Money rich based game?

[Arcanee]

I think the game is starting to get to expensive.

1700 plat = $89.99
If you turn this into gold which 1000 plat = 1mill gold and then you will have 700 plat left to make it 1.5 mill gold you still wouldnt be able to afford top notch things in the game. Thats just terrible.
175 plat = $20
Ripmaw cost 250 and the new fire element pet will to so if you bought 175 plat for $20 you still wouldnt be able to afford it that is crazy $20+ for a pet you cant keep in real life ? My opioin though what yall think ? I think the game is getting to be for rich people!

[Littlesorc]

Uhmmm. Its Good, Because this game is exciting. But this cost with real money your right too :witless:

[Arcanee]

Exactly the game is so exciting but who came up with the prices ? I am middle class so ya know im in between as I think most people are middle class $89.99 I got $200 shoes like my hyperposites and zoom rookies You think im about to pay $89.99 for something thats going to waste no way!

[Genuinous]

I do not think you should be looking at turning real money into gold. If you do that, it is clearly a way to get around the hard part of the game, where you have to farm or merch in order to get gold. Thus you should pay a lot more. :)

I wish though, that mythic pets were farmable or available outside of such a high price range, but then STS gotta make profit. Look at the rate expansions and new content is coming out, it's not like they are not working for your money :P And then you don't actually need to use plat to be successful :) (certainly helps)

[Jackyll]

I do not think you should be looking at turning real money into gold. If you do that, it is clearly a way to get around the hard part of the game, where you have to farm or merch in order to get gold. Thus you should pay a lot more. :)

I wish though, that mythic pets were farmable or available outside of such a high price range, but then STS gotta make profit. Look at the rate expansions and new content is coming out, it's not like they are not working for your money :P And then you don't actually need to use plat to be successful :) (certainly helps)

But the issue Genuinous is that you can farm for MONTHS and not get ANYTHING of value, so you lose TONS of gold on pots and feeding your pets so at some point you HAVE to buy some gold even 25k to stay alive and keep farming for something you'll never get imo.

[Mysticaleagle]

Developers making this game. Designers making this game. We play, we pay. That's how they feed their family and make money. Enough of whining now. I'd support them if I were you.

[Jackyll]

Developers making this game. Designers making this game. We play, we pay. That's how they feed their family and make money. Enough of whining now. I'd support them if I were you.

Mystical quit trolling the thread, it is a valid point that the game is monetarily driven to the point that it is out of control.

[Arcanee]

I do not think you should be looking at turning real money into gold. If you do that, it is clearly a way to get around the hard part of the game, where you have to farm or merch in order to get gold. Thus you should pay a lot more. :)

I wish though, that mythic pets were farmable or available outside of such a high price range, but then STS gotta make profit. Look at the rate expansions and new content is coming out, it's not like they are not working for your money :P And then you don't actually need to use plat to be successful :) (certainly helps) Well naw you dont have to use plat to be succesful but imagine players cant get on the lb for ap if they cant get the ach for mythic item and the only way you can get that is using plat or get it to drop out of a elite golden chest which cost a ton of pots and gold to farm for to!!!

[Mysticaleagle]

Mystical quit trolling the thread, it is a valid point that the game is monetarily driven to the point that it is out of control.

I am not trolling. A thread is made to receive posts, opinions and points of view. Ain't happy about it? Deal with it. You got my point of view, which is the prices are normal. They make money like this and need it. Need it to create more content, to make you play for free and to make what you're whining for. Be responsible and view it as a Designer or Developer.

Remember, you won't always receive agreements. Don't just give false accusations if the post doesn't apply to your wishes.

[Lady_Pebbles]

Yeah the game is way too expensive. I spent 50 bucks once for 600 plat and now Im like.. Pfft nurr. Way too much to keep up with their prices. Even at 40% off it still expensive.

These prices are crazy during a recession..

Aint we still in a recession in the Us?!?!
Hell I've always been in a recession, welcome new people. Welcome to livin' in the 'hood/slums/ghetto/barrio/whatever-word-yall-use-these-days. XD

Seriously though, its over the top lately with these crates & thats part of the reason why lots of my friends left the games.

[Arcanee]

I am not trolling. A thread is made to receive posts, opinions and points of view. Ain't happy about it? Deal with it. You got my point of view, which is the prices are normal. They make money like this and need it. Need it to create more content, to make you play for free and to make what you're whining for. Be responsible and view it as a Designer or Developer.

