DUST Search - F2P but P2C ???

Berserker007 wrote:

ok, as well all know; this game is 100% free to play, as you dont really need to buy anything. However; at the moment (maybe will change), it really is P2C, or pay 2 compete as i put it.

At the moment, unless you are running boosters you are at quite a disadvantage SP wise in what you can get versus someone who has boosters.

I did a bit of a calc; and for a month of both passive & active boosters; you use roughtly 7k x 8 = 56k AUR for weekly boosters, then throw in two 3 day boosters (as most months are 30-31 days, not 28 ... as not using the 30 merc booster here).

So thats 56k + 7k = 64k AUR. If you look on the PSN store $20 equals 43k AUR. SO essentially per month you would be paying about $30 to compete in this game. Thats $360 a year to really stay relatively competitive. So essentially for a F2P game, to actually compete you are paying double the price of what an EvE subscription is (right?).

My question to CCP is please justify this ; and to the community, how do you feel about having to spend more to compete on Dust which is F2P, then EvE which is subscription based ?


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Iron Wolf Saber BetaMax. 2867	Posted - 2013.01.26 04:12:00 - [1] - Quote Berserker007 wrote: ok, as well all know; this game is 100% free to play, as you dont really need to buy anything. However; at the moment (maybe will change), it really is P2C, or pay 2 compete as i put it. At the moment, unless you are running boosters you are at quite a disadvantage SP wise in what you can get versus someone who has boosters. I did a bit of a calc; and for a month of both passive & active boosters; you use roughtly 7k x 8 = 56k AUR for weekly boosters, then throw in two 3 day boosters (as most months are 30-31 days, not 28 ... as not using the 30 merc booster here). So thats 56k + 7k = 64k AUR. If you look on the PSN store $20 equals 43k AUR. SO essentially per month you would be paying about $30 to compete in this game. Thats $360 a year to really stay relatively competitive. So essentially for a F2P game, to actually compete you are paying double the price of what an EvE subscription is (right?). My question to CCP is please justify this ; and to the community, how do you feel about having to spend more to compete on Dust which is F2P, then EvE which is subscription based ? You're stupid, How do you purpose how we fix this 5 years from now with 5 year old characters in the game then? Matter of factly Eve is 10 years old, There are characters from day 1 beta still in the game even now, How do you compete against that? New players join every year and they make it big all the time.
Iron Wolf Saber BetaMax. 2867	Posted - 2013.01.26 04:23:00 - [2] - Quote Let me put it this way. There will come a day where I don't want to buy boosters anymore and as much as you want to to deny it, you too will be in the very same boat.
Iron Wolf Saber BetaMax. 2867	Posted - 2013.01.26 06:19:00 - [3] - Quote I am just saying the OP wasted time thinking on an issue that was dead on day 2 or more accurate to say, dead within being a minute late to the party. and normally I am nicer but I only get very blunt and rude if I feel its absolutely necessary to break though some people's thick skulls. This normally gets people to rethink why their angle or topic selection is an poor choice of championing, In retrospect, its an aggressive kindness I offer. I would have torn the topic up and down the entire street if you let me really go at it.
Iron Wolf Saber BetaMax. 2867	Posted - 2013.01.30 17:41:00 - [4] - Quote Blondie Roads wrote: Tgradrian wrote: You are new and spend points in heavy dropsuit and lazor rifles. I am 1.2mill sp already but have 0 skilpoints in those. If we have the same playing skill you should beat me every time. Got it? Are we both in the same forum topic? He's implying from one possible persons point of view that in order to compete one must be a Heavy with a laser rifle. He is also further explaining this or whatever his specialization is didn't cost him a dime. Then packaged it all up in a satire in possible hopes in making you either look stupid or feel stupid or imply you're a big whiner. 'You' being whomever the addressee is likely the OP.
Iron Wolf Saber BetaMax. 2867	Posted - 2013.01.30 17:50:00 - [5] - Quote General Tiberius1 wrote: Three Double-A Batteries wrote: Iron Wolf Saber wrote: You're stupid Are they over priced? remember the 70$ asthetic in eve? Oh yes, summer of rage, I defended avatar game play, I did not defend the arum store over pricing. For the Record.