Pax Dei

Sylas said:

the concept of paying a sub is purely anathema to the survival/crafter genre which, I get it, I guess.

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its wild to think about how true this is. i played ark survival ascended when it came out till...the end of the center. it was obnoxious to have to log in to make sure things didn't decay. i couldn't fathom why they didn't just put a sub in to maintain your stuff. the players would vomit and shit if you mentioned a subscription, but if they put out a pack that gave access to a new dinosaur or cosmetic you'd see loads of people using it (and i'd wager they spent a lot more on those things).

I'm optimistic if they have a system of "maintain the sub maintain the base forever". especially if one dude can run a base and all his RL homies can stash stuff there when they quit.

the new dune mmo was "pay once" mmo, but you have to log in to shuffle batteries. you can't really 'quit' and maintain all your stuff when you want to play again. you can bank vitals but your base and all the materials in it will rot.

it makes 'returning players' really think twice before trying again.

TheBeagle said:

Was really looking forward to this. They're charging for thw base game, whats the monetization scheme?

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Charging for the base game. Then $5/mo for ever plot of land you want to maintain. THEN there is a sub which provides the following

By subscribing to a Membership plan, you will receive monthly:

• One month of Premium status, activated on the day you activate your subscription, which will grant you bonuses:
  • +50% Grace from daily login,
  • +50% Grace from Gold offerings,
  • +50% XP boost on all activities.

Its a base building game so if you dont pay that $5/plot what exactly are you doing. IDK why you would play this over Valheim, and unlike that game the grind in this gets worse and worse the higher level you go.

Sylas said:

a subscription.

literally that's what all the crying is about. its like 5 bucks a month. and its optional (to maintain your plot)

the game was more survival/crafter than MMO so I gave it a pass but clearly the concept of paying a sub is purely anathema to the survival/crafter genre which, I get it, I guess.

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You defending this turd is the least surprising thing ever.

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the new dune mmo was "pay once" mmo, but you have to log in to shuffle batteries. you can't really 'quit' and maintain all your stuff when you want to play again. you can bank vitals but your base and all the materials in it will rot.

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Recent dune patch increased bank size to 30000v from 2k - easier to take a break, although that is a lot of assault thopter runs!

Cybsled said:

Recent dune patch increased bank size to 30000v from 2k - easier to take a break, although that is a lot of assault thopter runs!

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ahh neat. lets see if i can summon the will to go see if my base rotted

also , i think i disassembled my assault thopter and banked it already haha

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