Like I said worst-case scenario… and I push the limits of what can happen in that way of thinking. Didn’t think you would, but it puts things in perspective.

... don’t you pay for internet access?

To be honest I would pay a maximum of $5 for just a new episode. What I would potentially pay another $20 (over the next few months) for would be new depth. For me this means more interesting choices to make (like new abilities), less inconveniences (like tracking forums during vanilla runs >_< ), and keeping the meta-game interesting (no improvements come to my mind). Most importantly, I want know that the game is going in a good direction. That is, instead of just giving me “more of the same” I can expect “more of better.” If I go on it’s going to be a long rant about what makes a browser game fun for me, so I’ll just keep it at that for now.

I would like to pay for it but if it’s more then say $10 I don’t think I would

Sorry, I couldn’t stay interested in you post to read all of it.

Seriously though, also something stay the same forumbuildr changes week to week. Domination adds the competitiveness to keep the people going back to forums. Flamebate is always fun.

Eh, one week you’ll come back thing about the new forum added and you’ll find out Episode 2 came out. Neat-o.

I don’t mind paying to play (Hell! I paid to play this ‘beta’ round for crying out loud!) But I think it is very important that there be some level where it is not a requirement.

The secret seems to lie in offering JUST enough advantage in paying, without making it a requirement or even a necessity to remaining competitive. IOW, you can sap the fun out of it either way and when that happens, you’re done.

This is only the 3rd RPG I’ve participated in and it is by far the bestest. I won’t mention names (unless you beg me) but one was a ‘cookie-cutter’ game with next to nothing in the way of new code and fraught with uncorrectable bugs. The other was coded from the ground up but the owners were criminals. (They were playing the game under multiple alts and essentially goading other players into spending because ‘Well, THEY are…’ (I wound up being banned because I called them out on it. From time to time I check back to see how they are doing and, suffice it to say, they are NOT. ‘Nuff said.)

I only bring this up because of the 3 games this one really is clever. I don’t want to see you guys make any of the same mistakes.

(Oh, and I’m really only here as part of the research for my OWN game, haha! No, seriously, I am! You guys set the bar pretty G-D high too!)

Balloon Posted:

Sorry, I couldn’t stay interested in you post to read all of it.

Seriously though, also something stay the same forumbuildr changes week to week. Domination adds the competitiveness to keep the people going back to forums. Flamebate is always fun.

Eh, one week you’ll come back thing about the new forum added and you’ll find out Episode 2 came out. Neat-o.

‘seems you read just enough to miss my point Log in to see images!

If I come back in a couple of months and find that Episode 2 is out I’ll play it if it’s free, not if I have to pay for a game that I had forgotten for some time and just came to check out.

(especially when it only takes a little over a week to complete episode 1, even 1 month is a loooooong time to keep up with waiting for another episode that may or may not last as long)

Of course forumbuildr, domination and flamebate are fun, but even those won’t justify the wait if nothing new comes out for some time.

My point in short:

Whatever decisions are made for episode 2, make them now and make the announcement now so that people can stay interested in the game and look forward to the features/episodes to come.

Even if there are a few changes when episode 2 is actually released the players will be there and waiting, which surely will not happen if nothing moves for x months and the announcements are made right at the time of release.

wouldn’t really want to, but I played ffxi for almost 2 years and maybe 6 months outta that I didnt even play…

Laaaaaaaaaaame.

It’s like… what? Maybe 3 hours at McDonalds? Suck it up, princess.

I’d probably end up giving more money to the game with donation model than if I had to pay. If I had to pay I’d pay the amount specified and that’s it.

Also, if it is pay to play, make it cheap. I too would love to throw pop-cap a couple bucks, but just pirate their games and give them nothing since they’re not worth the amount that they actually charge.