Joetaro
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On 8/14/2022 at 11:46 PM, Jake-DN said:
Subscription based isn't the issue per say, its the level of commitment that a company owes to the playerbase on charging a monthly subscription.
NCsoft as a company, does not commit to NA. It hasn't for years. The reason why a lot of us were on board with paying a monthly sub, was that to charge a monthly sub means genuine interaction and engagement from the company. With retail version, we experienced exactly what NC KR does. The hope was if they were to charge a monthly sub, they would actually go back to how things were 2009-2012 era, where GM's/CSM's were far more active and engaged.
The fact that NC KR charges a monthly sub but continues to neglect NA as if it's a F2p business model, is the concern. Yes, Aion Classic is on its downfall. We are here as retail was when 5.x came out, and it only took 1 year cause Korean business concepts is nyerk-tier. Things may not go back up, but NCKR really needs to get the ego out of their ass and just realize how to conduct business with the rest of the world and not their shoebox sized country.
We don't blame NC NA, we fully recognize who it truly is, that has consistently killed their own product because they live in 1962.^100% agreed as well. I would not mind paying $15 a month what so ever, only IF they actually had 1 dedicated person to take care of the game with more power instead of relying on KR to approve anything.
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23 hours ago, crithards said:
The game in retail from when it went to F2play up until around 4.5 was probaly the best Aion ever was.
We had loads of good maps,tons of pvp instances and apart from the stupid GP rank system was probaly the high point of the game.
It wasnt until ncsoft started adding stupid plumes, dps pets,tempering on everything breakthrough skills and gear being chanted with no limits that the game started really declining.
People say they dont like pay2win yet i daresay huge amounts of the playerbase have used candys and quna too get ahead,the problem is when the gap between the casual and the pay2wins becomes too large which it did in retail that forces players away.
This game is way overpriced for what it is,the quna pass was overpriced,and not allowing players to even store the items from passes in account warehouse is still a joke what use is getting caster scrolls on physical classes and vice versa.Such simple things like this show ncsoft just wont listen.
There are hundreds of skins that could be added yet they dont,players want permanent pets like we used too have yet they wont add.
We could all add pages of constructive feedback in a polite and concise manner but just like retail the western market is ignored by korea.
There's no excuse for mistakes this time round they saw what happened in retail and are literally doing the same thing again,players just wont put up with it again when there are so many options out there and companys that want player's money with far better service in every aspect.
^This.
FTP is always very profitable, it just depends how you sell your in-game shop. If it costs $20-30 for a pass or $20 for a skin, then you are very out of touch with the game market overall, not just KR. If the pass was $10, I would probably buy it monthly, that is more reasonable. But $30, not worth it.
It is very obvious how out of touch HQ is, and how uninterested they are on trying to learn about the market. Lots of opportunity in this market, but lack of trust in their own branch:
*To add* The people at NCwest do truly do their best I believe in trying to do what they can and want to make the experience the best they can, but without giving them power to do so, anything they do is too late.
From Glassdoor reivew:
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Body of the text:
Great people, terrible publisher
Pros
Team was awesome, passionate, and inspiring.
Cons
Getting anything approved was a nightmare and waste of time.
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Hello,
Even though I understand that everything is a red tape for NCWest when it comes to making changes (reading Glassdoor reviews), but for the love of god, please, just make the game F2P.
No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to get the player base back from private servers/other games with the current subscription. The only way you could is by making the game free to play.
The overall pricing for Quna/Sub is actually insane. You don't get discounts by buying more Quna, 30$ for a pass is insane, $15 for a 14 year old game is also insane. I am actually wondering if the whole marketing team in HQ are a bunch of 20 year old interns thinking this will bring the most profit.
EU population is also leaving with EU Classic being announced, there is basically no hope at this point. Even with the drop rates being announced (basically only bringing back Kinah and no gold drops/Godstones).
If you want to make this game last a bit longer, make the game Free to Play at 2.2 launch to bring some kind of population back. 2.0-2.9 was by far the best patch of this game.
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2 hours ago, marikazan-KT said:
And finally@RIN its really frustrating that either korea or the bosses at NCWEST havent learnt from past mistakes and made pvp /pve gear far easier to obtain instead its same as release.As a player who has spent a decent whack of money with your company over the years i refuse to give anymore you say your listening but its not reflected in game changes what so ever.I dont expect change because 12 years has taught me that you guys just dont understand your market at all.
If you ever read Glassdoor reviews for NCWest, it is red tape over everything for them which is frustrating. They have to submit requests basically before making any changes which is insane.
KR doesn't understand the US market, and doesn't seem to be wanting to understand it either. So much potential with such poor management.
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Hi Rin,
Are we supposed to be getting 8mil XP per mission in Gelk? I feel like there is massive imbalance on getting XP from pre 50 missions (116mil from The Secret of Adma Stronghold) vs Gelk missions which start at 1mil (Way to Inggison) and 8.8mil (Grand Theft Justice).
Thank you!
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Make the game F2P
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There is a reason why people ignored your comment.
There are way more successful FTP games than there are sub based. Please do your research before making a statement with 0 support.
Literally almost all on-line games are FTP (including mobile) because they know players will spend more money in-game.