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Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
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Posted - 2012.08.14 19:02:00 -
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FACEPALM!! 
I can see paying for side-grades or gear that might have slightly better stats vs cpu requirements or something, but you can't be serious making us pay for voice comms.
I've never ever ever ever ever seen a game try to charge people to communicate with each other.
Do I also need to purchase a monocol to see my teammates??!!   |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2012.08.14 19:09:00 -
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I'm at work and so I may be jumping to conclusions here. I can see a LOW rate for out-of-game comms paid service, however Eve-Gate has had Corp voice chat for a while.
If they do a paid service, there should be something tangible to download like a companion iOS/Android/Vita app that connects to the voice network. Still, these services are usually free or part of a larger service. They really need to get ahead of this before more people start to see it.
Give us an official statement CCP - let us know your thoughts. |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2012.08.14 19:41:00 -
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Veigar Mordekaiser wrote:Iso Shalim wrote:Paying for voice is going to kill Dust.
What's going to happen is they will just migrate to TS3/Ventrilo servers for out of game communication, so CCP will fail to get revenue from this item. Worse, it will have a VERY negative effect on CCP, and further paint them as a company that's greedy for money and figuring out how to bleed its customers dry. They barely dodged a bullet with the Monocole scandal, and the release of the "Greed is Good" newsletter. To continue down this road will only bring all this back into light, and with an even worse effect than before. what was the monocle scandal?
The $80 monocle allowed you to see your opponents better.  |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2012.08.14 20:13:00 -
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tribal wyvern wrote:Umallon Macross wrote:Universal Voice Transmitters are biomechanical implants that provide personal access to subspace routers, allowing users to communicate instantly with one another wherever they may be. The implants degrade over time and cease to function when fully absorbed by the user.
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WTF am I looking at? Is voicechat pay2play? SERIOUSLY? Ok! Here's how it goes. Technically its a type of voice chat but if you read the description of the item it says what it does. I've just been in a few matches talking up a storm with my fellow dusters and I haven't bought those things. But what they enable you to do is basically talk to people who aren't even in the same game as you, they could be fighting on a totally different planet......and you can still talk. that's what they are 'Universal voice transmitters' and 'wherever they may be' are the key words
Isn't this feature already included as part of PS3 network? I usually play everything on my xbox and it's possible to open a party chat or a private chat with anyone you want, so I would assume this is the case with PS3 as well, right? Why would anyone in their right mind pay money for voice chat??? Seems like something integral to the game, and something that would promote the game (thus more spending) by bringing people together, increasing communication between players. |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2012.08.14 20:55:00 -
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howard sanchez wrote:Forget what you think you know or have experienced with other games.
That is a box you're living in--get out of it. Try something new. The Aurum will be refunded and you don't have to use it for additional comms channels again.
I love that they are willing to try something new in the micro transaction market. Increased comms bandwidth: brilliant!
It seems a little incredulous that they'd expect people to pay for something that should already be included as a part of the game. People are concerned now in the beta because once this game goes live and the price hasn't been significantly reduced or even eliminated, people will not think well on a game that tries to charge people for comms, even if it is for "expanded" comms. It just gives off a bad vibe. |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2012.08.15 19:39:00 -
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CCP Frame wrote:Hello,
Just to clarify what UVT is supposed to enable and what you get for free:
UVT Gives you:
- Ability to voice chat in custom channels, DUST or EVE/DUST
- Ability to voice chat in corporation channels, alliance channels, ect.
UVT is NOT required for:
- Team voice chat
- Squad voice chat
Text chat is of course free everywhere.
Players can speak / listen to one channel at a time.
Keep in mind that price is still subject to change during the beta period.
Doesn't the PS3 already offer a party-line voice chat channel?? Why wouldn't we use that instead, or set up a TS3 or C3 that's not dependent on the character you're playing as? I can understand the thought process behind something like this but it's extremely short-sighted, and doesn't quite seem thought out. Making us pay for outside corp or eve to dust links is one thing, but making us pay for corporation and alliance channel voice chat? Also requiring us to pay per character, not per account, it's not a very intelligent decision in my opinion, and one that I think would do more harm than good.
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