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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
Considering Lifetime Sub....is it worth it?
Masscarnage
Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
I bought into this game in July of 2017. I love a lot of items about this game.
I am trying to decide if the 400.00 extra buyin would be worth it.
If the game is 15/month, = 180 a year = 2.2 years of playing to get money back. I am not concerned about the play time, i am more concerned about shop items, items that are exclusive being sold to everyone. etc.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks
I am trying to decide if the 400.00 extra buyin would be worth it.
If the game is 15/month, = 180 a year = 2.2 years of playing to get money back. I am not concerned about the play time, i am more concerned about shop items, items that are exclusive being sold to everyone. etc.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks
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All I can say is that if it were me in that position, I would. I don't use kickstarter, and never have. As such, I've never had the chance to buy a lifetime subscription to this game and - unless someone is wanting to offload an account - never will.
If nothing else, I will always be able to log in and craft something that someone will want.
My reason excatly.
The game I got a lifetime sub for was The Secret World. While I don’t play it all the time, I know I can always go back to it whenever I want and I’ll always have the full benefits of a subscription at no cost. And I’ve been playing it for 8 years now.
I will buy all of the things.
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With that said, I do believe in the game/project and everything that is being developed is what I've been wanting in an MMO, including the node or "living environment" setting. I've always said any game that has the lore and polish of WoW, the explorability and customizationof Rift, the breath taking views of Terra, and the jump puzzles of Wildstar will be the perfect one for me. It sounds like AoC might hit the mark.
I think when added alongside all the other unlockables and goodies you get, Lifetime subscription (BoW tier) is a steal of a deal. Odds are you'll drop a year and a half to two years into the game at least, and you can always come back to enjoy if you decide to take a break.
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In game, probably yes. I will let you know later...
Personally, haven't tried, so probably not...
Im thinking about doing it aswell. My only issue about it is: As any onther sub mmorpg games. If the game does bad it will go free to play and get a cash shop to take over for sub. Not thinking about p2w items.
If they move away from subscription down the line, its a waste of money to get the it.
Maybe submit a question for the next stream and ask what would happen to the people that have Braver of worlds packages if the game goes free to play in the future.
If they get free cosmetics every month or something simulare.
I think most sub games that end up switching to F2P still carry a sort of monthly "Elite" status package which usually includes free cosmetics, XP boosts, free mico-currency, extra slots, special pets/mounts, etc.
I assume in this instance, we would get elite or VIP status for the life of the game. Given that the game itself is free, I wouldn't anticipate a F2P switch for quite a long time, if at all
Well it would most likely be cosmetics/micro currency to buy cosmetics. I don't think it will ever have to switch to F2P. On a side note I don't understand why many people are against sub games in general but I like them. Something like runescape (Old School) does it right in my opinion.
Same here! Subs + cosmetic options = gravy.
Cosmetic options will provide less income than a box price on the game would, especially if that box price applied to expansion content as well.
If any two combinations were to "= gravy" it would be box price + sub, not sub + cosmetics.
I don't know if I agree with that. Depends on the box price I think. I'm not against either way though. If its a good game people will come.
The vast majority of players will never spend money on a cosmetic, yet the vast majority of players will pay to keep their game up to the latest expansion release.
Of those few that do spend money on cosmetics, a very small percent would spend more on them than they would spend on expansions, let alone enough people spending money on them to cover the people that spend nothing on them.
Once the game launches, I personally won't spend anything on cosmetics. Ashes will be the cheapest MMORPG I have ever played.
Hehehe, I more so meant it's gravy to me.
At the end of the day, I'm willing to shell out whatever the price if the experience is worth the while. I've played Runescape, Guild Wars (1&2), WoW, Rift, SWTOR, Terra, WIldstar--they've all had their own payment methods but I never found any of them unreasonable for the experience I enjoyed.
Blizzard paid you to play WoW?
Maybe it's just me, but that is the only way I would be able to consider that game reasonable value... even then, it would need to be a non-trivial amount.
If I asked would I have wanted a life time sub on World of Warcraft for 500 I think my answer would be... I'd be willing to pay 1000, its kind of like....who knows, what the game will mean to you.
To me, its a game that fills a need, in a down trodden genre. I think having a life time sub to a game I helped contribute to the launch of, and had an impact in the design of, means more to me then if I bought one for another game.
That being said, I bought this tier exclusively for the life time sub and everything else is more chips n dip.