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Phase I of Alpha Two testing will occur on weekends. Each weekend is scheduled to start on Fridays at 10 AM PT and end on Sundays at 10 PM PT. Find out more here.
Check out Alpha Two Announcements here to see the latest Alpha Two news and update notes.
Our quickest Alpha Two updates are in Discord. Testers with Alpha Two access can chat in Alpha Two channels by connecting your Discord and Intrepid accounts here.
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That is their main purpose.
Cosmetics = - 90
9 Months = - 135
Embers = - 125
Alpha 2, Beta 2, Beta 1 = 375-90-135-125= 25
To me It is worth It, but that's just my opinion
Im paying 90 supporting the project and you get cosmetics as reward
i know that but you are missing my point, If i want to only get armor suit for example, im forced to spend 375 usd no matter if i want any of the other things in the pack or not, which is quite insane. why not allow people to just buy what they want from the packs?
This is what I was attempting to point out in my comment as well. I don't like that you have to purchase things you don't want in order to "unlock" a-la-carte options and I'm unsure why that's necessary.
As much as I want to have a positive outlook on things, the only reason I can think of is to gatekeep those items as to get people to pay as much as possible up front.
Fair point.
It seems like a stretch for a player to put their gameplay decision-making on whether the game has a cash shop or not ... but those players exist.
Ahh, got ya. I don't have a good answer for that. The month I bought the big pack, I was more excited about getting into an alpha than the cosmetics so I did not really have a chance to think about it from that prospective.
I don't know. I have to imagine it was done on purpose, but I can't think of a great reason for it. Maybe to ensure that anyone investing is serious about the game? Not sure.
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.
i don't think this is true.
Taxes would be one of the obvious exceptions
Why is it a stretch? I think it's a pretty big deal for a game to be "democratic" rather than rewarding whoever is paying the most money. This is actually the idea behind subscription games normally. Everyone pays a flat fee, so everyone is on equal footing when it comes to the game's content, and the only thing separating people and rewards is time investment and skill.
This is a non-argument and you know it.
No one is saying "forced" and meaning there's a literal gun to their head. Simply that to "unlock" the cheaper a-la-carte options of the store you need to spend a few hundred dollars first.
I meant that you have the decision to buy something or not. Intrepid is not standing beside anyone and holding their hands to buy something. It is always the decision of the buyer.
I doubt very much if they would as some would have their bags completely full of cosmetics. I believe cosmetics can only be used by one of your characters as in you give a particular skin to one character and none of your other characters have access to it.
There is a lot we do not yet know about just how bag space and storage will work in AOC.
Starting at a lower tier (even the lowest) also allows this.
You can see what type of player you are using the Bartle test here: https://matthewbarr.co.uk/bartle/
ALL types of players should be accounted for in monetization and how it affects their experience.
Pay to win affects one type of character, pay for cosmetics affects another. Box price affects none.
If only it were actual pay to win and not simply a cosmetic.....
Box price affects far more people, in that someone may not have 60 bucks to fork out up front for a game they might not like after a bit. Meanwhile with no box cost, you only pay 15 bucks one month and you get the choice to carry on or not depending on your enjoyment. You literally get to experience 4 months of the game for the price of a box-cost game.
Just because you're able to pay those 60 up front, doesn't mean everyone can. tAke eVeRyoNe iNtO aCcOunt, smh
Your Bartle score is about as worthwhile as your horoscope.
If this game isn't for you because of the PvP, then play another game.
If this game isn't for you because of the dynamic nature of the content, then play another game.
If this game isn't for you because of the shop cosmetics, then play another game.
This is not hard. If the game isn't for you, play something else.
A NECROMANCER!
Detective Atama is on the case.
If you don’t want to support the game like that, it’s OK. Get what’s offered from actually playing the game after it releases.
This is really the only take away here.
If having those cosmetics is THAT important to you, then you will find a way. If there is no way, then you're going to have to accept the fact it's gone.
I'll never get to eat a BBQ wing of a Dodo bird, despite having read they are delicious beyond compare. I could either go around and demand that we start cloning Dodo birds, spend millions cloning them myself or I accept that chicken wings are my current option available to me.
One contemporary piece of advice suggested serving dodo meat flavored with mango, so that it can "taste like something". That's not very encouraging.