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TOR to sell Stated Gear In FTP cash shop here is our new content after 6 monthes of n

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Toogeloo
08.21.2012 , 11:48 AM | #121
This is how it starts.

No one will have a problem with buying gear for leveling, they just want to get to 50 faster, and it will help.

Of course this eventually leads to buying Columi Gear. It's not Top End, but it will help new 50s raid with their friends who are in full Campaign.

Or... buying a full set of Battlemasters so you can compete against those people in full War Hero.

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Jenzali
08.21.2012 , 12:20 PM | #122
$9.99 isn't the end of the world. If you spend hours on the forum complaining about how you won't part with a nickel or a dime, you could have spent 1 hour of that time working - even at minimum wage you'd be able to earn that cost back. Or perhaps eaten one meal at home instead of buying from a fast food chain.

It's not that I want to pay for stuff if I am already a subscriber. It just confuses me why people think their pocket change used for entertainment is the single most pressing issue in the universe. In no other industry than the gaming industry do customers go on such vitriolic rants and vow to boycott all future products of a company just because the company is trying to make money.

If you see the value in what you're paying for, pay for it. If you don't, just vote with your wallet and go elsewhere with your money. If McDonald's is charging more for a burger than Burger King, you don't stick around in the McDonald's restaurant and go on a religious crusade to ensure that they never get another customer again and shouting to the world that charging $1 more is an act of unspeakable evil. You simply go to Burger King.
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Goretzu
08.21.2012 , 12:33 PM | #123
Quote: Originally Posted by ripster View Post
I addressed that. Gear progression. Raiding is gear progression. If you just buy the gear... well you beat the game, right? Still, raiding is where the real competitiveness starts, not leveling through the class stories.
The real money in F2P/cashshop with raiding is selling the cashshop buffs.
Real Star Wars space combat please, not Star Wars Fox! Maybe some PvP and flight too?
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Saiaku
08.21.2012 , 12:39 PM | #124
Paying for new content is BS. This is what the subscription fee IS FOR. People have paid it, are paying it, and will until F2P, so BW better not come charging money for patches.
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Sathid
08.21.2012 , 12:41 PM | #125
Quote: Originally Posted by Goretzu View Post
The real money in F2P/cashshop with raiding is selling the cashshop buffs.
Nope,as an EQ2 player off and on for seven years and hardcore raided most of the time the BIG money stuff is mounts and appearance gear,things like extra exp pots are nice but you still needed to grind hard.

As far as green gear it seems kinda silly to me,i sell crafted stuff that is far better than green gear for cheap often with my armormech in the 20's to mid 30's range,such as belts,gloves due to those being kinda hard to find.

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ZeketheReaper
08.21.2012 , 12:42 PM | #126
Quote: Originally Posted by Jenzali View Post
$9.99 isn't the end of the world. If you spend hours on the forum complaining about how you won't part with a nickel or a dime, you could have spent 1 hour of that time working - even at minimum wage you'd be able to earn that cost back. Or perhaps eaten one meal at home instead of buying from a fast food chain.

It's not that I want to pay for stuff if I am already a subscriber. It just confuses me why people think their pocket change used for entertainment is the single most pressing issue in the universe. In no other industry than the gaming industry do customers go on such vitriolic rants and vow to boycott all future products of a company just because the company is trying to make money.

If you see the value in what you're paying for, pay for it. If you don't, just vote with your wallet and go elsewhere with your money. If McDonald's is charging more for a burger than Burger King, you don't stick around in the McDonald's restaurant and go on a religious crusade to ensure that they never get another customer again and shouting to the world that charging $1 more is an act of unspeakable evil. You simply go to Burger King.
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omNOMNOMinator
08.21.2012 , 12:49 PM | #127
Quote: Originally Posted by Jenzali View Post
$9.99 isn't the end of the world. If you spend hours on the forum complaining about how you won't part with a nickel or a dime, you could have spent 1 hour of that time working - even at minimum wage you'd be able to earn that cost back. Or perhaps eaten one meal at home instead of buying from a fast food chain.

It's not that I want to pay for stuff if I am already a subscriber. It just confuses me why people think their pocket change used for entertainment is the single most pressing issue in the universe. In no other industry than the gaming industry do customers go on such vitriolic rants and vow to boycott all future products of a company just because the company is trying to make money.

If you see the value in what you're paying for, pay for it. If you don't, just vote with your wallet and go elsewhere with your money. If McDonald's is charging more for a burger than Burger King, you don't stick around in the McDonald's restaurant and go on a religious crusade to ensure that they never get another customer again and shouting to the world that charging $1 more is an act of unspeakable evil. You simply go to Burger King.
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SikrouDeco
08.21.2012 , 01:10 PM | #128
To all the fanbois that said SWTOR was doing fine and making plenty of money. WRONG! FTP proves it. They are doing anything and everything to stay afloat. Each release of sub numbers shows a DRASTIC drop. If they can find a way to add taxes to your ship they will. They will monetize the game to death. Be glad we don't use bullets, or they would make us purchase them with store tokens.

The war is over, and we lost..

The new FTP release is titled:

Star Wars: Attack of the noobs
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BenjaminminU
08.21.2012 , 01:14 PM | #129
I'll be pissed if people can buy the best gear in the cartel shop, it'll completely kill off in-game crafting for levelling gear. Hopefully its only greens, then i can laugh at everyone that goes "check out my amazing new gear, i bought it in the cash shop" then i can say "lol noob, i could buy that outfit cheap on the GTN"
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ChazDoit
08.21.2012 , 01:22 PM | #130
Quote: Originally Posted by Jenzali View Post
$9.99 isn't the end of the world. If you spend hours on the forum complaining about how you won't part with a nickel or a dime, you could have spent 1 hour of that time working - even at minimum wage you'd be able to earn that cost back. Or perhaps eaten one meal at home instead of buying from a fast food chain.

It's not that I want to pay for stuff if I am already a subscriber. It just confuses me why people think their pocket change used for entertainment is the single most pressing issue in the universe. In no other industry than the gaming industry do customers go on such vitriolic rants and vow to boycott all future products of a company just because the company is trying to make money.

If you see the value in what you're paying for, pay for it. If you don't, just vote with your wallet and go elsewhere with your money. If McDonald's is charging more for a burger than Burger King, you don't stick around in the McDonald's restaurant and go on a religious crusade to ensure that they never get another customer again and shouting to the world that charging $1 more is an act of unspeakable evil. You simply go to Burger King.
I loved that last part.

And for the record you can buy gear with real money on GW2, sell your GEMS for gold so you can buy Items. And yes, gear is not that important in GW2, but to be fair, gear doesnt matter in SWTOR either until you hit 50