MMORPG: Fallen Earth goes RMT

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:40 pm

Seems like RMT is becoming more of the norm: MMORPG: Fallen Earth Item Store Opens

Looks like a few selective items, but I'm not sure how good of a move this is.

Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:48 pm

"Wave of the.....future."

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:04 pm

At least it'll keep them afloat. May help the updates roll out a little quicker, too.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:14 pm

Remember that report someone came up with.... only 5% of players buy into RMT.

5% of nothing = nothing, seems like a waste of resources to me.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:29 pm

Fallen Earth? These guys are so awfull they would miss the earth if they fell on it.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:29 pm

I tend to agree Ef. I think Turbine is showing the way for small or Indie based games: no sub with RMT. At least get people playing the game first.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:30 pm

Efefia wrote:

Remember that report someone came up with.... only 5% of players buy into RMT.

5% of nothing = nothing, seems like a waste of resources to me.

They've kept afloat until now. Obviously someone's playing this. So they're certainly not going to lose money here.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:56 pm

Bissrok wrote:

Efefia wrote:

Remember that report someone came up with.... only 5% of players buy into RMT.

5% of nothing = nothing, seems like a waste of resources to me.

They've kept afloat until now. Obviously someone's playing this. So they're certainly not going to lose money here.

http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=7965

You're right, they're not losing money.... they're hemorrhaging it.

This is a very, very poor decision, they haven't got enough subs because the game just isn't very good. Adding RMT items (taking resources away from improving the core game) is a terrible decision. They've got a few thousand very dedicated players, they should be rewarding them by improving the game and trying to bring new players in, instead they're asking their very dedicated, very loyal fanbase to bankroll their fuck up. Utterly pathetic.

Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:05 pm

Efefia wrote:

Bissrok wrote:

Efefia wrote:

Remember that report someone came up with.... only 5% of players buy into RMT.

5% of nothing = nothing, seems like a waste of resources to me.

They've kept afloat until now. Obviously someone's playing this. So they're certainly not going to lose money here.

http://www.rlmmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=7965

You're right, they're not losing money.... they're hemorrhaging it.

This is a very, very poor decision, they haven't got enough subs because the game just isn't very good. Adding RMT items (taking resources away from improving the core game) is a terrible decision. They've got a few thousand very dedicated players, they should be rewarding them by improving the game and trying to bring new players in, instead they're asking their very dedicated, very loyal fanbase to bankroll their fuck up. Utterly pathetic.

This isn't taking any real resources away from the game. This isn't an involved system like DDO's got. One guy probably set it up. Plus, yeah, the game sucks but people insist on playing it anyway. This isn't going to scare them away. There's nothing they can really do to appeal to a large audience at this point anyway, other than come up with the cash to keep rolling out updates. Maybe if the game's decent in a few years, a few more people will check it out but... they really don't have too many other options here.