Remember, you won't always receive agreements. Don't just give false accusations if the post doesn't apply to your wishes.
You not looking from our perspective Theres more middle class gamers than any others class !

[Snakespeare]

LOL! You do not NEED top gear. You do not NEED to be on the LB. You can have a great time without spending any money at all. It is something inside you that wants top gear, that wants to be on the LB. If you have an issue it is with that thing inside that wants to be cool. If being cool is important, spend the money. If you don't want to spend the money, tell your desire to be cool to shut itself off.

[MissyJoyx]

I believe that if they lower the prices for each plats.. more people would pay.. and therefore.. if you do the math, they might actually get more money
than theyre getting right now..
because people would be like oh okay only 5 bucks for 100 plats.. theyd keep buying every now and then but when people look at $10 for 75 plats.. it seems overwhelming that
most people dont even buy..

TO summarize it all, if they really wanna make money they should lower the price down because MORE people would buy MORE often, I support STS and i understand this is how they make money

e.g
$10 for 200 plats = 5 people would buy =$50 they earn yay
$20 for 175 plats = 1/5 or 2/5 ppl would buy = $20-$40 they earn boo - you get the math

[Arcanee]

LOL! You do not NEED top gear. You do not NEED to be on the LB. You can have a great time without spending any money at all. It is something inside you that wants top gear, that wants to be on the LB. If you have an issue it is with that thing inside that wants to be cool. If being cool is important, spend the money. If you don't want to spend the money, tell your desire to be cool to shut itself off.
True but pvp not playable if you dont have at least one top gear or near top gear no ones gonna play pve every day thats VERY boring just saying!

[SkullCrusher]

I agree with both sides.
MysticalEagle has a point...the employees need money to feed their families, and this is how it works..
Player To Sts To Employees that help create the game To their families.
I also agree that the prices are way too high but then again, just don't buy plat?
Anyways...your money, your choice. Spend it wisely.
-Skull out.

[Mysticaleagle]

LOL! You do not NEED top gear. You do not NEED to be on the LB. You can have a great time without spending any money at all. It is something inside you that wants top gear, that wants to be on the LB. If you have an issue it is with that thing inside that wants to be cool. If being cool is important, spend the money. If you don't want to spend the money, tell your desire to be cool to shut itself off.

This. THIS.

Remember: The game is FULLY free to play. If you buy platinum, you're aware of it's price, so don't come to complain about it then.
And no, I ain't trolling. Lmao.

[Lady_Pebbles]

I believe that if they lower the prices for each plats.. more people would pay.. and therefore.. if you do the math, they might actually get more money
than theyre getting right now..
because people would be like oh okay only 5 bucks for 100 plats.. theyd keep buying every now and then but when people look at $10 for 75 plats.. it seems overwhelming that
most people dont even buy..

TO summarize it all, if they really wanna make money they should lower the price down because MORE people would buy MORE often, I support STS and i understand this is how they make money

e.g
$10 for 200 plats = 5 people would buy =$50 they earn yay
$20 for 175 plats = 1/5 or 2/5 ppl would buy = $20-$40 they earn boo - you get the math
Making plat more affordable for players might actually be a good idea. Still would be nice to get droppable pets of the same Mythic and Arcane rarity types too.

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[Arcanee]

Mystical you still looking from your perspective ok if its free and all blah blah blah they are basically making all the mythic arcane & other items for rich people and are not making any thing for us ? So I guess the game is not for us?

[Mysticaleagle]

Mystical you still looking from your perspective ok if its free and all blah blah blah they are basically making all the mythic arcane & other items for rich people and are not making any thing for us ? So I guess the game is not for us?

Ok, is it me or are you completely stuck on your thought? You simply don't get my point, and want to keep arguing about it. I have nothing else to say here, I gave my opinion to the OP.

[Arcanee]

Mhmm

[Noblesse]

This. THIS.

Remember: The game is FULLY free to play. If you buy platinum, you're aware of it's price, so don't come to complain about it then.
And no, I ain't trolling. Lmao.

Says the guy who rage quit because he couldn't get a Glacian pet. Or was it because it was 'too plat driven to your liking'? Wasn't that why you 'left' for O&C and did nothing but talk about how good O&C was?

Hypocrite much. You turn faster than the wind lol.

