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Qmamoto Kansuke
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#1 - 2014-05-26 17:12:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Qmamoto Kansuke
From mmorpg.com arcticle:

"WildStar is taking an approach very similar to EVE Online in that, while it is on its face a subscription-based MMO, the game has workarounds for certain types of players. The C.R.E.D.D. and Commodities Exchange (CX) systems allow players to purchase game time (subscriptions) with in-game currency off of other players. This means if you don’t have the time to grind for weeks to build up a ton of gold, you can sell game time for in-game money. On the flip side, if you don’t have the money to pay for the game each month, you can trade your gold for game time. It should create a very balanced and self-sustaining ecosystem."

If other games are copying our features we must be doing something right ehBig smile
Doreen Kaundur
#2 - 2014-05-26 19:14:16 UTC
Wildstar rook the best concepts from all current MMOs and put them into one game.

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Hesod Adee
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Caldari State
#3 - 2014-05-26 21:41:42 UTC
Qmamoto Kansuke wrote:
If other games are copying our features we must be doing something right ehBig smile

Yes CCP is.

ANET made no secret of it when they copied the PLEX system for Guild Wars 2.

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Wildstar rook the best concepts from all current MMOs and put them into one game.

If something works well, why reinvent the wheel ?

Learn from your competition. It's the only way a new MMO has any chance of being both acceptable to investors and keeping enough customers to survive long term.
Alain Kinsella
#4 - 2014-06-14 09:56:15 UTC
My apologies for the slight necro, but I rejoined after the last post and still catching up...

Hesod Adee wrote:
Qmamoto Kansuke wrote:
If other games are copying our features we must be doing something right ehBig smile

Yes CCP is.

ANET made no secret of it when they copied the PLEX system for Guild Wars 2.

Quote:
Wildstar rook the best concepts from all current MMOs and put them into one game.

If something works well, why reinvent the wheel ?

Learn from your competition. It's the only way a new MMO has any chance of being both acceptable to investors and keeping enough customers to survive long term.


Its important to note that NCSoft (WildStar's publisher) happens to be the parent company of ArenaNet (GW2). So they already have some experience with the concept, though in GW2's case its payment model is "No Subscription /w Cash Shop."

If you also look at the exchange rates for the CREDDs, they are being much more severe in the exchange rate when bought with in-game currency (at least from the original example). I suspect they will artificially enforce this gap as needed, to put more pressure on subscriptions. That was tried with the GW2 Gem system, but does not appear to be working out as well as expected - at least for gold conversion anyway.

Another trend I'm expecting soon will be a re-focus on those two games, so they do not compete with each other (as much). That will probably mean GW2 focusing more on casual play, which (from recent announcements so far) appears to be the case.

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mr ed thehouseofed
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Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2014-06-14 10:39:14 UTC
too bad hackers are ruining itSad. i would look at it but until that issue is addressed i wont be.

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Ralph King-Griffin
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#6 - 2014-06-14 11:22:31 UTC
that game looks like it my 12yold cousin might get a kick out of it.

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