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It's a fun game I wasted about 3 months on when it went F2P, along with a good number of other ZAM people. Will probably go back to it at some point. The combat is good, the game is beautiful, but the story telling is seriously lacking (think vanilla WoW questing). For what it's worth, odd cosmetic items aside, they have one of the better F2P systems out there.

TERA makes WoW storytelling look good, I'll leave it at that. A review, which basically reflects my feelings on the game. It's a bit dated, PvP has improved a lot for instance, but the notes about combat and questing are spot on.

Also, it sounds like you need to buy some XP boosts.



Edited, Jul 9th 2013 1:08pm by someproteinguy

It's hard to argue against Space ninjas. That's a trump card if I ever saw one.

I thought Warframe was released as of Patch 8 (Warlord patch)? Steam lists it as full game (Since it doesnt say early access) I could be wrong here.

Ohh I got my Closed beta only weapon then (Braton vandal?) and I stopped playing right before the card patch. I went back about a week ago and alot has changed.

Idk But I have a Lvl 30 Electric frame and like a Rhino, and Im so, lost now but I dont want to start over which is kinda what i need to do to get used to the card thing. I have tons of weapons and blueprints and Im broke too . I was a leader in Broframe since I used to play alot with MikeB but I quit cause it was making me lag.

My Warframe is in my sig (What I play) Zackavious

Didn't read entire thread...

Maybe it is a sign that WoW might go F2P, with the Cash Shop being their money maker.

EXP Boost Potions? Sure I'd actually buy them after knowing how much, and how long they last.

My take:

I have no problems with an in-game store in a subscription game, in general. That said, I am 100% against P2W, and I'm taking the broad view on that.

The store sells meaningless cosmetic items and skins? Fine.
The store sells the skins of epic items? Not fine.
The store sells exp booster items? Fine.
The store sells honor booster items? Far less fine.
RMT is the sole way to access the store's items? Not fine (You NEED to have an in-game currency source, even if that just means trading gold for cash).

Pretty much every single F2P game has a subscription model, the use of which negates the need for any gameplay items from the in-game store. To use a TOR example, F2P players gain experience at 75% the rate of sub players. So for them, experience boosters are really desirable. Sub players can still elect to buy/use them (and they get some free as quest rewards), but they have a reduced need for them.

Other things that are common are gear packs (essentially booster packs for item skins - chance for goodies), starter kits (in a WoW context, imagine it includes some exp boosting gear like a veteran player would have, and mount training or something).

Honestly, I have no problem with those.

I only care if you could say your experience is: A) adversely affected by not paying or B) adversely affected by others paying.

If I would need an experience booster to achieve an acceptable leveling rate as a subscriber, that's an issue. If other people leveling faster (gaining honor faster, moving faster, etc.) makes my experience worse as a subscriber, that's an issue. If some people can bypass the entrance rate into endgame by paying real money, that's an issue.

Otherwise, I don't care.

I'm a little unsettled by it, but certainly not "severely pissed." A bit surprised they went that route as opposed to other options, but really what Rhode said:



I'll save the vengeful smiting for if/when it hits the US servers.

You guys make sense. I don't like it when my anger is vaporized by sense. :(
We'll have to wait and see what items the EU/US ingame stores will get. I hope they just stick to the mounts and pets we currently have in the normal Blizz Store plus similar items.

I hate leveling. It might be fun the first hour but in any given RPG, MMO or otherwise, it slowly becomes boring. And it's compounded in MMOs where you might do the same general path over and over again to level different classes and such. I'd gladly pay a small price to lessen that punishment.

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