2012-11-05, 11:27 PM
Sephie Wrote:In other words, how do you make a successful F2P game with heavy competition from the presence of other F2P games in the market without being evil? also adding that being evil has been and is continuing to be wildly successful overseas?
You could use Riot or Valve as an example but they have arguably been successful in amidst the failures of several other franchises with close to the same business model.
Why is everyone so obsessed with getting rid of potential or making it "free". Because it pretty much never happen it is practically unnecessary to do so. Without cubing once you can take on Solo Horntail. And maybe the next strongest boss after that. As long as you put a little work into it.
A better way to "fix" potential is change the lines so that there are more useful lines that are not damage focused. Having some % reduction should be good. Also MP protection (saves your mp when monsters uses an MP eater skill). Maybe even increase resistance to a specific status. Like 70% reistance to seduce. Recovery %hp/mp. no need to screw over people who already paid a ton just make it more worth while to do it. This honestly would probably increase sales to some degree anyway as most players are having problems with survivability not damage.