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Confirmed: SWTOR to have micro-transactions/in-game purchases
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06.13.2012 , 11:02 PM | #191
as I stated before they never said anything about going F2P. They said the first 15 levels would be not big game model. On top of that they're raising the level cap . So the first 15 levels will be meaningless anyway. I can almost guarantee you that these transactions will be nothing more than character recustomization s and whatnot. Back when I played world of warcraft I interacted with people that did recustomizations every few weeks. I mean seriously why should you care for someone switches they're tunes from male to female once a week ?
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Lt_Latency
06.13.2012 , 11:02 PM | #192
Quote: Originally Posted by Shingara View Post
Sorry but what, WOW has current content which isnt alot and anything old isnt touched.

SWTOR isnt bleeding subs anymore then wow is on % so that doesnt fly, its holding up alot stronger then other mmos, It doesnt have a large unhappy playerbase either, it has a very vocal very very minor minority on the forums made up mainly of blizzard and guildawars fans who since beta have charmed on about this game is going to die.

Microtransactions have never once been mentioned by Bioware, there is no signs of MTs and EA say alot of things of which most doesnt come to pass, speculators cant even tell whats going on in the markets there trained to watch to i wouldnt put much stock in what they say about the mmo market that is fluid even more then markets.
WoW is 7 years old, this game is brand new. Bleeding at the same rate as a 7 year old game is not a good thing.

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06.13.2012 , 11:04 PM | #193
Quote: Originally Posted by Lt_Latency View Post
WoW is 7 years old, this game is brand new. Bleeding at the same rate as a 7 year old game is not a good thing.
LoL, show me one mmo any mmo that didnt dip in subscriptions after launch, and i said on % 400k and close to 2 million subs lost are drastically different.
Health Warning - Thread May Contain Nuts.
First, you can continue as a subscriber, which gives you unlimited access to all game features and future Game Updates at no additional charge. http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120731

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06.13.2012 , 11:05 PM | #194
Quote: Originally Posted by Jonoku View Post
This is going to turn into STO, looks like I'm out of here.
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06.13.2012 , 11:05 PM | #195
Quote: Originally Posted by Leggomy View Post
Before launch they thought this game would hit 10+ mil subs like WoW.
I will say though that from a business perspective, if they do use micro's, they would be morons to not make a purple crystal available for purchase. I want one and I have know a great number of people that want one, furthermore I have seen many posts on the forums asking how you can get purple crystals.
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It's been real but the game just wasn't worth the sub for me anymore.
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06.13.2012 , 11:05 PM | #196
Quote: Originally Posted by Shingara View Post
LoL, show me one mmo any mmo that didnt dip in subscriptions after launch, and i said on % 400k and close to 2 million subs lost are drastically different.
Going down the shoot into oblivion like every other MMO after wow is also not a good thing.

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Shingara
06.13.2012 , 11:07 PM | #197
Quote: Originally Posted by Lt_Latency View Post
Going to the shoot into oblivion like every other MMO after wow is also not a good thing.
So over 1 million subs is oblivion is it, who are you trying to convice exatcly, me or yourself.

Ow and lets look at the main reason people left for a bit, no group finder, wanting xfers due to dead servers. ow look group finder coming and xfers here.
Health Warning - Thread May Contain Nuts.
First, you can continue as a subscriber, which gives you unlimited access to all game features and future Game Updates at no additional charge. http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120731

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Tuscad
06.13.2012 , 11:08 PM | #198
Quote: Originally Posted by LahLahSr View Post
Micro transactions are a good thing.
1. Those who care about such items have an outlet for their enthusiasm.
2. More revenue is generated, bringing more content to the rest of us and paying for a longer life of the game

Where's the downside?
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I feel like my sub is worth less.
Granted that this is just me beiing cynical but at what point does it stop?

Just a couple of reasons why I do not want Micro's.
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It's been real but the game just wasn't worth the sub for me anymore.
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Lt_Latency
06.13.2012 , 11:11 PM | #199
Quote: Originally Posted by Shingara View Post
So over 1 million subs is oblivion is it, who are you trying to convice exatcly, me or yourself.
This game doesn't have 1 million anymore. Everyone and there mother was trasnfering to fatman and our population was still dropping slowly even though every day we were getting re-rolls.

The game isn't going to die, But I doubt there is going to be block buster expantions like they were planning. This is one of the most expesive games ever and it's not in EAs top 5 prioity list and they laid off a ton of staff.

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Shingara
06.13.2012 , 11:14 PM | #200
Quote: Originally Posted by Lt_Latency View Post
This game doesn't have 1 million anymore. Everyone and there mother was trasnfering to fatman and our population was still dropping slowly even though every day we were getting re-rolls.

The game isn't going to die, But I doubt there is going to be block buster expantions. This is one of the most expesive games ever and it's not in EAs top 5 prioity list and they laid off a ton of staff.
So you have the official figures do you or are you guestimating, and fatman is the entire game is it. And this is a lucas arts EA game, if this ends up with 500k subscribers it will have an epic expantion, you just have to look at the stuff thats come from patchs to see that.

And EA is a bigger fish then just bioware, everyone has layed off staff including blizzard. And if you want to look for warning signs from anywhere look at no blizzcon and vivienda considering selling blizzard activision.
Health Warning - Thread May Contain Nuts.
First, you can continue as a subscriber, which gives you unlimited access to all game features and future Game Updates at no additional charge. http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120731
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