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<blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 7656240" data-attributes="member: 10738"><p>The pricing seems awful but compared to what most F2P models are doing right now it's not that shocking (there was a premium buy-in for Neverwinter Online that was about $250 iirc, for example). Hell, I spent close to $100 just this week on various sales at Marvel Heroes 2015 (yeah I might be a whale). The problem is that the tagline for what you get with Pathfinder Online seems to imply a subscription model as well as a microtransaction model.....this is not normal, and most gamers tend to react negatively to a game which tries to gouge on both ends. </p><p></p><p>The other issue is that this is much closer to a "Steam Early Access" setup right now where you get to pay them to be a beta (or even Alpha) tester, rather than experience a finished game. I suggest that anyone who wants to play a final product may want to hold off on Pathfinder Online for another year or so until or if they announce that they leave the beta test stage and go gold.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Two more bits I just discovered by going over to the PO site for Goblinworks....first, it does look like the game is in ALPHA stage now and is moving to BETA in January, if I undertand their subscription details correctly. You can wait until February, pay only $50 and join at that time, too, although the $50 only covers one month of subscription access.</p><p></p><p>Second....have they released any newer videos? The newest one on sight is the same thing they promised backers for the Kickstarter, a Q4 video that's at least...what....a year out of date now?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doctor Futurity, post: 7656240, member: 10738"] The pricing seems awful but compared to what most F2P models are doing right now it's not that shocking (there was a premium buy-in for Neverwinter Online that was about $250 iirc, for example). Hell, I spent close to $100 just this week on various sales at Marvel Heroes 2015 (yeah I might be a whale). The problem is that the tagline for what you get with Pathfinder Online seems to imply a subscription model as well as a microtransaction model.....this is not normal, and most gamers tend to react negatively to a game which tries to gouge on both ends. The other issue is that this is much closer to a "Steam Early Access" setup right now where you get to pay them to be a beta (or even Alpha) tester, rather than experience a finished game. I suggest that anyone who wants to play a final product may want to hold off on Pathfinder Online for another year or so until or if they announce that they leave the beta test stage and go gold. EDIT: Two more bits I just discovered by going over to the PO site for Goblinworks....first, it does look like the game is in ALPHA stage now and is moving to BETA in January, if I undertand their subscription details correctly. You can wait until February, pay only $50 and join at that time, too, although the $50 only covers one month of subscription access. Second....have they released any newer videos? The newest one on sight is the same thing they promised backers for the Kickstarter, a Q4 video that's at least...what....a year out of date now? [/QUOTE]
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