Pricing policies - Revision history

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2023-09-29T03:28:52Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2023-09-29T03:26:22Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2023-09-29T03:20:05Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2023-09-29T03:19:12Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2023-09-29T03:18:21Z

Monthly fee

2023-09-25T03:52:58Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2020-03-23T04:15:00Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2020-03-23T04:13:23Z

Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense

2020-03-23T04:11:04Z

Monthly fee

2020-03-23T03:55:49Z

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 * Pay-to-win,pay-for-gold/items/skills schemes - never ever ever.
-Token item for donations is a special item that you can only get by donating. This item will have no actual in-game value, and will provide no advantage to the player. It will be non transferable so no way to sell it for in-game money either.
+Token item for donations is a special item that you can only get by donating. This item will have no actual in-game value, and will provide no advantage to the player. It will be non transferable so no way to sell it for in-game currency either.
-Note that this is completely different even from the now common "cosmetic only items-for-sale" schemes as this will be a very limited type of items, such as a sash or some house item, or something of this sort just to be able to proudly display saying "I support the project". There will be no skins/colors/special designs/whatever for sale for real currency, cosmetic or otherwise.
+Note that this is different even from the now common "pay-for-cosmetic-only-items" schemes either as this will be a very limited type of items, such as a sash or some house item, or something of this sort just to be able to proudly display saying "I support the project". There will be no skins/colors/special designs/whatever for sale for IRL money, cosmetic or otherwise.

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 * Pay-to-win,pay-for-gold/items/skills schemes - never ever ever.
-Token items for donations could be special items that we only give out to people who make a donation to the project, as a way to say thank you. Theses will NEVER have any actual use or give the player any advantage and will be non transferable.
+Token item for donations is a special item that you can only get by donating. This item will have no actual in-game value, and will provide no advantage to the player. It will be non transferable so no way to sell it for in-game money either.
-Note that this is different from the "cosmetic items-for-pay" schemes that some games have because even at that, these tokens will be very limited. Essentially something small to say "I donated"
+Note that this is completely different even from the now common "cosmetic only items-for-sale" schemes as this will be a very limited type of items, such as a sash or some house item, or something of this sort just to be able to proudly display saying "I support the project". There will be no skins/colors/special designs/whatever for sale for real currency, cosmetic or otherwise.

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 * Pay-to-win,pay-for-gold/items/skills schemes - never ever ever.
-Token items for donations could be special items that we only give out to people who make a donation to the projet, as a way to say thank you. Theses will NEVER have any actual use or give the player any advantage and will be non transferable.
+Token items for donations could be special items that we only give out to people who make a donation to the project, as a way to say thank you. Theses will NEVER have any actual use or give the player any advantage and will be non transferable.
 Note that this is different from the "cosmetic items-for-pay" schemes that some games have because even at that, these tokens will be very limited. Essentially something small to say "I donated"

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 ==Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense==
-This probably goes without saying, but for the record: '''There will never be microtransactions of any kind - ever!''' We will never ever sell skills, in-game items/money/process of any kind for any amount of money ever.
+This probably goes without saying, but for the record: '''There will never be microtransactions of any kind - ever!''' We will never ever sell skills, in-game items/money/progress of any kind for any amount of money ever.
 Microtransactions are the scourge of gaming.

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 ==Monthly fee==
-There will probably be a monthly fee to play, probably in the neighborhood of a few dollars. This will help cover the hosting and development costs, but it will also give us the ability to have more control over.
+There will probably be a monthly fee to play, probably in the neighborhood of a few dollars. This will help cover the hosting and development costs, but it will also give us the ability to have more control over the playerbase.
 After all, this is an MMORPG, with a strong emphasis on Role-playing. There needs to be a way have control over who can play. If account creation is free and unlimited, controlling trolls/cheaters will be nearly impossible.
 ==Microtransactions, in-game purchases and other nonsense==

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 In summary:
 * Small monthly fee - almost certainly.
 * Free trial account - probably not, but maybe.
 * Initial game client purchase - almost certainly not.
 * Pay-to-win,pay-for-gold/items/skills schemes - never ever ever.

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	* Initially purchasing the client - almost certainly not.		* Initially purchasing the client - almost certainly not.
	* Free trial account - probably not, but maybe.		* Free trial account - probably not, but maybe.
		+	* Pay-to-win,pay-for-gold/items/skills schemes - never ever ever.

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	+	I know what you're thinking: talking about pricing schemes, this early on? Shouldn't you have an actual game before we talk about this?

	+	The reason I want to address this stuff, this early on is because I want my position to be on record, as early as possible.
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	+	==Monthly fee==
	+	There will probably be a monthly fee to play, probably in the neighborhood of a few dollars. This will help cover the hosting and development costs, but it will also give us the ability to have more control over.
	+	After all, this is an MMORPG, with a strong emphasis on Role-playing. There needs to be a way have control over who can play. If account creation is free and unlimited, controlling trolls/cheaters will be nearly impossible.
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	+	This probably goes without saying, but for the record: '''There will never be microtransactions of any kind - ever!''' We will never ever sell skills, in-game items/money/process of any kind for any amount of money ever.
	+	Microtransactions are the scourge of gaming.