Discussion: Featured Items at the Paragon Market - 12/13/11
By
Beastyle,
Posted on: 2011-12-13 14:30 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Well they aren't really free they are part of the bundle. 1 month of service plus 400 (550) points, for $10-15. For it to be truely free you would be able to get the 400 points without buying anything.|
Originally Posted by rsclark
Yes, they are probably insulated from any legal ramifications. But that doesn't change the fact that they are engaging in a business practice that the state of California has deemed harmful enough to institute laws against.
The conspiracy theory side of my brain is working overtime now and I'm wondering if the free points for VIPs might exist primarily to break the direct link between points and money in order to avoid laws like this and have very little to do with rewarding VIPs. |
No different than when you buy cereal with a toy inside. The toy isn't free. You can't get it without buying the cereal. And some buy the bundled cereal/toy more for the toy than the cereal. It very well could be marketed as Toy with cereal instead of the more common way.
NCSoft sells virtual stuff. In order to convert dollars, yen, euroes... into one easy to manage value instead of listing 20+ prices for each item, they convert the money into points.
For $15 you can get 1320 points or 1 month of service + 400 points. Nothing is free.
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Very true. I had intended to put the word "free" in sarcastic quotes, but I forgot.
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Originally Posted by GPBunny
For $15 you can get 1320 points or 1 month of service + 400 points. Nothing is free.
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I already bought a couple of the IOs this week and plan on buying more, but GF I really don't like the stinginess of the rares with that handful for a week once a month system. I'm guessing you've got your handle on what prices sell well. I wish they'd be standardized and thrown onto the market permanently all at once like the uncommons. I can guarantee you they wouldn't sell as bad as the uncommons 
. They don't sell low amounts because of the way they were marketed, it's just the content itself.
Some people would probably buy a round of LotG and Numinas every time they rolled a new alt. But if LotG is gone til "Soon"(aka who knows when) then the pack of 10 or so someone might have bought will run out and they can't spend more points to get more. As everyone seems to keep telling Paragon; denying players the right to spend money is never a good idea 
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2 principles, you can't use IOs unless you've got tier 7 complete or buy an IO licence.
You can use anything you've bought.
Does this mean you can use attuned IOs bought with points if you're F2P and haven't bought an IO licence ?