Massive Failure #4 - Kickstart(er) My Heart

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Created on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 07:00

Written by Scormus

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What's on today's show? Well, I talk about the $2,300,000 vanity pet from "World of Warcraft", talk about what plans ArenaNet has for "Guild Wars 2" over the next six months (and what they didn't say that is quite telling), talk a bit about "Pathfinder Online", give an update about the "Firefly Universe Online" controversy. Finally I finish it with a Rant that asks: "Is Trion about to take 'Rift' Free-to-Play?", and if so, I offer a bevy of arguments against the move, as well as solid suggestions for a "Rift Buy-to-Play" model.

Contents of this show:

Introduction and What I've been up to this week (0:10)

• Playing boatloads of "Rift"
• Earning rewards for "Rift" by using Raptr to track my playtime.

MMO News

• The $2 million vanity pet in "World of Warcraft" (2:18)
• ArenaNet's plans for "Guild Wars 2", and what they didn't tell us that is so telling (3:59)
• "Pathfinder Online" is officially a Thing (9:34)
• Update on the recent "Firefly Universe Online" controversy (12:58)

Rant (15:29)

• Is "Rift" possibly going Free-to-Play? If so, I explain why it shouldn't, and why Buy-to-Play is a better option, as well as describe how it could work, with or without optional subscriptions.

Closing thoughts (28:39)

Credits: All music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), used under the Creative Commons "Attribution" 3.0 license.

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