Posts made by Dokuwan

@crowdac Not every1 agrees. It's a mystery to me why ppl think buying knowledge points isn't pay2win.

@gothix

From a perspective of a mostly solo player who doesn't care much about "hardcore" top end guild wars and stuff. I think VIP is much more beneficial than endless amount of currency, just like in Albion Online. Endless amount of in game currency only really matters to the few top guilds in the game fighting for dominance. Also make no mistake, all this sweet talk about VIP not being pay2win is most likely not going to be true. Devs will need an influx of cash just like you said and most people aren't going to pay for just cosmetics.

I remember Valve saying only 3% of people ever use money in Dota2 because it's 0 pay2win and only cosmetics. And that 3% is not going to be enough for what i suspect will be small playerbase game like Fractured. They are going to (most likely) pump up the benefits of VIP as long as it takes so majority of the playerbase will buy it, like we have seen every game do with similiar business model since beginning of time. That being said from "Solo/Small scale group players" perspective VIP is already more important than endless amounts of in game currency. And it will probably get even more important in the future.

Also i don't get why most people don't see VIP system pay2win or how it doesn't give "significant" advantages. I see it as massive pay2win and giving very significant advantages in it's current state already. Knowledge point boost and additional study slots are basically same thing as increased fame gain in Albion Online. And in Albion VIP is pretty much mandatory. Devs need to make it mandatory in order to get money and not go bankrupt. Imagine if VIP in Fractured didn't give any pay2win and only cosmetics like Dota2 and only 3% of playerbase would use money like in Dota2. Fractured will probably have playerbase like 10k-100k. And if 3% of those use 10€/month, That's 3000-30000€ a month for them. That's like 1 guys salary.

@gothix said in About the VIP membership:

@00 ingame gold is power. It doesn't buy only gear (as much as you want, every time you lose it so you have no downtime on playing) it also buys consumables, materials, and player services mercenary protection, mercenary force for sieges, and so on.

Ingame gold IS P2W, if you can convert real money into it. And you can if you are able to sell sub items (or any cash shop items) in exchange for in game gold.

May I suggest Rift, Allods Online, Wildstar or other similar games for those of you who like such a thing.

(Whoever wants to play Fractured, please grow some skills and then play, rather then relying on P2W. Thank you.)

On the other hand paying 10$ for vip is pay2win. If it could be bought with in game currency it wouldn't be pay2win because free players could also get it. If vip subscription can't be bought with in game currency, u need to spend 10$ a month to win -> pay2win. If it can be bought with in game currency u don't need to spend 10$ to win.

As i've understood devs are saying that neither equipment nor knowledge points directly increase power but increases options. But more options ofc increases power when u can find the "perfect combo" easier. So if amount of spells and their level matter more than equipment, then vip sub fee is more pay2win than buying sub tokens with irl cash and selling them for in game currency to buy more equipment. Also more knowledge points means u can get higher levels of the spells faster which directly increase power. And u don't lose spells like u lose equipment when u die. So pay2win with amount of spells and their level is a permanent power boost while pay2win with equipment is only temporary since they can be looted.

@gothix said in About the VIP membership:

If players could trade ingame currency for subs (bought by other players), the game would become pay 2 win.

$$ -> sub item -> ingame gold = P2W

Isn't it already pay2win when u can buy vip with $$?

Can the vip membership be bought with in game currency like in Albion? So u don't have to spend real $ for it.

How does it work during testing phases? If i get knight pack will my 2 year vip mempership grant vip mempership to all of alphas and betas and will it be still 2 years in launch? Can vip mempership be earned trough in game means? Buy it with in game currency?

@gothix said in Hello bois few questions:

@dokuwan said in Hello bois few questions:

I just recently found out about this game and it looks interesting.

How viable will solo play be compared to Albion Online for example?

In Fractured there are 3 planets (one PvE planet and two PvP planets), on one planet (Arboreus, PvE planet) you can solo no problem, and you can do it safely. But to have an option to play safely there you must play as beast kin race. Other 2 planets are full loot open PvP, and be sure that solo will be very hard there, and it will be recommended to play in guild (with friends) to have better chance of survival.

I know that stuff. I plan to probably solo play demon planet. What i meant was how hard it is for example compared to soloing black zones in albion which is equivalent to demon planet in fractured, free for all pvp no rules. Basically how much there is skill involved in combat compared to just numbers.

I just recently found out about this game and it looks interesting.

1. How viable will solo play be compared to Albion Online for example?
2. What benefits will vip subscription give, what does it cost and can it be bought with in game currency from other players like in EVE or Albion?
3. Will Angel look different from demons and abomination different from the original forest dude form?
4. Are there any safe areas in the demon planet where u can play if you are took drunk to fight?