well that answers whether I will buy it, I will not buy a game which intends me to pay up to 3 times (to buy, to play and then microtransactions on top of that)
There are actually some very good reasons to charge for name changes and server migration besides plain old greed, but I've got a fairly old school take on the genre. Allowing lots of player movement totally screws up communities, and allowing lots of name changes gives assholes an easy route to a clean slate.Corven said:I guess they think if WoW can get away with it they can too, which is dumb since your paying for a continued service so things like name changes and sever migration are things I've always thought should be included in that sub fee.
They could have devised a microtransaction model ahead of time without actually implementing it. I'll agree having a contingency plan is smart, but actually putting it in is just a great way to piss people off.OpticalJunction said:This sounds like a back up plan incase subs drop dramatically as was the case with SWTOR. They could still keep the game afloat with microtransations. And if subs DON'T suddenly drop, well then they have a nice extra source of income. Pretty clever actually. And it's easier to adjust to a game with microtransations if they've been there from the beginning.