Is this game going to be like a freemium game?
So like the game is free(web-based hopefully), but the use of ads as well as in-game items, which is paid with real currency, although not necessary to play, is how the game run. Would the in-game items be paid with NXT instead in this game? From my short experience with an MMO (WoW) Blizzard used real currency to pay for things such as subscriptions as well as small cosmetic items, but nothing necessary to play the game as that was left to the in-game gold.
I like the idea of a game. I tried out Huntercoin for a little while (still have some coins left) and the game itself was fun other than the fact that the wallet took up a lot of resources as a result of the game(at least early on). Miners helped find blocks which in essence helped the game move from turn-to-turn where the player in-game could find coins which would increase the amount of coins in the wallet.
So like the game is free(web-based hopefully), but the use of ads as well as in-game items, which is paid with real currency, although not necessary to play, is how the game run. Would the in-game items be paid with NXT instead in this game? From my short experience with an MMO (WoW) Blizzard used real currency to pay for things such as subscriptions as well as small cosmetic items, but nothing necessary to play the game as that was left to the in-game gold.
I like the idea of a game. I tried out Huntercoin for a little while (still have some coins left) and the game itself was fun other than the fact that the wallet took up a lot of resources as a result of the game(at least early on). Miners helped find blocks which in essence helped the game move from turn-to-turn where the player in-game could find coins which would increase the amount of coins in the wallet.
Fremium can piss off a lot of hard core types, but not if it's done correctly.
I imagined fremium, with possibly a one-time 10 NXT toon creation fee (until NXT hit $1 USD, which then it could inversely match USD).
Where Blizzard continually drops the ball, unlike a ton of other games, is a player's willingness to spend IRL fiat for customization (doesn't affect game balance).
xyzzyx -- I hear you. Is it an issue when we have micro/fractional NXT?
Say there's a 10 NXT character creation fee, which would then deposit 100 (or 1000) in-game currency. Maybe in lieu of subscriptions, players could choose to deposit 5 NXT/month (60/year).
A much harder, grinding, 'chinese farmer' mechanic could be in place to earn that 100 in-game currency but would take x amount longer of game time (vs simply doing a monthly NXT infusion).
Rules for a player-controlled AE would be very tricky.
Player crafting would be a source of game income. Arbitraging AE would be source of game income.
I'm still smitten with the PLEX concept. Maybe in game currency of 100 (that cost 10 NXT) could be 'cashed out' of game for a total of 1 NXT. I'm tossing arbitrary numbers here, blind to how my IMF chimping would affect game economy.
Forum -- does the free wordpress have a phpboard, or do I need to pony up for a hosting fee? Or is there a free board solution? Should we just move this over to reddit for visibility?
Panda, your mining/resource/burning is nailing it.
