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i wud suggest airtel.............ill b happy if it goes p2p...........then there will b no more noobs aaaaaaaanddddddddd there wont b any other noobs who cme during war and deal ppl + hav wierd names like Fannynoob(????WTF???)

rexdude wrote:
BUt yes, half the population will evaporate once it goes paid

Dude look on the bright side. Maps will be EVEN MORE empty and all the n00bista pkers will go. What you have left will be the serious gamers who WANT to play , not those who are just there for some time pass.

I'm def going to play if its p2p , provided its reasonable.

Shadowfaye wrote:

rexdude wrote:
BUt yes, half the population will evaporate once it goes paid

Dude look on the bright side. Maps will be EVEN MORE empty and all the n00bista pkers will go. What you have left will be the serious gamers who WANT to play , not those who are just there for some time pass.

I'm def going to play if its p2p , provided its reasonable.

But most high level players want noobs in the game so they can show off!!

Otherwise who will fall of his chair after seeing a G9 for the first time? Not G7s and G8s surely

Are they doing a charity service?

Where will the money for server rental, bandwidth usage, salary of people who manages the server, application and support come from??

They need money to pay for that and be mature enough that MONEY was and will be involved all the time the game was/will be played.

Advertisements cannot alone pull up the revenue for profit

Most of the MMORPGs are paid.

They cant do a pay to play from the first day itself coz no one likes to experiment with money
People need to know the game and then decide whether to play it or not and that is exactly what A3India did.

If you dont want to pay and play then DONT play. No one is forcing you to play.

It is your luck that you got to play this game free of cost all these days. Dont put opinions. And yes, since you dont own A3India you have NO rights to decide whether the game is gonna be free or paid.

~Wardeath

YOU ARE PARTIALLY RIGHT, AND PARTIALLY WRONG!!

THERE ARE NUMEROUS METHODS OF EARNING MONEY, JUST SIMPLY MAKING IT PAID TO PLAY WILL NOT MAINTAIN CONSUMER BASE, I HAVE PLAYED LOADS OF MMORPGS AND CERTIAN COST EFFECTIVE METHODS EXIST!

1]ADVERTISING INGAME, THESE GUYS CAN PUT UP ADDS IN NPC WINDOWS, UNIQUE ITEMS NAMED AFTER SPONSORS WHICH WILL BE IN DISTRIBUTION ONLY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME[THIS IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, AS I HAVE SEEN PEPLE FROM PUNE READY TO PAY 30,000 INDIAN RUPEES JUST FOR A SIMPLE CARD IN RAGNAROK WHILE I USED TO PLAY RAG INDIA.] ADVERTSING BOARDS CAN BE PUT UP IN TOWNS, NPCS CAN BE DRESSED UP IN ADS TOO, IMAGINE LINSEN IN A COKE BIKINI ,THIS IS A 18+ GAME, SO NO PROBS PUTTING UP BIKINIS. KNIGHT HOOD CRESTS WITH ADS, PUTTING MP AND HP POTS AS REAL LIFE COOL DRINKS! THERE ARE SOO MANY NUMEROUS WAYS.

2]MAKING CERTAIN STUFF AVAILLABLE FOR REAL MONEY, THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A GAME CALLED KALONLINE, AND THE SERVERS ARE SOOO OVERCROWDED THAT IT NEEDS A LOTTA MAINTAINENCE, EVERY WEEK MAINTAINENCE TIMINGS GO AWRY, STUFF LIKE, SKILL SCROLLS RUNES, UPGRADE JEWELS ETC. CAN BE MADE PAID. DON'T THINK PEOPLE DON'T BUY EM, ACTUALLY THEY DO IN HOARDES, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SELLING THE PAID ITEMS FOR HUGE AMOUNTS, AND THEY GET SOLD INSTANTLY. BUT A MAJOR PROBLEM CAUSED IS PEOPLE TRYING TO USE FAKE CREDIT CARDS TO GET THESE STUFF, BUT IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY TO RID THIS PROBLEM.

YES, YOU ARE RIGHT! OTHERS DON'T HAVE RIGHTS TO GRUMBLE ABOUT A3 AS IT HASN'T GONE PAID AND OUR COMPLAINS HAVE LITTLE VALUE[AND I DON'T THINK THEY WIL HAVE ANY MORE VALUE AFTER P2P].

