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Rift going for microtransaction model

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It seems, that the ToR and Lotro microtransaction models are working, so other MMOs are going that way. Trion announced, that from 12 June Rift is going to be microtransaction MMO - content is free, but fluff, additional character slots and such are paid.

Though, they also go with money cards - you can buy gold token from their store, and then sell it to the other players via auction house - kinda scared that it might turn into pay to win, but Trion promise it's just to curb the goldsellers, because people will always buy gold, so lets just make it legal for them.
 
Thanks for the info. :) Looks like I don't have to worry about reinstalling it next month :(
 
I was glad to get this email yesterday. I really liked Rift and found it to be the best replacement MMO for WoW. Mostly because I love healing classes and it had the widest array of other MMO's.

I tried to get into Guild Wars 2. I thought the whole "breaking the trinity" thing would be cool, but then I realized all they did was get rid of healers of tanks. That didn't change anything, they just took away choices. Now had they made the game with healers and tanks and you STILL could justify an all DPS team then they would have changed something.

I was just recently thinking too how other then WoW, I think Rift is the only subscription mainstream MMORPG left.
 
notarat said:
Thanks for the info. :) Looks like I don't have to worry about reinstalling it next month :(
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The paid stuff is going to be cosmetic. The best gear is still going to come from running dungeons, raids, and pvp. And if you want to pay for a subscription still for a package of bonuses you can. Look at their MMO shooter Defiance. The cash shop is full of extra costumes and XP boosters so that people that have less time than others to play can catch up. Nothing in there that you can't get from just logging in and killing monsters. 0 Pay2Win items.
 
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I think most MMO will be microtransaction-based from here on. It's the only way to get everyone to play the game (as opposed to subscription base where you have to dedicate your time to it to make it worth.)

Looking forward to trying it out. :p
 
Did Rift have MT's before the F2P?

BTW, I think the MT works for more casual games that you are likely to finish in two months. Subscription/premium games I think still have a space in the market but in order to be respected they should not have MT or item stores. I don't think most casual gamers care whether a game has MT or not, but for "core" gamers, who want to find a MMO home for the next several years and who put a lot of effort into their character, do not like the ability for people to just open their wallet to make the character better.
 
It's going to be extras like "15% extra gold drops from mobs" different colored mount" etc. Nothing like better gear you can buy only from a cash shop. So it's all cosmetic. Also you can buy REX, cash shop currency, from other players. So say you have tons of gold and you want a cash shop mount. Sell your gold on the AH by buying REX points from another player. Or vice versa. So you can actually own all of the cash shop incentives just by playing the game normally.
 
westrock2000 said:
I was just recently thinking too how other then WoW, I think Rift is the only subscription mainstream MMORPG left.
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Final fantasy 14, a realm reborn is freaking amazing... i played the s**t out of the beta and cant wait for it to go live. oops? did i just broke my Non disclosure lol
 
Well it seems to be the best course for MMO's. Although Guild Wars 2's model works pretty well. Regardless monthly subs for MMO's are on their way out , 1.5 million WoW players leaving in a few months time this year alone is a sign of the times.
 
pliskin679 said:
Final fantasy 14, a realm reborn is freaking amazing... i played the s**t out of the beta and cant wait for it to go live. oops? did i just broke my Non disclosure lol
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reported.

MorgothPl said:
It seems, that the ToR and Lotro microtransaction models are working, so other MMOs are going that way. Trion announced, that from 12 June Rift is going to be microtransaction MMO - content is free, but fluff, additional character slots and such are paid.

Though, they also go with money cards - you can buy gold token from their store, and then sell it to the other players via auction house - kinda scared that it might turn into pay to win, but Trion promise it's just to curb the goldsellers, because people will always buy gold, so lets just make it legal for them.
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real money auction house with gold as an intermediate currency?
 
pliskin679 said:
Final fantasy 14, a realm reborn is freaking amazing... i played the s**t out of the beta and cant wait for it to go live. oops? did i just broke my Non disclosure lol
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+1 - The NDA is going away, soon enough.
 
