The monthly sub is what I pay for the bugless feature ... FC doing what they are supposed to is no way a compensation, it is expected.
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I'm going to disagree with this statement. AO has a very helpful community and I think that's wonderful but you really need to be careful in your expectations.
It is nice when players go above and beyond but it is not something to be expected from people that not only do not collect a paycheck from the corporation running the game but have to pay to play the produced product. As such, it is not unreasonable for players to get some sort of incentive for spending time on TestLive to test content and provide feedback. I can tell you personally, that I have spent quite a few hours on TL testing things and providing feedback.. including doing bug reports (even in the old old system) and I've not even got as much as a t-shirt for it. Of course my personal motivation has nothing to do with in-game incentives.
All of that being said, even if people never step a foot on TestLive they doesn't mean they don't have a right to complain when poorly tested/poor quality content is patched onto the Live RK1/2 servers. In fact, all paying customers have 100% right to complain when something is patched to the live servers that disturbs our gameplay experience.
Just one simple question...
Now that you got rid of the €5/month SL subscription, why don't you open up SL for froobs?
They didn't think $5 was enough money per month ( as stated by Means as the reason why it was discontinued ). You think they're going to find free a better alternative?
Which is quite ironic, since FC lost more people by doing that ( like the many people who cancelled for a month or so, or even just forgot to renew on time while actively playing, then came back to realize they had to now pay the full sub price to continue playing and simply left instead ) than they gained with the ol' bait and switch. So FC is happier with less players and fr00bs playing free than they were making money simply because it wasn't enough money to them.
So actually, maybe they should make SL free. They apparently prefer no money over some money.
Plenty of places to slap them in where they'd "fit in". All parts of Jobe being the most obvious.
And they could easily add more "outpost" and such.
And it can all be easily covered by ingame lore.
In an effort to increase its presence, promote tourism, and increase profits all around, Omni-Tek has begun rapid and widespread commercialization efforts in the Shadowlands.
they should make some ads for ingame stuff too, to add some atmosphere. its a bit disconcerting to walk through bor on my mule and see ads for ao universe plastered on every wall in sight. Need to mix it up!
XXX Plumbo Beer. It's got what froobs crave. etc
http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...0&postcount=19
Although I was apparently mistaken about the "bait and switch". Apparently those who had an SL only sub should still be able to continue that sub without having to upgrade or pay more. So my bad on that part.
There was a 'special offer' on for SL only access a while back, if you signed up for it during that time, you could play SL for $5/5€, and as long as you didn't cancel your sub you would continue to pay that 5. If you cancelled? Tough luck, you gotta sell your house to pay full sub!