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Neverwinter Zen Store Comparison - Dragon's Prophet
ikiane
Member Posts: 28 Arc User
This is just a snippet, please Google Dragon's Prophet if you want to know more, i'm not here to advertise, just display an exert comparison.
Lets have a chat, shall we?
1000 Station Cash = $10
24 Bag Slots = 180sc = $1.80
20 Bank Slots = 240sc = $2.40
1 Dragon Inventory = 60sc = $0.60
1 Dragon Lair Slot = 120sc = $1.20
1000 Zen = $10
24 Bag Slots = 1000zen = $10.00
16 Bank Slots = 600zen = $6.00
1 Companion Active Slot = 350zen = $3.50
1 Companion Idle Slot = 100zen = $1.00
Lets have a chat, shall we?
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what did you expect, it's PWE.
duh.
I want this class in NW.
Wait, so you complain about bugs, bad animation, and character loading problems, then say NWN is superior?
I like NWN as much as the next guy and showed my support by becoming a founder.... but seriously, this game has all of the problems mentioned above in spades.
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Asset upgrading poll.
Bit of a surprise to me considering that Runewalker is involved with it since one of there other MMO's called Runes of Magic is pretty much in my experience about the most expensive ftp mmo i have ever played by a long way (assuming you want decent gear , which you have to have to do latest dungeons).
Can you convert real money currency with in game currency and vice versa?
I'll try the game, but it doesn't look like something that could provide the same experience as NWO, so I wouldn't even treat it as a direct competitor. It looks like it's for the grindy monster-huntery crowd.
It's an optional cash shop, and there's nothing I've seen so far that cripples your gameplay if you don't pay. You can comfortably play without spending a dime. So if you can't afford it, it's not for you.
On the other hand, the typical gamer in his/her late 20s - early 30s will have no issue dropping some cash on the game every now and then if they like it. You'd be surprised what some people spend. So it's not greed, it's basic market analysis.
You really have to play Dragon Prophet to know how bugs it is and with such outdated graphic Engine. My characterr is invisible and game glitch everywhere. I uninstall after 10 minutes of gameplay. I feel like the game is not ready, even if it is the graphic engine is so outdated. It look like this game was an old released from Asian imported over to US after they got tired of the game over there.
16 backpack spaces, 30 day temporary - $3
(If you want permanent backpacks, they are a rare drop from the Backpack box)
32 bank spaces, 30 day temp - $2
(If you want permanent bank space, it's a rare drop from the Warehouse box)
Actual useful abilities for your companions? Those range from $1 - $40. Not tradeable.
Mount? Well, there's one for $30 (not account wide), the other two are rare drops from two different boxes.
Costumes? One lousy one is available for $30. All the others are rare drops from (guess what!) individual boxes.
Weekend "sales" that encourage you to spend enough to hit certain milestones for "bonus prizes".... up to $150+. One weekend had a costume you had to collect letters for. Getting all the letters, if you didn't buy them off other people, meant spending $500+ for "bonuses".
Yeah, it makes the Neverwinter shop look like a flea market.
(and yet, there were still lunatics who responded to the "how much have you spent" threads, with totals between $1k and $4k. The first month. :eek:)
This is called gambling. These games do it because people with gambling addiction will give them all their money. This game has it as well.
Knowing nothing about the game though, something tells me this is not the case, that you have to spend real money to get those items where as in this game you can get the items with ingame currency. Locking items behind a paywall with no means of getting them otherwise is the definition of... well those 3 horrible words that get thrown around here all the **** time.
*starts looking into the game*
Pokemon online with dragons? I'm interested!
It's kinda like complaining about how Burger Kings food suck but ordering a Double Whopper every day, or in some cases here every fifteen minutes.
:rolleyes:
There is nothing wrong with having Cash Shop on F2P, but they price it horribly wrong and not in a good ways. For example, if they sale a Mount for $15, more people will buy it. If they price it at $40 maybe a few people buy it because the price is so steep. So if they price it less they are making more profits and everyone is happy, I don't see anything wrong with doing it this way because you get more sales by selling item for less. It have nothing to do with being cheap or who can offord it or not. It just more benefit for them to do it this way. But I guess this is PW, price will keep getting higher and higher. Soon you will be paying $60 for a mount on their next game. Oh wait, you already pay $200 for a Spider Mount and a Companions with Founder pack.
While the absurd exchange rate in PWE/NW is acknowledged, the simple fact of Sony's cheap currency conversion rate is that most of us watched the repeated hacks and loss of PII and credit card information and simply swore off them.
In other words, frankly, I think they have to be cheap because no one will pay to have their information stolen (i.e., overtly and publicly demonstrated laxity in security practice).
Ref link/history of hacks: http://attrition.org/security/rants/sony_aka_sownage.html
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I dont think they have any currency comparible to Astral Diamonds.
Check out the 90 (65 for 24hours) founders pack. You get 9000 station cash and the goodies. So, you get your money back in SC, and the founders pack.
Shure , I am going to assume it will be as free as free realms ? ROFL
no thanks , it will be a very cold day in hell before I give sony another dime . I refuse to even see movies made by sony pictures . You think customer support sucks here ? You think exploits take a long time to be fixed here ? You think your credit card is safe ? How about them shutting down a game and not refunding your non-spent SC ? ROFL yeah good luck with sony .
Bought the dragon lord pack too. Good deal considering you get a Large Player house from it virtually free including everything else
Besides, I think that targeting people who actively spend lots of money has its merit as a strategy. Even if they priced mounts at $1, it's not like everyone would suddenly start buying them - consumer behavior is more complicated than that. Plus, they/we have to keep in mind that the AD/Z conversion still exists, so lower store prices could actually lead to fewer purchases - since it'd be too easy to farm for free.
My points IS valid as are some of the points you make. I still don't think its a stretch to think some of the things in the Zen shop are overpriced. Your point on the AD/Zen conversions is a point well made.
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