridiculous to say because a few f2p games here and there gave you a bad taste in your mouth. There's plenty of F2P games out there that do it right, Tera being a good example on how to go from P2P to F2P without making it anything near pay2win at all and that's because for the most part they followed the cosmetic and convenience method of a sustained cash flow, since they went F2P they gained both a player and revenue boost and the game doesnt need a penny put into it to compete with the paying players. moderator edit: content

Edited November 20, 2014 by Chillia


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Do some research before you spew your mindless crap please http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/11/08/eas-quarterly-net-revenue-is-up-apparently-in-spite-of-swtor/ SWTOR IS LOSING MONEY LOTRO IS LOSING MONEY DDO IS LOSING MONEY fail2play doesn't work. Don't like WS? Then do everyone a favor and leave so we don't have to hear your hyperbole whining drivel and go player neverwinter or some other garbage F2P game. Carbine has already stated they have NO INTENTINONS of going fail2play (stated just last month actually) so stop blubbering about it and goto some other MMO where we don't have to hear you whine about it.


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Sure, you may get more queue pops, but that doesn't mean you'll get quality games/players.


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You missed the part of my post where I said you could buy those cosmetics and conveniences with in game money. Go log into TERA and look on the AH. You will find every costume on the cash shop in the AH. /slamdunk


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I laugh at your ignorance that you think the Dev's have little if any actual say in the matter. NCSOFT will be the one that makes that call.


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lol it wasn't basically a No it was basically a coming soon. your read between the lines skill is broken


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