Should camo be obtainable without money?

[meiam]

I understand the idea that camo being only obtainable with money will finance part of the system, and that making it money only you'll supposedly get more money, but I've been thinking that maybe it's counterproductive. Two things:

1) Some people might want to play with camo, but don't want to be labelled as payer, so having some way to obtain camo without money would allow them to buy them will still leaving doubt in other people that maybe they just got theirs without paying.

2) They might actually give advantage, I'd rather have a desert camo than being bright blue/pink in a desert fight.

I think it would be good if some camo would be obtainable with just exp like the gear/cert and have some that would be brought only with money. Also maybe have some that you could get trough special achievement/event but also be brought with money.

[berzerkerking]

NO
To clarify the developers need the small cash boost they get from the camo sales to keep the servers running and support this massive community. Normally i'm a leech in these types of games but I am fully behind this game 100 percent and I would pay full price for it if I could.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by meiam

but don't want to be labelled as payer

Why?

[Vetto]

It's not a bad idea, this is the route TF2 has taken were outside of some pre-order/event items, you can make/find any object they feature in the store, been working for them for some time now.

Then again TF2 started off that you had to pay for the game first then went F2P.

[Holmes]

I think its better not to, as it keeps more military styled uniformity between most soldiers.

[Bazilx]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

Why?

Poor people get mad.

[BigBossMonkey]

No. If you want to have cool camo patterns, you have to pay.

[Reefpirate]

I dunno why there would be stigma attached to 'payers'. Are people so damn cheap these days? A game this hella good deserves people to pay money, and stigma be damned.

[Wahooo]

It is the current way to go in successful games. Free game = free to play and compete, pay money for crap that doesn't matter to actual game play.
It should be kept this way. If you think it is cool and want it? Pay for it. If it affects the ability to kill or stay alive earn it through game play.

No pay to win. Yes on pay to bling.

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Bazilx

Poor people get mad.

Sounds like fun

[Landtank]

Uhh, no?

SOE needs to make money somehow.

[Sephirex]

Originally Posted by Bazilx

Poor people get mad.

They should be thanking me for paying their subscription fees.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Vetto

It's not a bad idea, this is the route TF2 has taken were outside of some pre-order/event items, you can make/find any object they feature in the store, been working for them for some time now.

Then again TF2 started off that you had to pay for the game first then went F2P.

That seems like it would be okay to me. As long as it was just a few cosmetics that you can gain through some other means in addition to purchasing. Most cosmetics would still be unobtainable without paying for them. I don't think they should all be grindable like in TF2, although considering how long that grind is I guess it wouldn't be as big a deal. My gut still says no, except for the occasional cross promotional item or whatever.

Haven't they already suggested that there will be some cosmetic changes to your armor as you level up like the first game had? That may be something along those lines.

[Mastachief]

No. I think that any form of cosmetic customisation should have to be paid for.

[BillyBob]

No, I don't thinks so.

SOE needs to somehow bring in cash from the game and I'd rather it's from purely cosmetic stuff like camos than anything else.

/BB