I’m used to paying sub fees so I wasn’t sure how the quality of a “no subscription fee” game would turn out. Since I bought the game on the day it released I have been playing it none stop. And even though there is another MMO (whose name we shall not mention)….that suckered me into buying a years subscription in return for a crappier free game they released….then forcing me to buy the XPAC to enjoy the game because I’m already locked in for a year (and none of my friends saw that marketing scheme coming….those crafty devils)…which I will be playing on the 25th…I’m positive that I and my friends will be back. If you play this game for a few weeks and then go back and play “that” game….it will be like night and day for you…like it was for me.
Enough about subscription fee games…onto the gems….I was surprised at how simple the process was. I didn’t even have to log into my account…you can simply type in your payment information while playing the game…and the gems instantly appear in your account. Then you just click an item and instantly get it. The first thing I thought after making the purchase is “they are going to make so much money with this once they start adding in name changes/appearance changes/race changes….this is just the tip of the ice berg.” And I have no problem supporting a game that delivers a very high quality product with zero subscription fee….I think this will slowly bring down the dinosaur….and ANET will reap the rewards a few months from now.
Most of the complaints I hear about this game involved the end game content….but seriously look at other MMO’s on their launch date….the content was a lot less then what you eventually got simply because the companies want to see how popular the game becomes. Why would you spend a significant amount of time working on a TON of end game content for a small group of hard core players…when you should spend that time polishing what you already have. No matter how much preperation ANET or any other company does they have no idea how well a game is going to do until it has been in the market for a while….I don’t blame them for not spending a significant amount of time on end game content. Release more content in the expansions so you get more money and have a stable player base that you were able to sustain from producing a more polished game….that’s just common sense.
Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)
1. I was surprised at how many gems I could buy with so little gold. Just by playing the game I’ve earned enough gold to purchase 3 extra character slots and two bank slot extensions. No extra US dollars out of my pocket for those.
2. My experiences with the gem shop have been positive. No issues, good results. My worries about the gem shop being a pay-to-win store or any other nonsense have completely vanished.