So here’s a thought: make it so f2p players can acquire Premium and / or DLC ships via in game challenges. These challenges should be fairly tough, and get tougher as you go. Buying the ship for GS / Money doesn’t complete the challenge, it just gives the ship.
Challenges might include things like:
Kill 2,000 enemies with a Hercules, Hercules Rage, Hercules Arrow or Ghost. Reward - Ghost unlocked for credit purchase, “Herculean” Title.
Or something more complex, like…
Full House - Earn every in game medal. Reward: Joker unlocked, “the Joker” Title, “Joker” sticker.
It’s a “why not?” idea, but it’s a bit in conflict with the business model. If they are not willing to sell DLC ships separately, do you think they’ll reward them as Achivement rewards? Heheh.
I am playing a free to play first person shooter that has INSANE challenges in order to unlock the optical scope and/or silencer on premium guns.
You’ve already paid for the guns with RL cash. And they STILL ask you to complete seemingly impossible tasks just so you can aim your rifle thru optics instead of iron sights.
Trust me … you can ask players to do the craziest things and they will do them if it means unlocking a premium item.
" Capture 30 beacons without dying. You may complete this task over several battles. If your ship gets destroyed, counter will reset back to zero. Uninstalling ship from combat slot will reset the counter. You must use <federation frigate> "
I am playing a free to play first person shooter that has INSANE challenges in order to unlock the optical scope and/or silencer on premium guns.
You’ve already paid for the guns with RL cash. And they STILL ask you to complete seemingly impossible tasks just so you can aim your rifle thru optics instead of iron sights.
Trust me … you can ask players to do the craziest things and they will do them if it means unlocking a premium item.
" Capture 30 beacons without dying. You may complete this task over several battles. If your ship gets destroyed, counter will reset back to zero. Uninstalling ship from combat slot will reset the counter. You must use <federation frigate> "
It would be great and give a goal to long term players.
As long as it’s exclusive content that doesn’t screw balance (not the “best” ship, just specialized one) and come in addition to the existing content that provide money to the devs…
Haha capture 30 beacons without dying, gives you a premium ship. That’s just awesome. DAMN i love this idea. It’s not like it would hurt the economy, it would take ages to do that.
But not with a frigate. With any ship. But the counter should NOT grow in a wing. Not in the current state of the game population.
Haha capture 30 beacons without dying, gives you a premium ship. That’s just awesome. DAMN i love this idea. It’s not like it would hurt the economy, it would take ages to do that.
Takes no time at all with a recon (or with any ship if you can do it in PVE)
The main reason I made this is it removes any “pay to win” accusations out of Tier 3. People who buy the DLCs don’t get anything you can’t as a F2P pilot - they just get it a lot quicker!
Sure make it one of the HARDEST medal to recieve. :facepalm:
I have only few of those, but I have them. “Grim Reaper” and “I don’t trust drones”, on the other hand, those elude me. In particular the drone one I don’t consider likely to get, ever (sadly combat and attack drones don’t count or I’d get it every battle :P).
However, the thing is, for free stuff people will go to great lengths and no matter the requirement you put up, they will exploit to get there. I don’t want to know how many got their free titles in custom battles set up just for that…
Great Idea in my opinion, but how about instead of unlocking premium ships with special challenges, let the pilots be awarded with special T5 ships. Moreover, some ships, which aren’t available for Credits or any currency if you haven’t completed the special challenge. I already know that devs haven’t planned to invent new ship roles in T5 nonetheless, it would be a proper addition to end game for all the pilots, who have farmed already every ship available. And those Aces farming ships through PvE wouldn’t do it to first place of ship ratings any more!
