Iron Wolf Saber wrote:KayDidYue wrote:David Spd wrote:
Even more reason for CCP to tread VERY lightly then.
Oh I do agree with this, as it should be well discussed; which IMHO the discussion should be include the entire community as I believe that if left to them alone, it could be the straw that breaks...
Well if you want to talk about what you think a subscription program would look like I am all ears.
Personally, I think that a subscription service would give a subscriber something more than what others get - as an incentive and reward for being a subscriber; similar to the PSN Plus system. Furthermore, because of the limitations of the game, there could be a multi-tiered subscription like cable companies and phone companies have, where the higher your plan the more services and options you get for the subscription.
As far as being restrictive as to only having that which can be only purchased through the market, as Jaysyn Larrisen mentioned, I would not necessarily agree to this as other subscription services have things that you can't purchase as a "stand-alone" or a "ala-carte" service.
I do think that a discount for the Marketplace would be good, but not a 25% discount as Jaysyn said, unless that was on a higher subscription plan. Maybe have it tiered where each tier would have a different discount amount.
Right now, I regularly purchase Boosters. So for me a subscription would have to include some type of booster. I also purchase my proto suits and sr rifles to continue playing. I do have my "BPO" suits and equipment, but very seldom do I use these as they do not allow me the abilities to take on others the way I like to take them on in battle. For me, it I could purchase officer weapons, I would - just as I do proto gear. Do I care if I loose my proto gear in a battle? Not really because I just go get some more. While I know some people have difficulty replacing their equipment, I do not seem to have that problem. I would like to see something affordable for boosting my other characters. As of now, I buy boosters for my main char, and not my other chars because they are too expensive for what you get; I am not paying 28000 for less than half the booster power that I collect on my main char - even though I would like to get boosters for them.
For me to be a subscriber, the subscription would have to have things that interest me; things that I feel I need. Just as I pay a cable company for the Internet connection, I do not also subscribe to their "TV" service, nor their "telephone" service. Just as I have my cell phone, I only have the basic service, and do not pay for internet service on the phone. So what I am saying here is that for me to pay a subscription, they need to offer me something that makes it worth my while. The same would have to go for DUST. More-over, I do not purchase the PSN Plus system; while they offer many great deals and discounts, none of them interest me. So for this to succeed DUST would need to include things (through different levels, possibly) that people would want to use.