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Thor Odinson42
Molon Labe.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.01 22:03:00 -
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Just when I thought the forums couldn't get more stupid I read about people defending ridiculously overpriced items.
However you want to dress it up, I know people including myself that have spent easily 4x the amount they've ever spent in any other game. I'm a grown up and I earn a decent living so I'll probably continue to spend money on the game, but it's too much.
Just to run boosters it's in the range of $20/month to run active and passive. So in a year you could easily spend $240 on this game without any expendables. When the LP boosters come out you can push that to over $300.
If you got that number down to around $60-$120 you'd see more people become paying customers. |
Thor Odinson42
Molon Labe.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.02 00:02:00 -
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Aqua-Regia wrote:Atiim wrote:AUR market is priced the way it is the way it is so that people will skill up for the ISK variant of items, as if most items cost 5-6 AUR, then me buying a veteran pack with 250k AUR would make this game P2W.
And one of the few things DUST has over other F2P games is the fact that it is not P2W at the same time. Again the same point someone else made. Your point is now invalid. Veteran pack has 100,000 AUR
And it had stuff that was arguably worth the money.
The new packs are similarly priced but provide a fraction of the value.
Would people really not use their SP if AUR items were cheaper? I guess I'm not seeing the point.
If a person kept their AR at L2 or whatever and used the AUR GEK they wouldn't be paying to win, they wouldn't have the AR skills to make the weapon shine.
I see the line of thinking people have, but I have a hard time believing many of you are working for a living with bills if you feel like the price of AUR is good value. But really it comes down to me wanting to see the game do well.
If CCP were to release this game on disk it would be $400 if AUR prices are relative. |
Thor Odinson42
Molon Labe.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.02 20:57:00 -
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The people disagreeing with with the OP are folks that are either poor or can't get mom and dad to fork over cash for PSN cards.
I honestly feel like a fool for being willing to fork over the amount of money I've spent on this game. That's with having BPOs that could possibly lead to some ISK in the future. If CCP choses not to allow the trading of BPOs I will consider them crooks. Like a used car salesman in the ghetto.
I'm still willing to spend money on the game, but they need to understand that I'm not happy with the prices. From an SP standpoint I'm at a point where I don't need to run booster anymore. I still have monthly boosters that I haven't even applied yet.
I also don't have to buy AUR items to move up a level because I'll soon have everything that I use at L5.
What I would be willing to do is purchase AUR items to allow for me to save ISK, especially if it were a good deal. If it turned out that a month of proto suits was $65 then no way. For example if I wanted to use AUR to run nothing but FW for a few weeks when the FW 2.0 comes out.
And before you proto haters chime in, remember that we are playing a FTP game that relies on micro transactions to survive. Even if you can't afford to buy AUR you should still hope like hell others do if you care about the future of the game. This isn't fantasyland where money grows on trees. |
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