God Bless you if its right eos..atleast the thullas will leave !!

yea its goin paid in june and rates are 150 per month..hatrel is the next event once the town wars r over then a3 is p2p

DON'T COUNT ON IT, RAGNAROK WHICH CAME WAY BEFORE A3 IS YET TO GO PAID IN SEPTEMBER, AND A MAJORITY HAVE MOVED TO PRIVATE SERVERS[COZ ALL MY RAG FRIENDS HAVE BEEN PESTERING ME TO WRITE CDs FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS, GOT 2 CDs TO WRITE TODAY ITSELF]

IF SOME GAME MANAGER COMES ACROSS AND SAYS SO N SO WILL HAPPEN, DON'T COUNT ON HIS WORD, IF A EXECUTIVE MEMBER OR HIGHER AUTHORITY TELLS YOU THEN IT'S OK, COZ THE GAME MANAGERS ARE THERE TO JUST PROMOTE THE GAME, THEY ARE THE LAST TO KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE BUILDING!

Maybe thats a good thing eh ?

Also... think of how the prices would go down.

NOT EXACTLY, PRICES FOR UJs, SKILL SCROLLS, AND OTHERS WOULD SHOOT UP IMMENSELY, BUT STILL PEOPLE BUY EM.

ALSO IF EVER THE MECHANISM FOR BUYING THESE PAID STUFFS GO KABLOOM FOR A DAY OR MORE, THEN THE PRICES SHOOT UP LIKE HELLL!!!

dredisback wrote: 2]MAKING CERTAIN STUFF AVAILLABLE FOR REAL MONEY, THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A GAME CALLED KALONLINE, AND THE SERVERS ARE SOOO OVERCROWDED THAT IT NEEDS A LOTTA MAINTAINENCE, EVERY WEEK MAINTAINENCE TIMINGS GO AWRY, STUFF LIKE, SKILL SCROLLS RUNES, UPGRADE JEWELS ETC. CAN BE MADE PAID. DON'T THINK PEOPLE DON'T BUY EM, ACTUALLY THEY DO IN HOARDES, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SELLING THE PAID ITEMS FOR HUGE AMOUNTS, AND THEY GET SOLD INSTANTLY. BUT A MAJOR PROBLEM CAUSED IS PEOPLE TRYING TO USE FAKE CREDIT CARDS TO GET THESE STUFF, BUT IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY TO RID THIS PROBLEM.

This can be an effective way,of generatin some revenue...I hv seen the Silkroad ppl doing the same thing....

I will be paying if the monthly amount is decent.

And yes Dred is right that there are many other ways to earn money by making rare stuffs available for real money. Although personally I will not prefer UJs for real money, but yes I can prefer buying sets with real good options/rare items/unique weapons etc for real money. (when they are implemented)

There are many MMORPGs which have one more way of earning money....buying a high level char directly from the publisher...like a lvl 90 char for certain amount. It's something which Sify may think of implementing...coz any way we already had 2 official leeching event with the 3rd leeching event on its way.

dredisback wrote:
1]ADVERTISING INGAME, THESE GUYS CAN PUT UP ADDS IN NPC WINDOWS, UNIQUE ITEMS NAMED AFTER SPONSORS WHICH WILL BE IN DISTRIBUTION ONLY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME[THIS IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, AS I HAVE SEEN PEPLE FROM PUNE READY TO PAY 30,000 INDIAN RUPEES JUST FOR A SIMPLE CARD IN RAGNAROK WHILE I USED TO PLAY RAG INDIA.] ADVERTSING BOARDS CAN BE PUT UP IN TOWNS, NPCS CAN BE DRESSED UP IN ADS TOO, IMAGINE LINSEN IN A COKE BIKINI ,THIS IS A 18+ GAME, SO NO PROBS PUTTING UP BIKINIS. KNIGHT HOOD CRESTS WITH ADS, PUTTING MP AND HP POTS AS REAL LIFE COOL DRINKS! THERE ARE SOO MANY NUMEROUS WAYS.

In game advertising looks good in MMORPGs with the cultural theme of present or future era. If any of you have played Matrix Online, you may have noticed that it's full of advertising...like roads, street light or buildings having banners of mainly computer related stuff or automobiles. It goes with the theme.

But with the theme A3 has, I dont think that ingame advertising will look good. I can not think of any product which can be related with the A3 theme.

only in game advertising which comes to my mind.....instead of HP you buy "Boost" from NPCs and everytime you press 1, a message is displayed for everyone to see..... "Boost is the secret of my energy"

ADVERTISEMENTS OF FOODSTUFFS CAN ADAPT TO ANY AGE!

LIKE McDONALDS OR COKE...............STUFF LIKE GILLETE MACH-3 WILL OBVIOUSLY NOT MATCH!

MAGIC CANDIES CAN BE REPLACED WITH Mc ALOO TIKI, AND MP WITH THUMBS-UP !!!