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[Ignore Me] #46 | ||
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The very definition of Free-to-Play means no cost to play. So, I don't think they would be calling it F2P if it were the case that they had an upfront cost.
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[Ignore Me] #47 | |||
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DCUO got 1000% more accounts created when it went F2P, a game like PS that needs numbers, needs to get to as many people as possible
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[Ignore Me] #48 | ||
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Again, wouldn't people be more likely to spy if they already have an alternate account to play on another empire?
If I'm playing my usual NC and decided for whatever reason I wanted to spy on TR, I'm far less likely to bother doing so if I have to go and create a new account, as opposed to if I already have a TR account because I wanted to try out their weapons a couple of months ago. An empire lock will just make spying more prevalent. |
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[Ignore Me] #49 | ||
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All spying promotes is the 4th empire and griefing. Before the servers merged in planetside 1, there was a lot more loyalty to the empires you joined off the bat. When the two empires got allowed per account it just let people switch to whatever side was winning.
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[Ignore Me] #50 | |||
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[Ignore Me] #51 | |||
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What you're saying would be correct if PS2 had a subscription or purchase price. Last edited by Vancha; 2012-03-25 at 10:19 AM. |
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[Ignore Me] #54 | ||
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This would be a bad idea to implement. It restricts players from experiencing the game from different angles by forcing them down the most inconvenient path possible.
The old method of putting a 12 hour lock on the two empires you did not swap to was a great way to stop constant empire swapping. If this is a way to try and milk more money from people to pay for different faction weapons and items then that is still a bad idea. People will still spend money on their alts if they enjoy them on the same account. I for one will NOT spend a dime on my alts if I am forced to split money between accounts. I have already bought enough $ in station cash to be worth more than a regular 12 mo. subscription. I would easily buy more if I knew everything I was going to play was on one account to keep everything together. F2P is a great model, dividing my money between accounts is not a good way to go about it IMO. In regards to spies: The select few that will do this will not be stopped by a timer, especially in a F2P game. They will make a second and third account and spy like they intended to. It doesn't seem possible to stop this.
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[Ignore Me] #56 | ||||
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Last edited by Spokes; 2012-03-25 at 10:46 AM. |
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[Ignore Me] #58 | ||
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All of them? Really? Added convenience wouldn't increase the amount of people doing it?
I don't deny that there will always be people who try to spy, but I wasn't suggesting it would stop everyone spying. However the idea that making something more convenient wouldn't lead to more people doing it and vice versa...Where do you get that from? |
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[Ignore Me] #59 | |||
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The only slightly useful spies would be people running it on another PC and checking the chat constantly, and locking 1 empire per account will do nothing to stop those ones.
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[Ignore Me] #60 | |||
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I think you answered the "why" question already regarding why SOE is doing this. I came to the same conclusion a while ago that SOE doesn't want to cut into its profit by adding loopholes for content.
Personally I can't imagine not playing all 3 empires. It bothers me in games where I'm locked to one character and am forced to delete all my progress. It also bothers me greatly having to create fake names to play under instead of using one account name. (I might be the only one who doesn't like to butcher his pseudonym).
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