tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post4528217667908574287..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: Using the Base Currency for FeaturesRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-60086183620834200832014-09-27T07:48:07.955-07:002014-09-27T07:48:07.955-07:00The use of secondary currencies is to force player...The use of secondary currencies is to force players to engage in specific content in order to obtain something (ostensibly) related to it.<br /><br />Ship Requisitions, Faction Marks (STO), Valor, or what have you all "work" because they make advancing in that activity tied TO that activity.<br /><br />Base currencies, by their nature, are not tied to any activity. Thus, any feature or thing which is either generic or not tied to another mechanic would and should be covered under the base currency. After all, what game feature should a player be expected to engage with in order to be obtaining "Housing Currency"?<br /><br />In addition, "unaffordable" base currency items exist for one primary reason: To drain money from the people who hoard too much of it. They're unaffordable to common players specifically because they're meant to bring the ones who are able to gather the most money down to everyone else's level.<br /><br />Affordability is always based on personal situations. A player who logs on and does just pet battling for an hour has a different sense of "affordability" compared to a player who logs on and does dailies for an hour, or raids for an hour, or plays the auction house for an hour. What do you base affordability on, then? Any price higher then the absolute lowest tier of player income means you have at least some group of players who will complain that your new items or features are unaffordable.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492971146589461692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-33141558819178197092014-09-26T22:38:19.443-07:002014-09-26T22:38:19.443-07:00This is exactly what WoW did. The point is to make...This is exactly what WoW did. The point is to make everyone equal, regardless of skill.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.com