is coming to the US and is going to be F2P. Woo!
http://www.massively.com/2010/03/04/...
Can't wait!
This is good news all around. Especially with Jumpgate seemingly on the back burner.
I'm looking forward to this one. Yeah, specially since Jumpgate seems to be just a myth now.
Yup, with Jumpgate seemingly out of the picture, Black Prophecy looks to be my last real hope for a true space combat sim MMO. Please don't fail!
I'm not a fan of the f2p model at all. I've yet to see one f2p mmo that I would actually want to play for any period of time. It screams to me, 'I will be a 2nd tier game with balance issues'. Would love to see a game prove me wrong but I doubt it will start with Black Prophecy. I have some hope for Torchlight, but not BP.
I'm not a fan of the f2p model at all. I've yet to see one f2p mmo that I would actually want to play for any period of time.
You really should take another look at Dungeons & Dragons Online. That game has completely turned around my viewpoint on "F2P" games.
Copingsaw wrote:I'm not a fan of the f2p model at all. I've yet to see one f2p mmo that I would actually want to play for any period of time.
You really should take another look at Dungeons & Dragons Online. That game has completely turned around my viewpoint on "F2P" games. :)
Well, it did start with a completely different pay model.
Some good points. Perhaps I am being too hasty in condemning this game based solely upon the revenue model.
You really should take another look at Dungeons & Dragons Online. That game has completely turned around my viewpoint on "F2P" games. :)
I've honestly never tried this game. Can you solo it? I don't think my life is such right now that I can conform to any group gaming schedule. I need to start a new topic .... 'once your married how in the hell do you find time to game 4 hours a night and keep your wife happy in the process' ... or some variation on that.
Well, the game is free, so you can certainly go and find out if you can solo.
You can play solo in DDO now, but it's fairly lackluster in a solo environment in my experience. Where it shines is playing in a party.
And yeah, it started as a subscription game, but it's been more successful (yes, more profitable) since going to a Free-to-play with premium content via microtransactions and optional VIP subscription (if you prefer that over microtransactions).
I don't think my life is such right now that I can conform to any group gaming schedule. I need to start a new topic .... 'once your married how in the hell do you find time to game 4 hours a night and keep your wife happy in the process' ... or some variation on that.
If you think that's bad, try it with a pregnant wife. One hour is hard enough to find these days, I couldn't even imagine four.
Hot!
Just got my beta invite.
I think.
I got an email today to transfer my application to some other site. I will have to do that later at home. Was that what you got? I don't think that was an invite, or was it?
I got an email today to transfer my application to some other site. I will have to do that later at home. Was that what you got? I don't think that was an invite, or was it?
Yeah, that's what I got. It's not a direct invite, but I'm hoping that's what it's leaning towards.
I don't think I'm in this first round. I was never sent a download link or key, just the thing asking me to switch over my registration, which I did.
The account switching may just have been because I have a forum account and they switched the forums over to Gamigo. See this. I bet those who didn't register for the forums weren't asked to do this.
Closed Beta started according to RPS.
New E3 vids up, via RPS again
Btw, I got into the beta, but have very little to say as the game crashed on me multiple times and I kept getting stuck in the tutorial section. Naturally, I reported that and decided to wait.
Anyhow, the game is live now. Have at it.
Btw, I got into the beta, but have very little to say as the game crashed on me multiple times and I kept getting stuck in the tutorial section. Naturally, I reported that and decided to wait.
Anyhow, the game is live now. Have at it.
I thought it was live in EU only.
Sorry, you are correct. I thought it was everyone as I'm able to play, buy I also participated in the EU beta.
Players from North America who participated in the closed beta will be able to play on the EU servers. Playing on both regions will be possible for all users once the EU and the North American versions are live. However, we are not going to offer any transfer service for the upcoming North American servers. If you decide to start playing on the EU servers you will have to reroll your characters on the North American servers again.Furthermore the North American beta servers are deployed as we speak. We are expecting to send out the first invitations within the next 48 hours.
From here.
What's the gameplay like? Privateer or Eve?
What's the gameplay like? Privateer or Eve?
Privateer.
What's the gameplay like? Privateer or Eve?
Prviateer/wing commander/Jump gate/etc. The MT kind of killed my interest but given that Jump Gate evolution seems defunct I may end up giving Black Prophecy a shot regardless.
Is the game available for North America yet?
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