135071-the-paywall

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While looking around on Wildstar, I noticed a premium service called "Signature". As I was reading through the features, I notice two major things which have been removed from the game: Warbands creation/Invitation and Guild Creation/Invitation. I feel it is unfair to put those two major features of a MMO behind a paywall. Since Wildstar is now F2P, players who greatly like the game and want to support it can buy signature and gain a few bonuses here and there over F2P players. 
 
I simply feel that free games should have all of their features intact. Take old republic for example, they broke down their key game play elements into smaller modules and sold them piece by piece. It is like using a controller and having to press a key combination, but wait! half of your buttons are missing UNLESS you pay x dollars to unlock these key game features. Now needless to say, they crashed and burned to oblivion after their F2P patch specifically for this reason. 
 
Free means Free. I would gladly support the game without the benefits of signature, but I feel like removing key gameplay mechanics and setting them aside for paying players is incorrect. Which is why I ask that you add guild creation/invitation and Warbands creation/invitation possible for all players, because fairness is the best policy for success.
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by crud41	
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You can still join guilds, just not personally invite others to them or create a new one. All you have to do is have an officer do it for you.
 
Besides, you can unlock full guild functionality permanently after spending a certain amount of NCoins (I dunno if Omnibits count towards Cosmic Points) and really I don't think the number of guilds that would promote someone to officer who's not dedicated to have done one of those two is rather small. :P
 
It's more like getting a wired controller for free but paying extra for a wireless adapter.
			
				
	Edited October 1, 2015 by Thjalfi	
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While looking around on Wildstar, I noticed a premium service called "Signature". As I was reading through the features, I notice two major things which have been removed from the game: Warbands creation/Invitation and Guild Creation/Invitation. I feel it is unfair to put those two major features of a MMO behind a paywall. Since Wildstar is now F2P, players who greatly like the game and want to support it can buy signature and gain a few bonuses here and there over F2P players. 
 
I simply feel that free games should have all of their features intact. Take old republic for example, they broke down their key game play elements into smaller modules and sold them piece by piece. It is like using a controller and having to press a key combination, but wait! half of your buttons are missing UNLESS you pay x dollars to unlock these key game features. Now needless to say, they crashed and burned to oblivion after their F2P patch specifically for this reason. 
 
Free means Free. I would gladly support the game without the benefits of signature, but I feel like removing key gameplay mechanics and setting them aside for paying players is incorrect. Which is why I ask that you add guild creation/invitation and Warbands creation/invitation possible for all players, because fairness is the best policy for success.
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			Free means free, but it doesn't mean everything is free. You get a lot, the entire game as far as questing/leveling up to end game without having to pay a dime. They are still a company though, they have programmers and designers who need bread to eat. As annoying as that is for you, it means they have to make money somehow. Restricting guild and warband creation, non-essential, but still useful functions to Subscription members gives a big incentive for people who know they are going to be playing this game a while to help out the people responsible for it, while still allowing a majority of the content to be free. 	
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This is what i said to another person in a similar thread, yeah it sucks but there is a way to "bypass" it
 
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The only way to unlock this is to pay, either buy nc coins or buy a subscription, this is how it works, each time you buy something, a subscription or NC coins you get some point called "cosmic points" those cosmic points wil raise up and fill up bars, those bars are called "tiers" and each tier grants you some reward, 2000 cosmic points grants you "all social features" that includes making a guild, so when you reached that point you can have that permanently unlocked.
 
Now there is also another similar thing with arenas, to create an arena team you need a subscription but unlike guilds there is no way to unlock it UNLESS the "unlock all social features" includes the team creation which hasnt been clarified by the developers so....  these are probably the major things about this game FOR NOW, i hope it dosent get any worse.
 
You can buy something called CREDD with in game money which bassically grants you a moth of subscription and using those grant you cosmic points too, those can only be bought from other players in the AH, so in the end the only way to bypass the paywall is to someone use money, real money.
 
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Thanks gengitzu for the quote.
 
The paywall you are talking about is actually so small, even a chua could easily jump over it.
 
Btw if you are planning to stay in Wildstar you should try to get your hands on some old Wildstar retail key.
Not only you'll get 30 days of signature you'll also get 12.000 cosmic points that will unlock 99% of the important stuff like
guilds, warbands, auctions and alot more.	
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			Honestly that is minor imo to the things SWTOR did. Yet, i still don't get the inviting part. I would understand not being able to create and lead; but the invitation portion just seems like a social barrier that is not needed. Either way to me its not a big deal, to each their own i guess  :D	
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