Zoopy_T

The pay for perks system is very popular in Korean MMORPGs, are you saying that millions of Koreans are financial idiots?

Its simple. Games have three models of paying.

1. Pay for the box only. Updates come very infrequent. Large updates are bought as secondary products (expansion packs).
2. Pay for the box, and pay a monthly fee. Updates come frequently, but payments are required to play.
3. Game is free, has some advertisement in it and you pay for certain items in the game with real money. Updates come frequently (not as frequent as option 2) and you pay only the amount you wish to pay.

If given these three options upfront I think most people would pick option 3.

Exploding_Silver

Battlefield Heroes beta sign up
http://qaboss.com/index.php?option=c...field%20Heroes

newer video of gameplay
http://www.battlefield-heroes.com/vi...ization-teaser

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1er

-_-' That looks like cartoony crap. TF2 Rip off much?

Still, gonna sign up for beta :P

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Kebab-Kastike

Signed!

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Hambergler

Signed!

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UnDeaD77

Signed up.

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Plude220

We still have Bad Company comming out soon but im not sure if its going to be on PC or not im guessing not.

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UnDeaD77

Console only for Bad Company. 360 and PS3.

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FrankManik

I would say that millions of Koreans come from a different culture and may have different expectations about a product or game compared to American gamers. I understand that paying for perks may be normal and expected in some games, and for the most part I don't like to play those games. I want to play a game where everyone has roughly the same access to abilities and game play options as the other players, especially when the game play is adversarial. The ongoing conflict between casual and dedicated play are unbalancing enough without throwing financial wherewithal into the arena.

Basically: Getting shot by a tiger tank when you could also access and use a tiger tank = Fun.
Getting shot by a tiger tank when you could also acce

ss a tiger tank, but then you wouldn't be able to pay rent? = Suck.

Maybe if the system is set up in a fashion similar to Dawn of War and it's expansion packs, where the new content is fairly balanced and the advantage is that you are getting new, not more powerful, content, I could see it working. But the few anecdotes I've seen coming out of Asian games is less 'pay for options' and more 'pay, or you'll have no chance at competing with players that choose to or can afford to play.'

Though, as a final word, if EA makes a total mess of things there will always be mods, user generated games, and Starsiege Tribes to fall back on.

You know, looking at the teaser videos, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the pay content was character customization options, which I don't have any particular problem with.

Wasn't there a parody a while back about a game where you had to swipe your credit card to fire your gun?

PPS - Sometimes, I think about joining a game of ARMA or PR, but I just don't have two or three hours to put into a game. And I think, 'Gee, all I really want to do is tear around hell for leather in a tank, snipe some noobs, and maybe drop an airplane on someone.' This seems like a nice stopgap game for the times when you just don't have time for a grand campaign, but you still want to shoot something in the face.