Are you against the cash shop offering faster XP gains?

[Shogun]

i don´t see any problem with this. not even at launch!

after all soe needs to make money with the game in some way, and xp boosts seem to sell very good.

the xp-bonus shop haters just don´t realise that ps2 is no mmorpg where xp equals power. in an mmorpg you don´t stand a chance against someone who has a higher level, but this isn´t the case in planetside 2.
in ps2 the fresh noob can kill the 10year veteran if he has the better aim! the highlevel veteran may have sidegrades the noob doesn´t have, but this doesn´t make him invincible like in rpgs.

those who don´t want to pay for a 50% bonus can also level up faster than the paying player! they just need to play 50% longer per day than the paying player so they get the same result without money and even with 50% more fun.

same thing with cash shop sidegrades! higby told us that EVERYTHING that is gamechanging in any way will be available for ingame ressources as well.
so it´s just buying time again. you want the sidegrade for your gun? collect enough ressources to buy it or throw in some money if you want to skip the time and grind.

and cosmetics being cash only is fine!

[SurgeonX]

I don't see a problem with it either.
Anything that allows SOE to make money from PS2, without being game breaking, is fine for me.
After all, that should mean that it survives, thrives and grows.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

Originally Posted by cellinaire

Debated to death in EQ/EQ2 forums. If the SC XP-booster release at least 1 year after launch, I'm fine with that and most of the people won't care much..

Its a little different in a game like EQ, there your characters level matters. It changes were and what you can go and do, and in PvP a level 1 has no chance against anything over level 5. PS is set up so the higher your level just means you can do a little more, without making you OP to a fresh toon.

So a paid XP boost is 100% fine.

[DayOne]

No.

[Mastachief]

I want them in at launch. I think they are great tools for those of us with lives.

They don't offer power merely a way to avoid grinds.

My pet mmo hate is the fact i cannot keep up with friends that can play 6 hrs per day 7 days a week.

[Baron]

Use this as motivation for excellent performance in school....

grades --> college --> opportunities --> $$$ --> PS2 Cash shop

in that order

[wasdie]

So?

They need to make money somewhere. Faster XP gains are a huge moneymaker.

To a dedicated player, they shouldn't matter.

[SniperSteve]

Totally fine with it. It will give the people who buy it the first week or two of the game's release an advantage, but in the grand scheme of things it will not matter at all. There will always be people who have higher levels than you, and it doesn't matter much if how they got there, whether by paying some money or just playing a lot.

So no, doesn't matter one bit once the game has been out for a month. Will be slightly noticeable when someone plays a lot and buys XP boosts during the first month, but again, really doesn't matter...

Remember guys, no matter what sort of boost you have, you can't beat the 14 year old kids that have no life during the summer and play their fav FPS/MMO/Whatever 12+ hours a day.

[WarChimp130]

I'm for it and depending on the cost will probably be partaking in it.

[megamold]

try playing tribes ascend, i think that would be the best system and them using the "double xp" pack pretty much proves it for me

for those that dont know tribes:
F2P account are limited in no way but they earn xp at half the normal rate ( and since lvling is slow by nature ) it takes aaaaages to unlock anything.
so buying the xp pack basicly makes the xp system the way it was originally designed

so no, i dont have a problem with this at all

[EVILPIG]

It seems that almost nothing is acceptable to some people. SOE is putting this game out for free and some don't want to give a dime for it. Cash shop items can't be purely cosmetic. Expect XP bonus and the ability to simply unlocked weapons, upgrades and even entire skill trees early.

I expect there will be some kind of Gold or Platinum package, which would be unlock everything for say, $400 or something. I support such things because if we really want this game supported and want it to continue to develop, it will need revenue. Someone unlocking things early does not make them a better player, it just means that they will have available to them what will eventually be available to them anyways and Planetside 2 gets paid.

[Hamma]

I have no issue with it at all - its a perfect item for SOE to sell.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by megamold

try playing tribes ascend, i think that would be the best system and them using the "double xp" pack pretty much proves it for me

I like the VIP status too. You get a lifetime 50% XP boost with your first store purchase, at least during beta. Later on it might be part of some other package.

[Jaxbrain]

I think it's great. I'll be buying them if available while I am low level b/c I am very impatient. Unless the unlocks are absolutely awesome near the "top" I won't be buying them after I've unlocked a significant amount of perks.

[Jaxbrain]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

I like the VIP status too. You get a lifetime 50% XP boost with your first store purchase, at least during beta. Later on it might be part of some other package.

VIP in Planetside 2? Where can I read about this?