Hourly subscription

Hello,

I'd like to join the game (final version) in the future, but I'm a parent and I don't have much time to play, so I'd get to play the game "quality" 4 times a month for a few hours... so a monthly subscription wouldn't be completely worth it.

Would it be possible on your part to consider adding an hourly subscription? The idea is that I'd pay for 100 hours (about 4 days) and spend that time in the game.

Compared to monthly, it would be a cost disadvantage, but for someone like me (and I'm sure I won't be alone) it would be better and I'd be happy to keep coming back (eventually I could switch to monthly if I get more time and play more than 100 hours a month).

Thanks for reading and commenting if you have any 🙂

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Iffithy

I personally don’t think it is beneficial. But to pay devils advocate I do know someone who won’t play a game with a monthly subscription, but would play if he could do something like this not because limited time but because he does not feel obligated to play every day.

He recognizes he cannot play in moderation and the fact that he is paying a monthly sub makes him feel like he is losing money by not playing every waking second. Just one of his many quirks. But something like this would allow him to play

Voxtrium

This could be done however to make this viable from a company standpoint the price per hour would have to be lowkey ridiculous and would almost certainly garner poor media. Highly unlikely this happens

Laetitian

Iffithy wrote: »

He recognizes he cannot play in moderation and the fact that he is paying a monthly sub makes him feel like he is losing money by not playing every waking second. Just one of his many quirks. But something like this would allow him to play

If you base life-altering time-management decisions around a $15 monthly investment, you have deeper issues to solve than a game publisher can help you with.

Iffithy

Laetitian wrote: »

Iffithy wrote: »

He recognizes he cannot play in moderation and the fact that he is paying a monthly sub makes him feel like he is losing money by not playing every waking second. Just one of his many quirks. But something like this would allow him to play

If you base life-altering time-management decisions around a $15 monthly investment, you have deeper issues to solve than a game publisher can help you with.

Maybe, but my take on it really is the Min/Max mentality can go deeper than your characters dps. Some people are just wired differently

Noaani

Iffithy wrote: »

Laetitian wrote: »

Iffithy wrote: »

He recognizes he cannot play in moderation and the fact that he is paying a monthly sub makes him feel like he is losing money by not playing every waking second. Just one of his many quirks. But something like this would allow him to play

If you base life-altering time-management decisions around a $15 monthly investment, you have deeper issues to solve than a game publisher can help you with.

Maybe, but my take on it really is the Min/Max mentality can go deeper than your characters dps. Some people are just wired differently

This is very true - but ain't rapids min/max mentality goes even deeper.

If this isn't something that can work for Intrepid (when costs are factored in), then it isn't something that is likely to happen.

nanfoodle

I have not had a MMO I want to play in some time. Console gaming I was the average game costs about $100 after tax. So happy I have game pass with Xbox. I blow through about 1.5 games a month. $18 a month with Game Pass Ultimate. IMO $15 a month and Ashes will be saving me 3 bucks a month lol. I do hope Ashes does a family plan. For people paying on the same CC at the same address.

Nightmarelol

Are you going to ask the same for Netflix, for all the times your at work and not watching TV?
I wonder how Netflix will take your approach on that? 😂

Noaani

Nightmarelol wrote: »

Are you going to ask the same for Netflix, for all the times your at work and not watching TV?
I wonder how Netflix will take your approach on that? 😂

To be fair, Netflix and other streaming services offering a per show option would probably cut down on piracy a lot.

Zehlan

Noaani wrote: »

Nightmarelol wrote: »

Are you going to ask the same for Netflix, for all the times your at work and not watching TV?
I wonder how Netflix will take your approach on that? 😂

To be fair, Netflix and other streaming services offering a per show option would probably cut down on piracy a lot.

No, no it wouldn't! lol

Noaani

Zehlan wrote: »

Noaani wrote: »

Nightmarelol wrote: »

Are you going to ask the same for Netflix, for all the times your at work and not watching TV?
I wonder how Netflix will take your approach on that? 😂

To be fair, Netflix and other streaming services offering a per show option would probably cut down on piracy a lot.

No, no it wouldn't! lol

It actually would - which is obvious when you consider the reason most piracy of shows and movies right now is happening.

However, it isn'treally a topic for this thread - or these forums.

ShivaFang

Anything less than $1 an hour is barely worth billing for. So unless you are going to be playing less than 15 hours a month it's really moot.

Agripinensia

I am STRONGLY opposed to this.

The $15 a month don't just pay the devs, this is also an entry barrier for bot networks.
You need to make at least $15 per account before it gets banned.

Personally I even think it is too low.
You should have to get an initial sub costing at least $45 to enter (and then opt to pay monthly after the 3 month have run out - maybe even give ppl a pause option for breaks 1 months or longer).

Having a costbarrier any lower will exponentially increase the number of bots running around and f** the economy.

Other approaches can be problematic legally (ident via SSN or TaxId for example) depending on the country.

This also weirds me out a bit, since $15 in 2024 money really isn't that much. The '06 price point of ~$14 Wow had was actually way higher in comparison.
Per hour price would probably have to be ~$2 to be worth the hassle and at that point maybe you should play another game that is less time-intensive.
(To be clear: I am not trying to gatekeep, but with under 10h/month you are looking at insane timeframes in a game that projects 45 days at 4-6h per WEEK to get to max level - I'd rather play something like the recent GW Game that takes about 10h to finish then).

CROW3

All you can eat for $9.99. Pretty simple service sub model that's been used for decades.

BlackBrony

I hope they charge for the hour, but also, the hours expire the same month. That solves all the problems.
Also the game is to cheap. Considering inflation and new prices, the sub should be around 35$, that would be a much reasonable price.

Otr

BlackBrony wrote: »

I hope they charge for the hour, but also, the hours expire the same month. That solves all the problems.
Also the game is to cheap. Considering inflation and new prices, the sub should be around 35$, that would be a much reasonable price.

Let's see the game first.

JeanPhilippeGunghar

An idea would to have a minimum of hours someone can sub to be viable for Intrepid.

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