PIMPTASTIC-FROTH Posted:

We know that Evil Trout, and the crew that makes this game, have at least entertained the idea of making Episode 2 “pay-to-play”:

link here.

If it comes down to it, would you pay to play this game?

Personally, I would. A big reason I never got into games like City of Heroes or WoW was the cost, as well as the free nature of Guild Wars. But FWZ is not only interesting enough to pay for, but it eat up as much time as other games.

But unfortunately, I don’t have access to Paypal, so it would have to be via cash or money order.

I’d pay, but I’d hope to get something like more turns out of it… otherwise… I don’t know that paying would be worth it for me…. that’s mostly just because I barely make enough money to cover rent at the moment so if they started charging to play I would not be able to afford it.

****twig113 Posted:

sorry the reason why i played this because of the humor and the fact its free. but if it becomes must pay, you can count me as GONE

I absolutely agree with this ****wig. This game is awsome and really fun, but pay to play? I don’t think so. If you can’t play free, count me out and i’m guessing about….........~50% or more would agree with me. So asta lavista if I have to pay to play.

loli_fapper_kita_111 Posted:

Whatever the outcome of pay or no pay, i’d rather see what episode 2 would look like before even considering the matter though.

So where’s episode 2 btw ?

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By the time it comes out everybody will have enough cred to jump to level 20 and finish it in 3 days anyway, what’s the point of talking about paying for 3 days of unfunnily easy play ?

I’m sure they’ve taken that into consideration, and that’s why they haven’t decided how cred-transition into ep2 will work yet.

I think ET has mentioned that there will be free stuff to ep2. And since ET mentioned, when hiring a new programmer, that one of the perks would be working on ep2…it’s probably a ways off.

I forgot to reply to this. So “yes”. All the cool kids are paying already by way of Brownie points. And I think they (we) are having more fun than those who aren’t.

As it stands no, this game is fantastic but I would not pay for it. Chuck in more advertising if need be.

I agree with manimal on all things.

Speaking as someone who has to figure out witchcraft-related ways to pay for things on the internet, I prefer when games use the KoL model. If I don’t have five bucks to spare that month, I might miss out on a cool item, but that’s not the end of the world.

But if I don’t have a spare five bucks that month, I’ll miss out on content? That bugs me. I’m not entierly sure why, either. It is, naturally, CZ’s game and their perogitive, but that’s just how I feel.

DocBeard Posted:

Speaking as someone who has to figure out witchcraft-related ways to pay for things on the internet, I prefer when games use the KoL model. If I don’t have five bucks to spare that month, I might miss out on a cool item, but that’s not the end of the world.

But if I don’t have a spare five bucks that month, I’ll miss out on content? That bugs me. I’m not entierly sure why, either. It is, naturally, CZ’s game and their perogitive, but that’s just how I feel.

I just buy Visa Gift Cards from Wal-Mart. They’re a little expensive (Only come in $50 and $100 denominations), but they’re safe and readily accessible.

male reproductive organ Diesel Posted:

Pay to play? Hmmm.. really depends. For a game like FW I won’t pay a monthly subscription, or a yearly (unless it was guaranteed at least a few content upgrades during the course of a year). As for a subscription solely on the content of Episode 2, that really depends on the content itself. If all I am going to see are the user created forums of forumbuildr with a story wrapped around it, then no. But if the 2nd episode is at the very least twice as large as episode 1 with original content, I could see paying a “one off” fee for each of my alts at a reasonable price.

I like to support developers of innovative software/ideas. But I need to be shown that, that innovation is worth supporting in the first place before I commit. Time will tell.

My thinking is evolving in this direction. Monthly? No. Yearly? Maybe, if it was like $10. Per episode (and per alt, possibly)? Yes. It costs $10.50 to see a movie these days. FW surely gives much more entertainment value than most movies. I’d pay $10, maybe a little more depending on the FEATURE SET. Something that would work would be $10 for the first character, and then $5 for each alt after that, and maybe a $25 package that would cover ALL the alts bumociated with an account.

Marcos El Malo Posted:

It costs $10.50 to see a movie these days. FW surely gives much more entertainment value than most movies.