DUST Search - F2P but P2C ???

Berserker007 wrote:

Iron Wolf Saber wrote:

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.

didnt propose a fix; simply bringing up the $$ factor of a F2P game. The idea of this was that CCP has said the casual and people who dont buy AUR will be just as competitive as someone who does have AUR. However, with boosters being a key part to AUR.

As it stands boosters give u 50% more SP. SO essentially in 6 months; those who dont have boosters, will need a year of game play to equal what we did in 6 months.

Just shedding light that to be competitive is costly; which seems to take away from the F2P aspect of being competitive is all


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Kreayshawn Coruscanti Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 114	Posted - 2013.01.26 04:20:00 - [1] - Quote Berserker007 wrote: Iron Wolf Saber wrote: 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. didnt propose a fix; simply bringing up the $$ factor of a F2P game. The idea of this was that CCP has said the casual and people who dont buy AUR will be just as competitive as someone who does have AUR. However, with boosters being a key part to AUR. As it stands boosters give u 50% more SP. SO essentially in 6 months; those who dont have boosters, will need a year of game play to equal what we did in 6 months. Just shedding light that to be competitive is costly; which seems to take away from the F2P aspect of being competitive is all ur good at math Down the line it won't matter as much though. Your character grows wider not taller. Past 3 months, maybe even 2 months, it won't even matter to people who have specialized.