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Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.07.19 22:02:00 -
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Change the 7 AUR-costing dropsuit colour-variants to cost additional ISK instead. Add sub-slots to weapon and dropsuit fitting areas wherein permanent colour schemes can be fitted at no power/CPU cost. The only stipulation is that colour schemes would need to be bought for [Arbitrary Number] AUR, and would be specific to the dropsuit or weapon they're purchased for. For even more AUR, throw together a nice in-game colour scheme maker and let people spend even more to get a colour scheme of their own design.
I think you would make a lot more money selling cosmetic stuff like this than charging for every time you use it.
Note: I totally did not steal this idea from World of Tanks. |
Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.07.21 03:16:00 -
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No, see, they stole the idea from me using Belarusian wizardry. |
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Posted - 2012.07.21 04:25:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:I've suggested similar to this in a few threads in the past where CCP were being accused of "pay to win" and I never played World of Tanks.
Maybe I used vampire magic to steal their "secret" idea...?
The obvious answer is that you are a genius who simply oozes amazing game ideas. |
Fivetimes Infinity
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Posted - 2012.07.21 04:39:00 -
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Five cents per death. Handful of deaths per game. Handful of games per day. How long do you plan to play Dust? You might find that those cents will begin to add up once you've found a dropsuit you really like and play it quite often.
It's also an issue of ownership. I find getting a permanent, especially custom, paint job on stuff is a really good way to make it feel more like "yours". It's the difference between playing Saints Row: The Third and taking a default character who uses default vehicles, versus customizing your appearance, pimping your ride, and so on. It's honestly a pretty old and compelling video game trope, and they would seriously make bank if they sold permanent paint jobs, especially custom ones, for vehicles and drop suits. Although simply having a wide array skins will do in a pinch.
And the last and I guess most apparent issue is that assigning paint jobs to variant dropsuits means that you'll either need to only have a few colour variants, which is boring, or you'll need to have a huge number of colour variants per dropsuit, per type, per tier. That's an awful lot of clutter. Simply selling paint jobs that you slot into dropsuits/vehicles/weapons would be far more streamlined. |
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Posted - 2012.07.21 04:45:00 -
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I really am not very interested in talking about how I or you personally play the game, as I don't care much about that. This is about marketing stuff to players. I think this feature has been very successful in World of Tanks, and I imagine it would be equally successful in Dust. |
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