Payment for developers

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I've been playing this ever since it came out, and I have to be honest I worry some about how Spacetime is going to make a profit from this game seeing how unwilling many seem to be to even shell out $1.99 for a respec. If there is no profit, eventually there'll be no way for them to keep this game on servers that bleed money. And then there will be no more Pocket Legends in any incarnation, free, freemium, anything at all.

While I don't think there'd be enough interest for a subscription-based service, perhaps there could be a Pro account sort of thing you can buy that would give you some extra treats. Keep the basic version free, but then for the die-hard fans have an option to give them some more fun stuff. It wouldn't be things that would give them an advantage, gameplay-wise, but perhaps it could include things like being able to customize your character, and more advanced features that Average Joe who plays it just for free doesn't care about. The danger of adding a lot of advanced features like mailboxes, guilds and banks is that it might just make it seem more complicated for the casual gamer, while for the fans it's a must-have.

Before Pocket Legends I'd never ever played a MMORPG in my life, and I think the fact that it's so easy and non-complicated to get into is a great strength. Had this game been far more advanced from the get-go I'm not sure I would've fallen into it the way I have, just because it would've seemed really overwhelming and too advanced (even if it necessarily wouldn't be). So yeah, for all these advanced features everyone wants, it'd be a good idea not to lose track of appealing to new gamers too.