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Cosmetics and shop items.
Moseph
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There have been a number of items from the "shop" that I have been interested in but, refused to purchase them after dealing with CoE. I have already spent a bit of money on this game but, I will not spend another cent until I see more substantial progress. Will there be an opportunity to purchase those cosmetic skins previously offered once the game is much further along?
P.S. I'm starting to feel the same way I did with CoE, and have been telling others to wait until launch before spending any of their money on this.
P.S. I'm starting to feel the same way I did with CoE, and have been telling others to wait until launch before spending any of their money on this.
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Im curious as what similarities are you seeing between Chronicles of Elyria and Ashes of creation??? All the stuff Is has been showing on development is the same as Chronicles of Elyria?
In addition, it's also been mentioned that the "best"-looking variants will be had from high-end game content; If you buy, then buy it to support the game - not because of FOMO.
Read again. The promise is not that you will be able to obtain everything they ever offered in the shop later at some point in the game, actually the opposite. NPCs will wear those sets. You may be able to get a helm that is close in game that you can transmog, and that helm may be made of another material, but it won't be a full costume, and it won't be the same. Not a recolor.
If your mindset is to hold Intrepid hostage by withholding cosmetic pre-purchases, @Moseph ... that's a big swing and a miss.
Steven has already said multiple times that pre-purchase cosmetics are totally optional for those players that simply want to support the game.
Contrary to many forum-goers' beliefs, pre-purchase cosmetics do not hold Intrepid accountable to any specific date for release (or Alpha 2 for that matter).
But, to answer your question directly?
No.
Monthly cosmetics are "one and done" ... they will never return for purchase.
CoE also had a long development time and offered monthly or at least frequent "updates" where they were trying to sell cosmetics or other packages. I get that it takes a while to develop games, just after what happened with Caspian and CoE, everyone should be able to understand the hesitation.
As to this.. I can't really hold anyone "hostage" because it was never their money, it was mine. I didn't take or seized anything from anyone. If anything it's be a boycott. The distinction between the two are pretty big.
I'll only purchase game items from the company using real money. Its a way of supporting their work. I wont pay another payer real money for anything. It doesn't support future products, show support, and it'll also jeopardize character progression and real time sunk into an account.