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You honestly expect people to pay $500 for your alpha? Seriously? Not even name brands such as Bethesda require you to pay to get into an alpha and if so its under a hundred. No one knows of you nor your game and you're charging an outrageous amount for a ALPHA. Dauntless early alpha was $75 for their highest founders pack which made them popular because a majority could afford it. If you want this game to succeed or be recognized don't set the stakes so high, you're nothing out of the ordinary. Another attempt at an MMO which I hope goes well, I really do, but when you charge a price so high, your MMO and it's reputation is instantly diminished. Take this to heart, your MMO looks great, but who would know. Do not want so much money, that is the curse of every kickstarter.
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I find it hard to see how your nose could be put so far out of joint. The released game will be $15/month. Nothing more and nothing less. No one is forcing you to help with testing and development. There is no pay2win aspect of being in alpha or beta, as you are exposed to partial aspects that may or may not be in release and not the full game. And any progress is wiped at release if not repeatedly wiped in testing.
Alpha and beta testing is a privilege and not a right.
I am not mentally ill and spent close to that in the KS. I have an awesome, privileged life that I work many years to accomplish, so it wasn't too much for me.
Plus, during KS it came with LifeTime sub plus a bunch of other stuff. The name reserves for character/guild were huge points for me.
Sorry you missed out on that, but it sounds like you wouldn't have wanted to pitch in for that either.
You should wait for the actual game to release so you can just pay to play.
I'm ok with testing periods being *gasp* testing periods for IS and a reward for backers. Doesn't have to be a marketing tool.
The game doesn't cost $500, it's (supposedly) going to be $15/month.
There is a community here that is happy to pay the cost to get into the testing phase, as numbers will show come Alpha-1. Access was likely predetermined to be limited, so instead of raffling access they auctioned it.
Also, I hope, that everyone in those Test phases understand it's a test and not a game. I can't wait to see all the crap reviews Ashes has when Alpha 1 goes live and those wanting 'early access' flame it... although, there will likely be legitimate negative reviews to.
I'm sorry Ashes won't be free to you as much as possible knowing many willingly paid for it. As for a "whole discord" that agrees, I guess we could get an entire "thread" that agrees with charging for it. So...
May I ask, why do you want to Test this game so badly as to complain you think it should be cheaper or free?
star citizen
I'm pretty sure chronicles of elyria sells 10k packages aswell
People buy things like this because they want to support the work a developer is doing. If you do not want to support the developer, that is fine, you are not being forced to do so.
As an FYI - Path of Exile, a FREE game, at one point in it's beta had a $12500 (not a typo) supporter pack that - yes - people bought. Some people are happy to use their credit card to support games they are excited about - and some aren't.
To me, it seems like you just want access to an early alpha but don't want to pay $500.
I am very logical, in fact my college career was dedicated to logic.
If you don't want to buy something because you think it is too expensive, that is logical. If you think it is illogical for others to do it because of the way you feel, that is not logical.
Using the cost as your main point is also illogical. I am not a millionaire, but I would assume one has little to no care over dropping $500 on a game they might like to play. However, someone with 2 jobs, 2 kids, and a mortgage might think dropping $500 is insane.
Your point is based solely on perspective. Some here disagree with that point of view. Others, as you have pointed out, don't.
This is a game in development not cheese. No one in their right mind would pay 500$ for cheese.
Spend 500$ on AoC though, and come launch you will not be sorry!
Once again, if you don't want to pay it, don't. I bought the pack that cost the amount I was willing to support Intrepid with, I don't even know what came with it, to be honest.
I've said it in this thread already, but it seem to me you just want to play a free alpha. Why would Intrepid let you play alpha for free if you have no intention of supporting the game post launch? What value do you offer the alpha process if your opinions are not those of someone wanting to actually pay to play the game?