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Game Copying PLEX model?

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Sellion Nali
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-05-09 03:16:34 UTC
So I, maybe by chance, got an email from some game ...... ok I hope its fine to talk about other games and not get banned or something ..... So I play gw2 and was invited to play wildfart, which seems like another silly copy of wou, but said "ok maybe, I will check the website, see what it shows" so I go to the website and you have your typical stuff menus and just like any other game website, so I click on game menu which has things like race, classes, features, you know typical mmo stuff.

But in the features I notice something is odd as it says "Business Model" and I think "what the heck does a childish game like wildfart has to do with a business model related to its core gaming features?" ..... so I click to see, and BAM! Guess what? They have a very innovative in-game magical item called C.R.E.D.D. which you can buy with in-game currency to continue your subscription as an option to just paying cash ....... You can also buy CREDD with cash to get in-game currency ....... HAHAHA LOL ................ TROLOLOL HUHAHEHOHIAAU! What the heck is this joke!? They think they will have an in-game economy and system like us in eve! Do they have any idea how many factors are there to have such a balance as to make an ingame subscription a success? I dont know about you people but I find this hilarious because they couldnt even make a name that DID NOT sound like PLEX lol

I dont know about that, what do you guys think. I personally just found this very funny, I mean we are talking about a game aimed at 12 year olds or something. Oh, and I have never heard about such a goal with any other game that has been a success like our plex system and ingame free economy, but then I am not a hardcore supergamer so yeah, there could be a couple, even good ones, but I doubt it.
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#2 - 2014-05-09 03:20:00 UTC
Good luck to them. I hope the game is successful for the developers and enjoyable for the community that plays it.
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#3 - 2014-05-09 03:21:58 UTC
My eyes...

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2014-05-09 03:22:20 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Good luck to them. I hope the game is successful for the developers and enjoyable for the community that plays it.

...what are you doing?

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Erufen Rito
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2014-05-09 03:32:25 UTC
tehee...wildfart....

This is as nice as I get. Best quote ever https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4137165#post4137165
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-05-09 03:40:38 UTC
Does that mean I get to pew pew other people's stuff and break them forever? Well count me IN! Also EVE is Dying.

Post with your NPC alt main and not your main main alt!
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#7 - 2014-05-09 03:48:47 UTC
CREDD. This thread could use some.





Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Thur Barbek
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2014-05-09 03:50:36 UTC
Your behind the times, rift already does this... for a year+. nothing new.
Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-05-09 03:50:57 UTC
Micro transactions are not new or unique EvE wasn't the first and wont be the last
Sellion Nali
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2014-05-09 05:47:24 UTC
Thur Barbek wrote:
Your behind the times, rift already does this... for a year+. nothing new.

Didn't know that, but as I said, not a big mmo fan.
Sellion Nali
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2014-05-09 05:48:11 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
CREDD. This thread could use some.






What are you talking about? Go look for yourself.
Sellion Nali
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2014-05-09 05:49:00 UTC
Yang Aurilen wrote:
Does that mean I get to pew pew other people's stuff and break them forever? Well count me IN! Also EVE is Dying.

huh???
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#13 - 2014-05-09 06:20:11 UTC
Wurm Online has been allowing players to pay with ingame currency for years. Runescape too, for 1 or 2 anyhow. This is nothing new.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#14 - 2014-05-09 06:36:48 UTC
Thread has been moved to Out of Pod Experience.

Also, GW2 copies the PLEX/Aurum model with their "gems", which can be traded for gold, or for appearance/convenience items in the shop. I think they even explicitly mentioned PLEX as an inspiration for the system in a devblog a while back.

ISD LackOfFaith

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Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#15 - 2014-05-09 06:58:35 UTC
Sellion Nali wrote:
what do you guys think.

That I probably wouldn't click on a link to a game named Wildfart? Blink

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Marsha Mallow
#16 - 2014-05-09 08:17:48 UTC
Title made me think someone had found a way to copy Plexes ingame (i.e. a BPO). Disappointed.

But yeah GW2 definitely referenced Plex as a model for their economy at some point.

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Solecist Project's Alt
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-05-09 08:27:19 UTC
wildfart. xD

Seriously, best name ever!
Got to check this out... xD


wildfart...... XD XD XD
Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2014-05-09 09:08:45 UTC
Good thing all the other MMO's have destructible assets which somewhat keep the in-game currency from not inflating 1000% every time an expansion is introduced.
Brendan Anneto
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#19 - 2014-05-09 14:31:25 UTC
Yang Aurilen wrote:
Does that mean I get to pew pew other people's stuff and break them forever? Well count me IN! Also EVE is Dying.

Eve has been dying since 2003

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.   Proverbs 1:26-27
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#20 - 2014-05-11 23:30:24 UTC
I refuse on principle to buy a game that CHARGES FOR THE CLIENT AND THEN A MONTHLY FEE.

What century is this? the 20th Century?

Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco
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