tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post4841262146090686367..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Currency Re-selling in NeverwinterGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-76395928043224402372014-05-07T16:54:33.650-04:002014-05-07T16:54:33.650-04:00@Asmiroth: Marvel Heroes has an alternate currency...@Asmiroth: Marvel Heroes has an alternate currency that is time-gated and used to unlock characters. It's not tradeable and it's not nearly so widely used for stuff that a player routinely does in game.<br /><br />@Helistar: I played STO to cap (and again on a Klingon) and basically did not worry about currencies. You get free ships and BOFF's, higher level crafting becomes a dilithium sink but I didn't feel I needed to get that gear. By contrast, Astral Diamonds are much more in my face starting at comparatively low levels. For example, I already have a ton of gear with sockets and no more of the consumable I need to refine the things that you put in gear sockets.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-7102141948324548942014-05-07T03:56:26.352-04:002014-05-07T03:56:26.352-04:00Just ignore the currency and play, I reached level...Just ignore the currency and play, I reached level cap before I started to worry about AD/gold and related problems....Helistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435861741164342377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-24953961357782270332014-05-06T11:43:53.688-04:002014-05-06T11:43:53.688-04:00I played Neverwinter for a few weeks, but the curr...I played Neverwinter for a few weeks, but the currency system really gave me a headache. I need what currency for this? How do I get that? For casual me, it was a little too overwhelming.<br /><br />Otherwise, it seemed like a pretty fun game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-63395631430643787552014-05-06T04:07:03.120-04:002014-05-06T04:07:03.120-04:00I'm unsure of what is different with STO. I m...I'm unsure of what is different with STO. I mean, energy credits = gold, astral diamonds = dilithium. Cryptic had already tested well the system with STO (and found it's necessary to add a sink to avoid prices to spiral out of control, the whole refining-mark of powers could be a sink, but it doesn't seem to be working very well atm). If they manage to stabilize the ratio between the two currencies the system is not too bad, what I mean is that the games have much bigger problems that the cash shop: STO/NW have an endgame which is "more of the same", but they could not come up with anything different than dailies, and it gets old fast. In NW, the action-based combat gets old fast as well.Helistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435861741164342377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-83657728991744412602014-05-05T23:39:09.355-04:002014-05-05T23:39:09.355-04:00Hard to think of another western game designed as ...Hard to think of another western game designed as F2P from the start. A year in, not major money grabs, 2 major expansions, another on the way. Something seems to be working, or perhaps the "honest" approach to monetization attracts a specific clientele.<br /><br />Marvel Heroes is the only other comparable F2P but it's less an MMO and there's no middle currency. That one also seems to have hit the right vein for a solid userbase.Asmirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769824275250465235noreply@blogger.com