tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post5001658691878211122..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: EQ2 To Charge Extra For Expansion Race?Green Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-21941878328600762562010-12-06T16:42:41.989-05:002010-12-06T16:42:41.989-05:00Woah, that is going to murder the market for craft...Woah, that is going to murder the market for crafted spell upgrade items. Not that I sell them anyway on my silver account. <br /><br />As for the vampire race, I can't see paying for it at this point. I'd have to buy another extra character slot just to use it, and I'm pretty happy with my current stable of EQ II characters. Advancing all of them even to the mid levels would certainly represent more spare time than I'll likely ever want to put into EQ II.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-65574359711692021192010-12-05T16:17:53.460-05:002010-12-05T16:17:53.460-05:00I don't see either post purely as frustration ...I don't see either post purely as frustration with the F2P model. <br /><br />Regarding the previous post, when you buy something that you actually used and it got cheaper later, you just have to learn to be zen about that. When you got something that you didn't even use and the price drops, you just lost a round in the business model metagame. <br /><br />As to this post, the issue has almost nothing do with free to play, as it affects the traditional full-priced subscription service equally. SOE appears to be using a marketing trick to justify an extra charge for a feature that would normally be included in the $40 expansion box. Bobby Kotick is kicking himself for not having thought of this before Goblins and Worgen were announced as part of the Cataclysm box.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-54459558625577929422010-12-05T15:46:46.862-05:002010-12-05T15:46:46.862-05:00I find it very interesting that this post and the ...I find it very interesting that this post and the one preceding it sound so frustrated with the F2P business model.<br /><br />Is the honeymoon over?<br /><br />Very clearly uncertainty and "doh! I should have waited!" moments are going to be a part of the F2P experience. Yesterday EQ2's extra character slots went on sale for half price just a couple of weeks after I bought three of them. I guess the only way to stay sane is not to worry about it too much but that doesn't help people like you and I who enjoy figuring out the business model as a metagame in itself.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com