Will there be an inflation?
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Posted on: 2011-07-11 22:07 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I believe in the post about the paragon point store the values that were stated their implied that the total cost of the boosters had not changed.
However that is for the content that Is already out, no mention is made of future booster packs and their point cost but I can't see them changing it.
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Originally Posted by Impervious Fist
if we do end up using real money to buy Paragon Points
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Hard to say. I think if you buy stuff individually, you're going to pay more per item, but they are planning on doing bundles as well with discounts, and those I imagine would be similar priced.
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Yeah, the whole point of F2P is to get you to spend real money to buy the in-game store points. That's called income strategy.
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WHAT?!?!?!! I was planning to pay with all the love in my heart! Isn't that worth something? I mean, come on, Posi, look how cute I am!
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
"If"? That's the whole point of the market
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Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
I mean, come on, Posi, look how cute I am!
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Could you please cite the devs confirming that? It would be very helpful to have that spelled out unambiguously.|
Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
I believe in the post about the paradigm point store the values that were stated their implied that the total cost of the boosters had not changed.
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At the moment, the best breakdown on the Paragon Store I've seen is Ghost Falcon's clarification post. While that was very useful in giving examples of individual items on sale at the store, it didn't go so far as to draw directly equivalents to boost packs. The most it confirmed was that a Complete Magic Costume Set (from the $9.99 Magic Pack) would cost 400 points, i.e. $5 (presumably that covers both the male wizard/magician pieces and the female witch pieces, but that's unconfirmed.) At the currently announced exchange rate of 80 Paragon Points to the dollar, the full super booster should cost 800. Ghost Falcon, however, deferred: "At this time, the “Bonus Points” for the higher bundle purchases is still being determined."
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Originally Posted by UberRod
Yeah, the whole point of F2P is to get you to spend real money to buy the in-game store points. That's called income strategy.
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We don't have all the details yet about all the types of items being sold on the Paragon Store (or even what kind of access F2P and Premium players will have to Wentworth's/the Black Market). If we could, that would mean (indirect) conversion of real-world money to virtual currency. The devs probably don't want to open that particular brand of canned worms.
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Originally Posted by all_hell
Are there any tradable items that can be purchased with $?
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I certainly hope not
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Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
The devs probably don't want to open that particular brand of canned worms.
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Originally Posted by Impervious Fist
This new market seems pretty big. I can only imagine real life money will have a play in this. Boosters alone seem pretty expensive, will we expect much change from the boosters system: which means if we do end up using real money to buy Paragon Points, in the end is it speculated they will have the same value as if we were buying a booster?
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That's like paying ten dollars for a single costume element. Not a complete set. Just a single element. Never mind ancillary powers and emotes.
There's no if's or buts about using real money to buy Paragon Points. They exist to be purchased with dollars. On the other hand, though, you'll receive $5 worth of Paragon Points each month for "free" if you're a monthly subscriber, so you have options to avoid spending any extra cash if you subscribe and you have inexpensive Market tastes.
This new market seems pretty big. I can only imagine real life money will have a play in this. Boosters alone seem pretty expensive, will we expect much change from the boosters system: which means if we do end up using real money to buy Paragon Points, in the end is it speculated they will have the same value as if we were buying a booster?
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