Reward Paying Clients

[schneider43]

Sorry but i was thinking about something.
Why don't reward payning clients with a kind of ship - bp ?
It is thanks to us paynig clients that the game is here.

I know i am going to get response to this but please keep it polite
Greetnings

 

[matey]

Sorry i don't agree, thats exactly what other games have done and it crosses the line and becomes unfair on people who can't or don't pay to play. Paying real money to get a bonus is fine, but asking for a bonus on top of that, a bit too much, we need balanced gameplay.

 

[fyreseeker]

if you pay you can get:

instant energy charges(large amounts of e without spending 1 hour collecting it all)

membership which has an energy generator and increase your e cap

boosts to increases chances of blueprints and crystals dropping(get the best blueprints faster, cry drops more often)

boost to increase amount of crystal per drop(faster grinding)

experience boosts(allowing you to rank quicker)

fire power boosts(allowing you kill stuff faster)

absorb boosts(allowing you to take more damage)

so in my opinion there is no need for a special ship that you pay for you already get enough bonuses it will only make the gap between non-payers and payers

 

[Dark_Lord]

It would make the game very unfair.
Sry but we dont need a second dark orbit.

Regards
DarkLordADP

 

[Shooey]

I've never been on Dark orbit, but have to say this talk of paying players making the game unbalanced just isnt true.

Without paying players, there is no game, simple economics.

I much preferred it when I was able to buy ships etc and have to be honest I miss this option. Not asking for rare ships, but why cant we buy ships for gold and armour, and be able to sell the same way back.

I dont want extra rewards, I just want to be able to pay for ships and even BP's after all these are all level limited now anyhow, so the reinstatement of this shouldn't create to much trouble.

As for the boosters, got to be honest, they do not give the advantages they state, as for the BP booster, it doesnt work, have tried it several times, and as said before you cant boost luck, and it clearly doesnt alter the current formula for BP drops.

So please reconsider buying ships, armour and BP's as an option for us players who financially support the game. Otherwise with all the current server issues, non working boosters etc some of us may very well take our money elsewhere.

Just my thoughts, but I want to have an advantage, if I pay for it

 

[schneider43]

Thank you all for answering .
Again it was a thougt .
Yes an do something about that lag please.
I pay a lot here and i want something back not just e (which i loose by firing 5 times instaed of 1 because you never shure if you hit lol)
Thx to stay polite

 

[Dark_Lord]

I've never been on Dark orbit, but have to say this talk of paying players making the game unbalanced just isnt true.

Without paying players, there is no game, simple economics.

I much preferred it when I was able to buy ships etc and have to be honest I miss this option. Not asking for rare ships, but why cant we buy ships for gold and armour, and be able to sell the same way back.

I dont want extra rewards, I just want to be able to pay for ships and even BP's after all these are all level limited now anyhow, so the reinstatement of this shouldn't create to much trouble.

As for the boosters, got to be honest, they do not give the advantages they state, as for the BP booster, it doesnt work, have tried it several times, and as said before you cant boost luck, and it clearly doesnt alter the current formula for BP drops.

So please reconsider buying ships, armour and BP's as an option for us players who financially support the game. Otherwise with all the current server issues, non working boosters etc some of us may very well take our money elsewhere.

Just my thoughts, but I want to have an advantage, if I pay for it

M8 in darkorbit non paying members are completely ignored.(it says its a free to play game but in fact its just a pay to play.)

Adding special ships or any other special thing would make it unfair.Yes I agree too, we should be able to buy ships but not BPs.Why should we hunt bps when we can just simply buy them.It would kill the meaning of the game.

Yes I know BP boosters are not working but cry boosters give a good advantage.As fyreseeker said the booster and memberships are enough advantage for paying members.

Regards
DarkLordADP

 

[schneider43]

Never forget please that the game is here thanks to the paying customers .

 

[Shooey]

I'm sorry matey, but we will have to beg to differ

I'm talking about choice and freedom of choice for the paying player. I can see their are merits for hunting a BP, and feel that this should continue, but I also feel its appropriate to purchase them (as already said they are now limited by level of player anyway.

SS need to generate income, and at the moment they rely very heavily on 'e' purchases, which most players find frustrating due to energy caps etc etc. If your hunting 'e' your going to lose that time of your booster purchases thus you will be reluctant to buy a 3 hour booster which your only getting 1 1/2 hours worth of play from.

Granted cry boosters are good value,

But the limit on purchasable products leads to frustration rather than enhancing game play, and some player are already feeling ripped off, by various elements in the game.

Therefore if they dont change the current marketing strategy, I can see this game going down the pan, again simple economics and the current random variable reinforcements being used are not going to maintain purchasing behaviour.

Simple really if you dont listen to your consumers your buisness is going to fail.

 

[defacto]

It is a free to play and so it should stay. No dark-orbitination please!

 

[spocklet]

I have bought gold in the past, and used it to buy ships that I wanted, even though I didn't use 'em at the time it gave me something to aspire to.

Buying boosters is ok, when they give a boost. But 33% (or whatever) of 0 is still 0, and with the lowered drop rates I can't really see the point myself. When I've been grinding crys someplace, more often than not am surrounded by a field full of bps, and a crys booster would be a total waste of cash. As I mentoned in another thread, I've used the free gold (thanks SS) to buy e when on a tricky mission and couldn't get to an e field, and yes it's something I've seriously considered for the future.

Can't agree with getting an extra bonus for buying boosters etc, sorry dude. The very fact you're getting a bonus by using a (paid for) booster should be enough.

I've played Dark Orbit from time to time, and I understand paying cash is a factor if you want to get on in the game, though haven't spent a penny so far nor will do. If PG was to go the DO way, then I think it would be most detrimental to the game, and lose a lot of dedicated and/or promising players (myself included) who simply wouldn't pay it. Freedom of choice usually gets the results that being forced to do something cannot.

Let the players decide for themselves what is the best for them.

 

[schneider43]

Fair enough . Everyone has the right on his opinion and that should stay so.
Thx for reply.

 

[TheCelt]

i'd just like to say that i think the option to buy the ships should be returned.

yes i know the level limit is there for a good reason and i do fully agree with it but im grinding like crazy to rank up to 60 just to buy a ship that i already have all the BP for and have enough of the story done to warrant owning it.. the option to buy it a little early would, in my case anyway, make life a little easier..

now im not saying a rank 10 pilot should be able to buy a rank 60 ship that would be insane... but even if you could buy it when ur within 5 levels or something like that.

i'd also like to add i agree with whoever said the items in the shop need to be updated/improved upon..
as it stands i buy membership(elite) and the odd E pack now and then when i get lazy, but if there was more/better items available i know i would spend more.

options = happy consumers = more spending = more money for server upgrades and other SS expenses

all leading to a better gaming experience for everyone

Regards

The Celt