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Maximus Stryker
Villore Sec Ops
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:06:00 -
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Benjamin Hellios wrote:I'm not really complaining, I love most of what I'm seeing. My only concern is that the game is going from 'free to play' to 'sort of free to play'
Voice chat for:
-Squads: free
-Teams: free
-Corps: not free
-Alliances: not free
-Between Dust and Eve: not free
Maybe I'm getting lost in the semantics, but the game is marketed as 'free to play', so technically I shouldn't have to pay for anything, including voice chat.
A) Technically, you can play for free, you just maybe cant get the optimal experience without paying a little for it.
B) Please provide me some examples of other games where you can just talk to you corp/clan without being in some sort of group (seriously, please enlighten me, I do not play any other of the new FPS games). Once the game releases, you and 12/16/24 of your corp mates can get in a group and talk for free. |
Maximus Stryker
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:06:00 -
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xprotoman23 wrote:maps are the only cool thing about this build.
about this third of the build you mean...two thirds still to come |
Maximus Stryker
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.15 21:10:00 -
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Benjamin Hellios wrote:howard sanchez wrote:Benjamin Hellios wrote:I'm not really complaining, I love most of what I'm seeing. My only concern is that the game is going from 'free to play' to 'sort of free to play'
Voice chat for:
-Squads: free
-Teams: free
-Corps: not free
-Alliances: not free
-Between Dust and Eve: not free
Maybe I'm getting lost in the semantics, but the game is marketed as 'free to play', so technically I shouldn't have to pay for anything, including voice chat. Really Benjamin? Really!? You shouldn't have to pay for Anything? Because they said 'free to play' you shouldnt be expected to purchase anything? Done CCP has said that Aurum purchased items will be resell able for isk in the player market. Do I have that right, Dust-Mites? I think I do Did you mean that no player should have the option of spending real money on anything in this game post release? Cuz that seems mean Well yeah. I don't know what your definition of free to play is, but usually free means free. Not some of it or most of it. All of it, otherwise it's not free. Cheap maybe, but not free. If they called it 'cheap to play', I wouldn't be making an issue out of this. If you want to pay real money to get some flowers on your helmet or some fuzzy dice on your gun, fine, that's optional and your choice. But corp/alliance chat isn't exactly what I'd call optional in a game with that much emphasis on corps and alliances.
Free by way if you want to download the game, grab a gun and go shoot people...you can for absolutely zero cost to you...free
Now if you want a deeper and arguably more rewarding experience, you have to pay a little bit. You should not expect to get/play/experience a $60 version of a game for $0
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Maximus Stryker
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.15 22:07:00 -
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Benjamin Hellios wrote:Maximus Stryker wrote:
Free by way if you want to download the game, grab a gun and go shoot people...you can for absolutely zero cost to you...free
Now if you want a deeper and arguably more rewarding experience, you have to pay a little bit. You should not expect to get/play/experience a $60 version of a game for $0
I don't think we're going to agree on this and I'm not trying to troll or p*ss you off, you have your opinion, I have mine and I could be wrong in this but if CCP calls it a "Free to play, AAA shooter", then that's exactly what I'm expecting.
Understood and don't worry about p*ssing me off, I have thick skin and am capable of sticking up for my beliefs...and to the point of my beliefs, I feel it is very naive to expect things for free. As someone else said, CCP is a video game developer. Aside from enjoying their hobby/what they do for work...they need to make money. No matter how much CCP's owners (is it privately held?) love EVE and/or DUST514, they need to make money on it .
To expect a game >(greater than) MAG, >CoD, >Halo, >BF, >Socom >etc. FPS and without paying for (free to you) --- is just plan naive.
You can't question that CCP needs to make money. If you want to argue that voice communication should not be how they make some of that money, than fine, but it is fruitless and ill advised to expect not to pay anything and get the full experience of Dust514.
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Maximus Stryker
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.15 22:11:00 -
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Benjamin Hellios wrote:Icedslayer wrote:But if you don't spend anything you look like a cheap sleezeball, just saying  Well yeah, that's why I'm playing a free to play game, until they started charging money for all kinds of shizznit. -"Here, want this free house?" -"Sure!" -"Kewl, if you would like a roof on it, that'll be 5 million dollars"
I'm not trying to be a 8==> but if someone offers you a free house, you first comment should be, "What's the catch?" |
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