Anyways, welcome back I guess :)

[Mysticaleagle]

Says the guy who rage quit because he couldn't get a Glacian pet. Or was it because it was 'too plat driven to your liking'? Wasn't that why you 'left' for O&C and did nothing but talk about how good O&C was?

Hypocrite much. You turn faster than the wind lol.

Anyways, welcome back I guess :)

Says Gundam on his 4th forum account. :rolleyes:

PS: Never said I did quit, I said I was taking a decision (rage quit? Oh, ok). ;)

[Noblesse]

Learn how-to-read and how-to-not-be-a-jerk. ;)

(yes gundam, i'm talking to you). ;)

So now people are jerks when they speak the truth?

Ow well, better be a jerk than some spineless dude who just says what others want to hear and doesn't even have an own opinion.

Keep up the appearance, I'm sure we'll read more of your whining when you're in another rage fase again ;)

On topic: as said here already, you don't 'need' to spend anything in this game. If you think it's expensive, it's probably just your spending habbit that should be blamed.

[Energizeric]

Yes, they create these games to make money. They got families to feed and this is their job. They don't work for free.

So there are one of two business models for MMOs. Either they charge a monthly fee of like $10-20/month or they do it like this with plat. Yes, these games always start nice where plat is not a big issue, but that is just to get people to come and start playing. Eventually they are going to have to make some money so they start selling things for plat to make a decent amount of money. If nothing really good is available for plat, then nobody is going to spend a lot of plat.

Understand that they need some players to spend thousands of plat to offset those who don't spend any. So please tell me what they should sell to get lots of players to spend thousands of plat. Tell me what you would prefer they sell instead of the way they do it. But it must be something that lots of players will want to spend thousands of plat on, not something crappy or something that doesn't help people do better in the game, because nobody is going to spend thousands of plat on stuff like that.

[Mysticaleagle]

So now people are jerks when they speak the truth?

Ow well, better be a jerk than some spineless dude who just says what others want to hear and doesn't even have an own opinion.

Keep up the appearance, I'm sure we'll read more of your whining when you're in another rage fase again ;)

On topic: as said here already, you don't 'need' to spend anything in this game. If you think it's expensive, it's probably just your spending habbit that should be blamed.

Speak the truth? Where did you say something true in your poem?
Rage quit? No. Just a break, and other game experiences.
I said I did quit? No. I said I was still taking a decision.
Glacian pet? Wasn't even out once I started taking my decision.

Anyways, see you around buddy ;).

[Noblesse]

Speak the truth? Where did you say something true in your poem?
Rage quit? No. Just a break, and other game experiences.
I said I did quit? No. I said I was still taking a decision.
Glacian pet? Wasn't even out once I started taking my decision.

Anyways, see you around buddy ;).

Just... LOL!

Anyways, I didn't want to hurt your feelings kiddo :)

[Arcanee]

So now people are jerks when they speak the truth?

Ow well, better be a jerk than some spineless dude who just says what others want to hear and doesn't even have an own opinion.

Keep up the appearance, I'm sure we'll read more of your whining when you're in another rage fase again ;)

On topic: as said here already, you don't 'need' to spend anything in this game. If you think it's expensive, it's probably just your spending habbit that should be blamed.


Says the guy who rage quit because he couldn't get a Glacian pet. Or was it because it was 'too plat driven to your liking'? Wasn't that why you 'left' for O&C and did nothing but talk about how good O&C was?

Hypocrite much. You turn faster than the wind lol.

Anyways, welcome back I guess :)

I thought I couldnt respond back but someone did ;)

[Rare]

Mystical quit trolling the thread, it is a valid point that the game is monetarily driven to the point that it is out of control.

I disagree. I have spent relatively little platinum. Especially compared to others.

This game can be played perfectly fine without paying. Seriously, everyone complaining should be thankful you are not "forced" to buy elixir like we were in pocket legends.

Sure there are perks in this game that require money. But by no means is it a requirement. I think that a lot of people are hung up on certain aspects of the game that do indeed cost money (having all the cool arcane/mythic toys, being on leaderboards, having the tiniest edge in pvp).

Honestly, to me, those are all little things. Sure, there are things that could be better. But in general the game can and is played and enjoyed with little cost.

[Mysticaleagle]

Just... LOL!

Anyways, I didn't want to hurt your feelings kiddo :)

No worries, no worries. :)

[Samhayne]

Hey guys, it is ok to disagree, it is not ok to troll and flame.

The bottom line is that you can play to the level cap and collect the very best gear if you have the time to do it without spending anything.

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