GR Discounted Character Slots
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-06-04 15:44 in Suggestions and Ideas
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WHilst you'd love it and (doubtless) many others would too, what would be the point in doing such an offer at a time when new side-switching content may have enticed players to actually buy more slots?|
Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
More a month or two after GR gets released, how about selling extra character slots at a discounted cost? I have at least four or five characters I'd love to roll up on my home server involving new GR powersets/mechanics, but I don't have the slots available, toons I'm willing to delete at the moment, I'd rather be on the home server so I can try the stuff out with my friends without making them get off the server too, and I don't have enough disposable cash to justify buying them at the current price. And I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation.
Free slots would be even better, but I very much doubt we'll get that. So, extra slots at a temporary discount please? |
i.e. why do a discount at a time when the service could be in demand (without a discount) anyway?
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In January the devs gave us free server transfers so we could get our characters in order for the upcoming release of GR. We were able to transfer 6 characters per week for several weeks.
That being said the devs may very well increase the number of characters allowed per server. I sure could use the extra space.
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Never been sure if I'd welcome an increase in the number of alts per server, as it possibly means that the population is lower than it used to be and so there's more space per account for characters...|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
That being said the devs may very well increase the number of characters allowed per server. I sure could use the extra space.
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Of course it could mean they've increased the storage available or now store characters more efficiently... But I'm from Europe - we do doom and whine pretty darn well.
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The money paid for more slots goes to cover the cost of making the storage system larger. I would love more room per server. I have 2 accounts full already and I'm working on my 3rd
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Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
Never been sure if I'd welcome an increase in the number of alts per server, as it possibly means that the population is lower than it used to be and so there's more space per account for characters...
Of course it could mean they've increased the storage available or now store characters more efficiently... But I'm from Europe - we do doom and whine pretty darn well. |
I'm not sure I agree with the logic that increasing the number of characters we can create on a server means less people are playing. I'd have to see some hard numbers to be convinced.
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Wouldn't argue, but I seem to recall seeing we'd be getting a few slots unlocked with GR. Not many, though.
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Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
Free slots would be even better, but I very much doubt we'll get that. So, extra slots at a temporary discount please? |
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To entice more to jump at it than normal. Also, keep in mind that while there may be lots of demand for new slots with GR, people will have also just dropped $30-$40 on GR/GR Complete and may not have additional funds to budget towards buying additional character slots. Even pre-buyers may be spending money getting the "GR Booster" that'll contain the Complete version's goodies, which is $10 if I recall. By the time those people are able to spend on more slots, they may not be interested in buying as many/at all anymore.|
Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
WHilst you'd love it and (doubtless) many others would too, what would be the point in doing such an offer at a time when new side-switching content may have enticed players to actually buy more slots?
i.e. why do a discount at a time when the service could be in demand (without a discount) anyway? |
Also, lower costs = more impulse buys = usually higher revenue overall, assuming you don't discount too much. Demand rises as prices fall.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
In January the devs gave us free server transfers so we could get our characters in order for the upcoming release of GR. We were able to transfer 6 characters per week for several weeks.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Wouldn't argue, but I seem to recall seeing we'd be getting a few slots unlocked with GR. Not many, though.
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Character slots were listed in one of the description.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Wouldn't argue, but I seem to recall seeing we'd be getting a few slots unlocked with GR. Not many, though.
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They stated in the last Q&A that they aren't planning to increase the number of slots per server.|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
That being said the devs may very well increase the number of characters allowed per server. I sure could use the extra space.
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The Going Rogue page states that we will be getting extra character slots, can you clarify for us if this means that we'll be able to have more than 36 slots on one server or is this just free character tokens that we'll have to use on other servers? [Ghost Falcon] Players will receive two (2) "Character Slot" tokens which they can use to unlock any "locked" character slots. If a player has unlocked all available slots already on a server, the player will only be able to redeem those "character slot" unlocks on another server. There are no plans at the moment to expand the available Character Slots beyond 36 slots per server. |
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Thanks for sharing Adeon. I wasn't aware of the last Q&A. On the bright side GF said there were no plans at the moment. That means there's hope they may consider it at some point in the future. |
Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
They stated in the last Q&A that they aren't planning to increase the number of slots per server.
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Oh, didn't see that about the free character tokens. Time to convert that stubborn disbelief into hype!
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They haven't said how many but they've definitely said "some". That's why I'm not buying my last three on Victory until I find out how many freebies I'll be getting. |
Memphis_Bill has it: Wouldn't argue, but I seem to recall seeing we'd be getting a few slots unlocked with GR. Not many, though. |
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If i remember right with CoV you got 1 or 2 extra slots to use...
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When CoV was released the people that bought it went from 8 character slots per server to 12 per server.
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Originally Posted by Durakken
If i remember right with CoV you got 1 or 2 extra slots to use...
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If they had CoH already, anyway. Just buying CoV only got you the eight.
"Separate games" (sic), remember?
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Originally Posted by Decorum
They haven't said how many but they've definitely said "some". That's why I'm not buying my last three on Victory until I find out how many freebies I'll be getting.
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The Going Rogue page states that we will be getting extra character slots, can you clarify for us if this means that we'll be able to have more than 36 slots on one server or is this just free character tokens that we'll have to use on other servers? [Ghost Falcon] Players will receive two (2) "Character Slot" tokens which they can use to unlock any "locked" character slots. If a player has unlocked all available slots already on a server, the player will only be able to redeem those "character slot" unlocks on another server. There are no plans at the moment to expand the available Character Slots beyond 36 slots per server. |
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Thanks! Where exactly is that from, that I might indulge myself in some larnin' and not embarrass myself spouting nonsense or old info?
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So... if you've been playing since day one and got both CoH and CoV... you should have 12 slots per server. Plus 8 extra placeable slots after getting going rogue... So if you play on 1 server you should have 20 character slots of the 36 available.
Even games that make you pay for slots you have monthly don't allow you to even have 20 slots so...
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No, plus two, like it said. GR isn't marketed as a "stand alone" like CoV was, you have to already have CoX for it.|
Durakken misreads: So... if you've been playing since day one and got both CoH and CoV... you should have 12 slots per server. Plus 8 extra placeable slots after getting going rogue... |
Not to mention, though, that if you've been playing since Day One, you also have several Veteran Reward slots. Is that what you meant?
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Originally Posted by Decorum
No, plus two, like it said. GR isn't marketed as a "stand alone" like CoV was, you have to already have CoX for it.
Not to mention, though, that if you've been playing since Day One, you also have several Veteran Reward slots. Is that what you meant? |
CoH = 8 slots per server
CoV = +4 slots per server
together = 12 slots per server
GR = +2 slots
Vet Rewards = +6 slots
together = 8 slots
if you play on 1 server. All together = 20 slots on one server.
Uh, writing isn't yours. I think we already established that when you asked us to read what you meant, and not what you wrote. You never mentioned the words "Veteran Rewards", just that you got 8 with GR. Which is why I asked.
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It was from the last dev Q&A:|
Originally Posted by Decorum
Thanks! Where exactly is that from, that I might indulge myself in some larnin' and not embarrass myself spouting nonsense or old info?
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More a month or two after GR gets released, how about selling extra character slots at a discounted cost? I have at least four or five characters I'd love to roll up on my home server involving new GR powersets/mechanics, but I don't have the slots available, toons I'm willing to delete at the moment, I'd rather be on the home server so I can try the stuff out with my friends without making them get off the server too, and I don't have enough disposable cash to justify buying them at the current price. And I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation.
Free slots would be even better, but I very much doubt we'll get that. So, extra slots at a temporary discount please?