Posts made by SuccessfulGeek

@lionvonadern Thanks!

B2P with some kind of trial is a fantastic model. The real question is how monetization will work following purchase. That is super important because servers and continued development cost money. They have to make people want to buy stuff, but at the same time, make sure purchasing(or more importantly not purchasing) doesn't detract from the game play in any way.

Working in Marketing(not in the gaming industry) I see games make so many mistakes around monetization. There needs to be a balance around a games ability to continue to make money as well as making sure it doesn't detract from the game in any way. So far the best monetization system I have seen over a long period is Warframe, maybe followed by Guild Wars 2(which they have messed up a few times for sure). Devs do need to also balance feedback from people who will spend money and those who just want everything for free, because game dev does cost money, but you don't want people forming online mobs to witch-hunt your game for predatory monetization strategies.

I really hope Fractured gets it right, or even if they don't be open around communicating that they are working on getting it right. No one is perfect and getting the community on your side to be successful is a fine balance...

I mainly enjoy PVE and groupd PVE in MMOs, but do enjoy some PVP from time to time. Usually I keep PVP to shooter and MOBAs, but if done well in an MMO I do like it.

Hey guys, new here. I played Albion Online for a bit but it was just too grindy for me. I am really hoping this game will sate my top down MMO desires. Right now the only MMO I enjoy is Guild Wars 2 and I haven't been playing it a ton as I am been having some fun in The Division as well as HoTS.