Subscription model for better multiplayer experience... Would you pay for it ?
- Thread starter Jim Panse
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so out of curiosity .....Do you think FD are simply incompetent or liars?
That sounds (a little) more aggressive than it is meant to, and is aimed at the whole thread, not just at you...................... however
From what I can tell, either you are saying it is not possible to achieve their goals and promises on the current pay model,
so that leaves, either FD do not know what they are doing or they know damn well it cant work and are just going to cut and run when the game releases.
I am on the other hand choosing to trust in them that they DO know what they are doing and they are NOT swindlers and that my £100+ payment will be enough for the game
YESSS! +1!
No.. and I need 8 Bytes of Message...
<snip> I would probably stop playing and ask for a refund if this ever happened
Me too. I wouldn't have even considered backing Elite Dangerous if it had been a monthly subscription game. I'm happy with paying up front to by a game and then optional vanity items when playing but not interested in anything with a monthly fee. One of the reasons I've never tried Eve (since it gets mentioned so often on these forums for some reason).
If it included the community and social features that are now standard in MMOs (including dedicated, stable servers; regular patches and content releases) - then yes, I would.
I run a couple of software dev teams myself, I understand the effort, planning and most importantly COST that goes into these things. What we have is a single-player game with a few multiplayer elements bolted on, but that fits the current level of infrastructure investment. We can't reasonably expect more without either a micro-transaction store or a subscription model. That is just the economic reality of the business these days. So for example although i think peer-to-peer networking is a poor choice for MP gaming in terms of scalability, I think it's probably the only option that fits in the cost model.
I run a couple of software dev teams myself, I understand the effort, planning and most importantly COST that goes into these things. What we have is a single-player game with a few multiplayer elements bolted on, but that fits the current level of infrastructure investment. We can't reasonably expect more without either a micro-transaction store or a subscription model. That is just the economic reality of the business these days. So for example although i think peer-to-peer networking is a poor choice for MP gaming in terms of scalability, I think it's probably the only option that fits in the cost model.
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