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linoge63
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If all the things that you required to upgrade your hard earned items, the things you already very much earned through time, sweat, tears etc to have at the status to enjoy its power were much more easily obtained via drops and chests and bought with coin at a reasonable amount but meant you paid a monthly user fee...would you?
I know I'd be all over that like mist.
I know I'd be all over that like mist.
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'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
For tier 2 upgrades on anything, perhaps it requires a 2 boss quest sequence that preserves the games time element, ie...get some rest, come back tomorrow and engage step 2. And of course same for tier 3, 3 tough but doable quests, as long as you arent engaging it while talking with a client and mentally alert, you can do it.
Thus, all reagents, companion upgrades etc are handled through a power quest master scaled to ones level.
Also, one takes a quest say at level 40, 20 levels past the mount ability, to attain the master identification scroll. No more identification of things you have already seen. Again, doable but you must be on your toes...a 1 day / boss type quest.
Embedded in the action of attaining these things is not just the quest but all the work you did to get to the level it became available.
At level 60, one obtains a quest for the transmutation ability, wherein one can sell something without the trouble of a shopkeeper...leave that action for the 1st 60 levels.
Every item is capturable by riding over it..no dismount etc.
As it is, many of us look at upgrades no different than we look at some things in the "real world" ...unattainable and thus a turn off and de-inspiring. Make it a challenge, yes...a sensible time element yes and if we are willing to pay say a half a tank of gas a month for this...then lets make it happen
All artifacts....all the things that bring you back to the game...would have a clear quest track and with a guaranteed attainability at the end, you must still succeed in the quest, thats not always the case for some on 1st attempt, a few firepit visits maybe... BUT the boss does NOT miraculously heal, maybe a little.
This...you have a chance to this and that makes the game feel and function a lot like a casino...majorly.
All a sub will do is provide a package that I might not even use all of, or be interested in all of it. All while having to continually pay for it, month after month, endlessly. There is a reason, why this model is dying. Neverwinters free to play isnt perfect, buts its a far cry from current sub systems.
Edit: ...oh yeah, and:
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Yeah....half of those aren't easily solved with a sub fee and the other half are solved by you just spending $15/month yourself.
The increase in dev team really depends on PWE's discretion.
Really? I've played 6 characters through most of the IWD campaign without ever participating in the open PvP and I haven't noticed any open PvP added to any other parts of the game.
It exists for the people who enjoy it, but that's about all there is to say about that. Everybody else can pretty much carry on without ever needing to be more than peripherally aware of it, expect that apparently some people have the mentality that you absolutely have to do it, just because it's there.
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Would I pay a sub? Probably not. I've never played any MMO before, and am very unlikely to ever pick one up again. I'm happy to throw money at stuff I like, but prefer to do it on my own schedule.
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This. I am a DM in Neverwinter Nights, on a small RP PW. There are naming conventions, and we will change your name for you, if it does not fit the guidelines of a decent RP name. The fact that there are DMs/GMs keeps players on their toes and behaving.
I do wish that Cryptic/PW had set up rules for names. Some of the things that I see are almost pornographic. As far as I can tell, I can report them, but all that does is block them from my ability to see them.
Still, I would pay a small sub fee for the above quoted partial list.
something like this would be great (except for mail and chat limitations)
/plus terrain sculpting and texture painting
I have to sympathize with josephskyrim here - between rising gas prices, mortgage, food, etc, my entertainment budget is what gets hit the hardest. If I see something I like, I try to shift some stuff around so I can grab it, but I'm not going to just keep spending and spending until I get what I want. With the game being F2P, I can spend a little here or there, in line with what my own budget will allow, while still retaining access to the game, and without feeling some pressure to get the most playtime I can due to being on a subscription model.
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What would it provide?
Would such a thing be exploitable by someone spending $15(1500 Zen) for one month, getting everything they can out of it, then not using it? Such as a +20% increase to all refinement, making pres wards better than coal in theory. Also with pres wards being much cheap in the AH. But that's just on example. There just really isn't much you can provide.
Increased RAD->AD cap? AD already lacks sinks. Again, exploitable. Stock up on RAD. Pay 1500 Zen. Convert more than anyone else can. Have more AD, transfer AD into 1500 zen. Have free sub forever for the cost of one.
If getting Zen is a problem for PWE, which I'd assume it can't be that bad if it is. Add more types of things.
-Armor/weapons for transmuting.
-More customization options for characters.
-Toys(Engineering in WoW had tons of toys)
-A Zen based crafting profession(perhaps linked to the toys, getting rank 20 and having the best toys to show off your support).
-Account wide currency/campaign sharing. (This would bring in tons of money)
-Account wide companion/mount sharing. (Again, tons of money)
-Things that could break the game if they were in the Zen market. So you limit the # of them. (Such as an item that can un-bind any item, but only 500 of these can be sold a day). Or even old lockboxes.
however if we were to have a gm to ban some of these asshats in the game I'd think about it.