Sadly as it currently sits it will be pay 2 win. You will have to pay to buy the storm legion souls which are required for certain raid fights unless Trion re-blanaces those fights which would then be trivialized by guilds that have the storm legion souls.

It will be pay 2 win to get the most marks to get your best gear quicker.

It will be pay 2 win if you pvp for the ones where you do use mounts.
 
mngl1200 said:
Sadly as it currently sits it will be pay 2 win. You will have to pay to buy the storm legion souls which are required for certain raid fights unless Trion re-blanaces those fights which would then be trivialized by guilds that have the storm legion souls.
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Install Raptr, play game now for xx hours, get FREE key for Storm Legion, profit.
 
yeah i just started playin rift a couple days ago, used the raptr thing and got all the free stuff and the game. wasnt to sure if i was goin to like it all that much after play for a couple hours but now i can see myself gettin into it.

i need platinum.... mechanical horse mounts, hell yeah. they look sweet
 
ir0nw0lf said:
Install Raptr, play game now for xx hours, get FREE key for Storm Legion, profit.
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BTDT. I even have enough hours that I have the dumb Raptr pet, I am just saying for future players, I still have a bunch of time left since I was one of the many suckers that did the pay for 1 year get storm legion....
 
Raptr received more codes so get your hours in for the free expansion and more!
 
I played rift for the first year on and off. I got tired of the nerf this, nerf that and never really fixing anything.

Are the expansion(s) included or would you still have to buy them to get past 50?
Hey if its now free to play I will give it a shot some evening, I need to level my rogue, never did really feel comfortable with them, I tried leveling as a wow rogue but it just didn't seem to work, went hunter and it was ok but their pet control was a little slow.
anyone got a build for 30-50+ rogue or on june 12th will the new expansion change everything?

I had 3 50's and a 30, cleric was the fastest leveling I have ever seen in any mmo. Not a duracell ( I wish I could find out what I was using ) he literally laughed at single and groups and you would have to do some real stupid stuff to die while leveling.
The last build I had on my warrior was about that good of course that was 6 months after they showed how stupid the devs are. Warrior, yep they nerfed them in the ground the first week. Wait you said you did 8 beta test and in the first week you nerfed them into the ground????
So much for their big shot admins, testing and thought.
Who do they think they are blizzard LOL

I quest leveled a mage to 48 and then instanced it to 50, I just didn't think it was that much fun to play
I was a pretty good healer in wow on my druid and paladin but I can't heal in rift worth a F no matter the class.
 
http:///game/Rift/rewards/rift-storm-legion

Run the Raptr program while playing Rift even in F2P mode on your old account. As long as the Rift window is open you will accumulate time even after you have timed out! After 12 hours you will have the base game, expansion, and souls unlocked. Spend a little more time and you'll have some cool shoulders and a helm unlocked also. Go crazy and you'll get a pet. When the game goes F2P you get extra character slots also.

I run Rift in windowed mode and let it sit in a 1" box on my second monitor. Even if it times out as long as the window is open you accumulate time so I leave it on overnight to make it easy. I need 70 more hours for that pet. :)
 
yea but I have not had a sub on this game in a year.
If its free to play I will give it another shot.
 
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Just wanted to say I got an email from them and its ftp thru next tuesday if you want to check it out. I have not played in a year and have no builds or know whats going on now.
I think they went from 22 servers to 4 so my toon is probably not even on a server now. Pretty much says that the game is dying right there.
 
Just pick one, you can transfer (to a "suitable" [low faction population] server) once every 7 days for free!
 
I just started playing rift. Hopefully it gets better because it is somewhat slow at the beginning. Like others have said, install raptr and get rift for free after logging 12+ hours.
 
sparks said:
Just wanted to say I got an email from them and its ftp thru next tuesday if you want to check it out. I have not played in a year and have no builds or know whats going on now.
I think they went from 22 servers to 4 so my toon is probably not even on a server now. Pretty much says that the game is dying right there.
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They made mega servers at some point, but yes you're right that subscription based MMO's are the way of the dinosaur.
 
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