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If it wasn't for the need to pay for the expansion I would resubscribe in a heart beat. Being able to play a GL would make up for the broken social aspects of the game for at least a month.
Paid content in a subscription game is a pretty greedy move. I know other games do it, but that doesn't mean it's ok to do it.
what a pile of crap. DLC fees on top of monthly fees? maybe if it was a top ten game, but a 7.5 or 8? they've got to be kidding. tell us about DCUO when it's free to play, and they start microtransaction b.s. and it turns into farmville.
Champions Online does what DC Online don't.
And it's free.
@Jm
What other main stream subscription based MMO does it? I can't think of one - Rift, Aion, WoW - anything really. They release full games (expansions), but not $10 piecemeal DLC.
And it's free.
@Jm
What other main stream subscription based MMO does it? I can't think of one - Rift, Aion, WoW - anything really. They release full games (expansions), but not $10 piecemeal DLC.
@Magnalon
WoW has a lot of cosmetic dlc you can buy. Remember those $25 flying horse mounts? $10 pets? Some of the pets for a limited time were for charity causes. Just looking at their dlc "pet store" you can spend $110 on different dlc for the game. At least in WoW it didn't have important things that affect the game as paid dlc.
WoW has a lot of cosmetic dlc you can buy. Remember those $25 flying horse mounts? $10 pets? Some of the pets for a limited time were for charity causes. Just looking at their dlc "pet store" you can spend $110 on different dlc for the game. At least in WoW it didn't have important things that affect the game as paid dlc.
@jmoschomo - Add-ons and expansions are how real MMOs work and always have.
Paid content in in an MMO billed as "free to play" is the shitty move because its an admission that to properly play the MMO, you must pay.
At least DCUO, WoW and others don't beat around the bush. Your money is going to content creation, server management, maintenance, GM services and more. You know, stuff that costs money. Keeping these things going is not a charity.
Why is it so hard for people to understand that? Free to play MMO tend to have fewer servers, no content creation, minimal updates and minimal GM services, if any.
Paid content in in an MMO billed as "free to play" is the shitty move because its an admission that to properly play the MMO, you must pay.
At least DCUO, WoW and others don't beat around the bush. Your money is going to content creation, server management, maintenance, GM services and more. You know, stuff that costs money. Keeping these things going is not a charity.
Why is it so hard for people to understand that? Free to play MMO tend to have fewer servers, no content creation, minimal updates and minimal GM services, if any.
@jmoschmo
I think we're in agreement.
I was in disbelief that a mainstream MMO would have piecemealed content that directly's affect's gameplay. As you said, WoW was cosmetic.
@Silent
I think you're misunderstanding here.
Paid Add-ons are not how real MMOs have worked, and never have. Expansions and subscription fees are how they have worked. At least, that's how the successful ones did it (The big three: Ultima Online, Everquest, WoW).
The above DCUO content seems like a console-esque piecemeal "DLC" model, and less like a traditional MMO model, which is "subscription based content; expansions every 1.5-3 years".
I think we're in agreement.
I was in disbelief that a mainstream MMO would have piecemealed content that directly's affect's gameplay. As you said, WoW was cosmetic.
@Silent
I think you're misunderstanding here.
Paid Add-ons are not how real MMOs have worked, and never have. Expansions and subscription fees are how they have worked. At least, that's how the successful ones did it (The big three: Ultima Online, Everquest, WoW).
The above DCUO content seems like a console-esque piecemeal "DLC" model, and less like a traditional MMO model, which is "subscription based content; expansions every 1.5-3 years".
Whats the difference between spending 10 bucks for a smaller expansion every 6 months (with multiple free DLC) vs spending 30 bucks every year and a half?
@NeoGreenLantern
Because I don't think it's "only" going to be every 6 months.
And I think they're also going to have the 30 buck every year and a half expansions.
Because they're greedy.
Because I don't think it's "only" going to be every 6 months.
And I think they're also going to have the 30 buck every year and a half expansions.
Because they're greedy.
This game is still going on? Last I heard the servers were almost completely dead. (Granted I usually take these claims with a very hefty grain of salt, but I heard this multiple times on their unofficial official forum.)
@Magnalon
I don't think CO does a better job of being a superhero action MMO than DCUO. It rife with problems as well, and it's not free. The free games is a completely neutered version of the real game, there's no power customisation whatsoever and none of the classes are viable compared to what one can make with all the options. To really play CO you have to pay. I also think that DCUO does a better job of making an action MMO, CO was just the same as any other bog standard MMO, but you just moved around a tiny bit more. Neither of them are particularly good, but I think that COs issues are inherent whereas DCUO could be fixed if they just tightened alerts and fixed the social aspects.
I don't think CO does a better job of being a superhero action MMO than DCUO. It rife with problems as well, and it's not free. The free games is a completely neutered version of the real game, there's no power customisation whatsoever and none of the classes are viable compared to what one can make with all the options. To really play CO you have to pay. I also think that DCUO does a better job of making an action MMO, CO was just the same as any other bog standard MMO, but you just moved around a tiny bit more. Neither of them are particularly good, but I think that COs issues are inherent whereas DCUO could be fixed if they just tightened alerts and fixed the social aspects.
@Magnalon.
So what you're saying is
WoW = 1 large Expansion 1.5 to 3 years for $30
DCUO = multiple free dlc, $10 mini expansions every 6 months, and (possibly)a regular expansion 1.5 to 3 years for $30
So with DCU I either get a decent amount more content on a regular bases for the same amount of WoW or more than twice as much on a regular bases for the same equivalent amount.
So what you're saying is
WoW = 1 large Expansion 1.5 to 3 years for $30
DCUO = multiple free dlc, $10 mini expansions every 6 months, and (possibly)a regular expansion 1.5 to 3 years for $30
So with DCU I either get a decent amount more content on a regular bases for the same amount of WoW or more than twice as much on a regular bases for the same equivalent amount.
This would have been better served if it came out right before, or at, the GL movie's release. It wouldn't have made either the MMO or the Movie any better, but the tie in really wouldn't have hurt either.
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