Explanations on monetization thinking on SotA

Then you should have started complaining during the Kickstarter when Lots and Houses, and Prosperity Tools were for sale.
To have 0% Pay to Win is an un-achievable goal.

 

All of that takes additional devlopment, testing, and support on a monthly basis, increasing operating cost. This means that it would need to first pay for itself and then pay for everything else.

Do you honestly believe that they hadn't considered that option?

 

I think if you start spamming Nobles Chat, a very limited audience, you'll quickly be ignored. I certainly wouldn't be receptive to such solicitation.

 

As long as pure crafters are able to get his producer XP from something else than gathering. If not, all crafters will be gatherers. I suppose it will be fixed, but it's worth remembering.

So... you are implying that we should be able to overcome all the game in basic gear, and if we can't it's because we should level up some more? If i got it right... this time i have to disagree. Not only with the quoted post but with everyone that keeps trying to make this into nothing. Because i could accept it doesn't mean the issue is not there.

Regarding the quoted text, here's my experience. Everytime i've been leveling up fighting against mobs of my level, which was confirmed by the con system. Eventually i could not stand against mobs of my level with the starter gear or basic gear from vendors, and if i stayed in easier scenes killing stuff below my level my progression was reduced to nothing.

When that time comes the only solution i found was to swap for some tier 1.5 gear (some advanced materials, while keeping the rest basic). I end up crafting it myself because i end up having all the raw materials i need and with expert crafting stations is quite easy. Last cycle when i reached around level 60 i started feeling the same; the game was telling me it was time to upgrade, but never went beyond that.

I'd bet that the game has been balanced considering the average gear players will have for each level (like every MMO is), and even when probably high end gear is above those balance representing an advantage, and top quality gear could be a slightly greater advantage, that doesn't make COTO a luxury item. In a game where gear dies, and exceptional gear is hard to be produced, that gear will be repaired ad nauseam, and the player that's able to keep his gear alive will be in advantage above the rest because of all the reasons lots of us have been stating.

I can acknowledge logical numbers, but let's not make black into white. An advantage is an advantage, and something so desirable as keeping your best gear for whenever you can, is as mandatory as it gets. As mandatory as running in a race even when there's no goal.

I'll make the most of this rant to say that i don't believe everybody will be carrying secondary gears. Some won't mind to pay whatever its needed to stay donned in their top gear, and that is an advantage. Those people are paying to increase their chance to win. And even more with the affinity system coming up, as it has been said above.

Probably i just did it exactly that. But only because an issue may not be considered a big deal doesn't make it right to completely diminish it. The dead horse is still being beaten, but only because people who are worried about the dead horse are being told that there's no horse at all.

Because i have no doubht that you lot know what you are doing I'm pretty sure it will work when appropiately tweaked, But at what cost?

 

I would, if I could play among all the bugs!

Seriously, yes, the decay at the end of R28 was fairly noticeable, thanks for asking.

 

Yay! I get to quote myself! (from another thread)

It certainly isn't 1/10th of what it was in the rest of the R30 builds. Are you certain the new rates are in play in 426?

 

Hmm.. the floating point - integer bug was only affecting durability after zoning/crashing and coming back.

 

Hmmm.

I came I read...I still can't buy the COTO thing

oh well

 

I am still losing my primary and max durability at the same rates. I used crowns on everything right after the patch to check and see. It all seems pretty much the same pre and post 426, maybe a little slower overall. I'm down about 6 points on everything after less than a day of my normal play.

 

LMAO, Now in total fairness....

There's normal and then.... well...

I mean you DID play a LOT with @Themo Lock

*shrug* I guess there's a universe where TL is "normal"

 

Well, normal for me, haha

 

I am curious as to how much your skills decayed and how many hours you played in release 28 and 29. I played a total of 2 hours combined and I barely lose anything.

 

The XP pools for production and adventuring are independent, so I'll be levelling up both. I have the time.

 

I gave up on this topic becouse devs denies to reconsider decay model even after 50+ page threads.
Actually we haven't had enough time to test it. There is no point to spend long hours on Avatar progression in constant wiping scenario.
Let's see how it will work after R32.
I am sure that this topic will be brought up once again

 

Great opening post, thanks Chris!

 

Good, this will ease some of the need to lean p2w. (Insert thumbs up emote here)

 

I rushed the Ranged skill, and reached lvl 105 in a very little time. Then I turned it off around halfway to 106, and by the time the wipe hit, it almost lost that half level, having only a tiny slice of green left in lvl 105.

In R26-27-28 I played a lot, maybe around 100 hrs (I was around lvl 70). In R29-30, for our Linux problems, I don't think I totalled 3-4 hrs of active play (I'm lvl 32).

With two hours you don't eve start the decay mechanics, that begins at a certain point of the skill progression.

 

Thanks for sharing your numbers. I guess I should pay closer attention to the green bars of each skill.