Posts made by Jetah

@whoatethecat how many do you think will leave their planet?

@specter said in Kickstarter Update - Pledge Packs:

2 character slots.

so 3 worlds and only 2 base character slots =/

@whoatethecat beastkin have polymorph that turns them into their animal version. humans have technology.

let demons have something that looks good!

@phaethonas

businesses will always take income from 1 source and divert to another. same way many employees take their sole job income to buy houses, cars, boats, games, PC, consoles, etc. GGG has released good content the past 5 years with their sole income from their cash shop (their crowdfunding aside).

gonna tag @Randy0Marsh for this part: problem with pure subscription is that only 1 game in the last 5 years has maintained that. all other games that wanted pure sub have switch to f2p with cash shop or hybrid.

i don't see a problem with a sole income from the cash shop. Look over the cosmetics PoE offers. look on the forums at the titles displayed and you'll see that people are purchasing those supporter packs. I even spent about $1k with them!

@benseine

Eve is a sub game, they offer a demo. nothing more, nothing less. Fractured is a b2p game with sketchy VIP that will become mandatory because of the boost that could be perceived as p2w.

@phaethonas said in VIP system : What do you think ?:

The best solutions are; a) sub2play, b) buy2play with additional expansions being buy2play as well. Additionally, have the cosmetic cash shop if you must. Don't try complex things which you will try to balance in multiple ways.

path of exile is free to play, doesn't have vip and still does great with their cash shop. they offer supporter packs that include portrait, various armor/weapon skins, portal skins and store currency. the higher packs provide all previous tier packs (similar to kickstarter) and additional goods like hoodies, t-shirts, maps, skill tree poster, etc. if you own any of the physical you get a store credit. this has been working great for GGG (developers of Path of Exile) for 5 years.

what I like about PoE's supporter packs is it doesn't affect gameplay at all! This is what i'd like for Fractured.

@finland

they could reduce the cash shop prices so it entices more people to buy. they could offer limited quantity cosmetics that entices people to buy as alternatives to a VIP.

@tathren said in Do we have a release date yet?:

Just seen this haven't had a chance to read much is there an official release date set yet.

i'd suggest sitting down and reading all the NEWS and spotlights. it doesn't take long. after that, look at the sticky post as they'll answer many questions, then use the search bar for any other additional questions. after that if you still have questions then post away.

@kralith

is there a way to pay to skip playing parts of the game? VIP does just that. any boost to knowledge point gain is bad.

@Prometheus your Knowledge spotlight even mentions knowledge points as:

In Fractured, Knowledge Points can be seen as your personal progression currency: you acquire them over time while playing the game, and you can spend them to obtain Talent Points and start learning new abilities.

to offer a progression currency increase over those that don't buy it, will be seen as p2w. it will allow those that pay to advance faster than those that don't.

I believe this game can make it and do well even without VIP. Again I'll point to Path of Exile as my case study. They constantly have bundles that include some physical and most digital goods. IF you own one or more of the physical or digital goods they give the cash shop currency instead. These packs are exclusive cosmetics!

@dulu

if there's no api then there's no addons.

@mrchipps

I played WoW during the Wrath expansion and while leveling the forced group content was great. however, after that expansion the forced group content in wrath became a burden. i know Fractured won't have leveling but it would suck to stop progression because you need a group at a certain point in a dungeon or world boss.

i don't see how an open world pvp game with full loot can support solo play.

@mrchipps

depends on your video card/cpu whichever is needed most by the client. most clients use the cpu more than the gpu so it can work on more systems.

@magickscoolbus @Mrchipps

that's not a box of sand in space.

@kimpersonable

terra has them.

@kimpersonable

i don't know of any sandboxes in space...

@mrchipps

you should be fine with a 5yo system. isometric games don't require a bunch of resources because you're always looking at the ground.

@mrchipps

i could have sworn they said there would be some bosses that requires a group.

@crowest

powerful mounts could work both ways. the defenders could cast a confuse on the mount which then stumbles around injuring or killing friendlies. maybe we have a mind control skill that could be used to overtake the mount and use it to attack the attackers.

@beardmanexpress

that's not true. bots are paid for and people will buy multiple accounts if they continue to have fun with a bot.

@vluxie @muythuison

kickstarter is setup so it's an all or nothing thing. if you want the 100$ tier then you'll need a credit card or bank account with 100$ on it (or whatever the exchange rate is for your country). It might be possible that DS allows a layaway system on their website post-kickstarter so you could pay over time for a package, however, you won't receive the package until after it's fully paid for.

if you have 50$ now, you can back that tier, then before the campaign ends if you have another 50$ (for 100$ total) then you can upgrade your tier to the 100$ tier all within kickstarter.

@prometheus if you resell it then fine.