PWI becoming P2P?

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  • Kupuntu - Sanctuary
    Kupuntu - Sanctuary Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Was the original Perfect World even published by PWE when it was P2P? I was under the impression that PWE was formed after buying the rights to it and hiring the development team on contract for a specific amount of time, after which they left... shortly after Age of Spirits was released...

    ... then again I could be getting my story wrong. b:surrender

    P2P in China: 2005
    P2P in USA: never
    F2P in China: 2006
    F2P in USA: 2008

    That's about it.
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Deora - Lost City wrote: »
    Pay to play version is still live http://world2.wanmei.com

    Version we are based off of http://w2i.wanmei.com

    And PWE is a wholly owned subsidiary of PW-Beijing so we get everything they get no matter how stupid it is...

    PWI was launched shortly after they released the free to play one in china

    Yeah, I'm aware of the company affiliations, but I thought that the P2P was originally hosted by the game developers instead of PW-Beijing/PW-CN/PWE.

    kenlee wrote: »
    they didnt hire any development team. the game have been licensed to several companies around the globe. some of them extended the contract for new updates, others didnt

    I'm not talking about the publishing, I guess I mistyped what I meant in the original question. Yes, the game has been licensed and published by a number of different companies.

    From the sounds of it, I had gathered that Perfect World was not developed in-house by Perfect World Entertainment, but purchased (NOT licensed) by it. From reading these forums, it sounded as if the original development team who created Perfect World... the coders, artists and designers, were on contract, and after their contract expired, most left. I just assumed that the development team was not actually part of the in-house staff but contracted employees, possibly of a separate development company. I didn't know, that's why I asked. :P
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  • ArchSaber - Sanctuary
    ArchSaber - Sanctuary Posts: 1,440 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    More Money --> More Reputation --> More High Rated Reviews --> More Players --> More money?

    Never ending cycle.
    AP classes are a real butt pounding...
  • Born_Free - Harshlands
    Born_Free - Harshlands Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Time to point fingers at developers....Which is what we've been doing for two years now.
  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    ArchSaber - Sanctuary wrote: »
    More Money --> More Reputation --> More High Rated Reviews --> More Players --> More money?

    Never ending cycle.

    ****ty patch - less player - bad review - less player - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - GG
  • Zerhee - Lost City
    Zerhee - Lost City Posts: 234 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide wrote: »
    ****ty patch - less player - bad review - less player - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - bad review - less players - less money - GG - orb+packs sale - fu.ckload of money - all made up for and nothing of value was lost

    Fixed.
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  • Boogiepanda - Raging Tide
    Boogiepanda - Raging Tide Posts: 4,682 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Lol, nice fix.
  • Foxgrit - Lost City
    Foxgrit - Lost City Posts: 421 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Its already P2W so P2P would actually make it cheaper for a lot of people.
  • TheDan - Sanctuary
    TheDan - Sanctuary Posts: 3,495 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Foxgrit - Lost City wrote: »
    Its already P2W so P2P would actually make it cheaper for a lot of people.

    Yes, but the point is that making it P2P would kill off the niche that they drew in. PWI draws in a lot of people that are looking to try games out without it costing them anything. If that's the game they choose to invest in, they make more cash in the long run.
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  • Klavdian - Sanctuary
    Klavdian - Sanctuary Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    hope notb:shocked
  • Kupuntu - Sanctuary
    Kupuntu - Sanctuary Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Hitokeri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    PW came first (P2P), then PWI, now they are upgrading PW, I would think that just means PWI will get an upgrade soon too. Besides level cap increased to 120, there are also new skills (lvl 100+) just been released for every class. If I read the promo correctly, they all drop in a new dungeon.

    Share your source. b:chuckle How reliable it is? Promo sounds pretty offical but do tell us more about it.
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  • RedsRose - Lost City
    RedsRose - Lost City Posts: 12,354 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Hitokeri - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    PW came first (P2P), then PWI, now they are upgrading PW, I would think that just means PWI will get an upgrade soon too. Besides level cap increased to 120, there are also new skills (lvl 100+) just been released for every class. If I read the promo correctly, they all drop in a new dungeon.

    A lot of the upcoming new content is "rumor"....however in saying that, some of the "proposed" things should have been implemented sooner imo...but *shrugs* it is what it is...

    :P
    Kupuntu - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Share your source. b:chuckle How reliable it is? Promo sounds pretty offical but do tell us more about it.


    TBH...there have been talking about a level increase for months...
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  • Hitokeri - Heavens Tear
    Hitokeri - Heavens Tear Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Someone posted the official CN P2P site already, which is http://world2.wanmei.com/

    The first box on the right talks about the new skills, the one beneath it shows the new flying mounts.

    Here's the link that shows some of the news skills: http://world2.wanmei.com/article_news/news_game/20100825/54626.shtml

    Towards the end of this link, it talks about this new dungeon where the new skills drop and is also supposedly where you can get lots of xp, maybe like the Frostland we have.
  • TheDan - Sanctuary
    TheDan - Sanctuary Posts: 3,495 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    RedsRose - Lost City wrote: »
    A lot of the upcoming new content is "rumor"....however in saying that, some of the "proposed" things should have been implemented sooner imo...but *shrugs* it is what it is...

    :P




    TBH...there have been talking about a level increase for months...

    I should stop trying for 104 because it's likely that the EXP curves will be changed before I even reach it and I'd get screwed over lmao.
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  • Absoluth - Heavens Tear
    Absoluth - Heavens Tear Posts: 764 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    ArchSaber - Sanctuary wrote: »
    i hope not, this is like the best f2p mmo ive ever played. The quests are fun, the QQ is fun, and the graphics totally don't destroy my vision.
    The quests are fun? PW has no quests. Its just grinding. No puzzle solving. No dungeon exploring. No nothing. Theres a reason why hyper/oracle market is so high....nobody wants grind the 'kill x or get y drops from countless mob' pseudo-quests. PWI quest system is by no way inteligent or entertining. Even that horribly looking game without any sound thats named after a bone has a better quest system...and game-physics for that matter.
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  • Fiendishkit - Heavens Tear
    Fiendishkit - Heavens Tear Posts: 193 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    TheDan - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I should stop trying for 104 because it's likely that the EXP curves will be changed before I even reach it and I'd get screwed over lmao.

    That's the only way they'd be able to do it, I think. As we all know how hard it is to reach 105 as is. >>

    But I kinda think of pwi as p2p or just play to do really well already in a way, most free mmo's nowadays have most if not all the shiny things/uber upgrades available for real cash. With minor changes along the way that usually upset non-paying customers.

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