i have a crazy idea in my mind right now.
the idea is to make this game a full free 2 play game.
first you have the ingame shop.
second you need to redesign the ingame world and loginscreen with ingame banners were you can add gaming related commercials and ads and if people interact with them (press f) they get to the website of the ad or see the commercial video with sound.
free2play is the future of online gaming.
playerbase would shoot up since everyone could and would play it.
edit:
problem is, this game mainly wants to be an esport, right? not like a classic pve mmo.
for this goal it needs a big playerbase and if its f2p it will get big.
i’m not talking about if its worth the $60. (it is definitly)
also you could keep the $60 prize and just make the sPvP part of the game complete f2p for everyone.
edit2:
can’t understand why people don’t like this. you think the game would get worse if it would be free? or you don’t want it to become f2p cause you already payed the $60?
isn’t it obvious that this game will only success and get big in the esport scene if it’s f2p?
ok ingame ads – bad idea.
but this is a competitive type of game. not a classic mmo type of game for role players.
at least make the competitive part, the spvp, complete f2p and accessible for everyone. and the rest, the pve and wvwvw is buyable in the ingame shop.
edit3:
all this hate, lmao.
i bet no one of you playing games competitively.
seems no one can understand why this idea would only infect the game in a positive way.
and people who think the company isn’t making money if the game is f2p are just naive and dumb at the same time. just sayin…
btw i’ve also bought the game. i prepurchased the online version of it. so i don’t want an advantage or something. i want this game to be a great success in esport! and i’m thinking that this is the only way it can get this goal.