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The money market is actually incredibly similar to LoL it appears. You gain skills through playing / leveling up (akin to mastery / rune slots) which are unobtainable through any other means.
Weapons are purchased through either acquired resources from playing (IP) or purchased SoE points (RP) similar to purchasing champions. Both methods can be used to unlock them, and while technically a person can unlock them much more rapidly by flashing the cash, there is a logical end (currently) to the list of weapons as I believe they themselves have said they are cutting back to a logical number.
The most potent part of a money market is through customizable details that can vary endlessly. For example, Higby mentioned pimping out a magrider to have purple headlights instead of yellow for $$. Or a heart decal for your gun, etc.
Pay2Win, in my book, tends to apply to purchaseable upgrades which are unobtainable through any other means. An example would be the movement speed wings from Dragon Nest that you NEED to do raid bosses. In this case, much of the impactful leveling is techincally accelerable through $$ as well as the weapons, but in a year you'll have everything they did at a more gradual rate - and perhaps dropped some $$ on some sweet pony decals.
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Gotta say that I am pumped for this game. Im gonna wait for a bit till after release if I do decide to buy. That way I can see if its any good or not. Till then Im gonna be lost in GW2 
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On July 08 2012 15:54 DyEnasTy wrote:Gotta say that I am pumped for this game. Im gonna wait for a bit till after release if I do decide to buy. That way I can see if its any good or not. Till then Im gonna be lost in GW2
Its free to play isnt it?
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On July 08 2012 16:00 Michaels wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2012 15:54 DyEnasTy wrote:Gotta say that I am pumped for this game. Im gonna wait for a bit till after release if I do decide to buy. That way I can see if its any good or not. Till then Im gonna be lost in GW2 Its free to play isnt it?
Yes, yes it is.
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On July 05 2012 08:47 Orcasgt24 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2012 08:41 Medrea wrote:
Think I can sell accounts through 3rd party means? Leveling in Planetside 1 was very secondary. A max level toon had little to no advantage over a min level toon assuming = skill. I assume PS2 will have a similar design
So does leveling do anything or is it just something like 5% increase in performance at max level.
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20 percent total but im told you also get a lot of sidegrades which makes you more utilitarian. Which has real value.
But its not like you have 10 HP and everyone else has 10,000.
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Closed Beta should start today or tomorrow.
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So when do we get to grab the client then?
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lets hope higbys hair is as amazing as we think it is
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At this point I'd like to mention that anyone willing to give me a spare key will get to name my firstborn.
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Hey all!
First off, we're really all insanely excited about getting everyone in and playing the game as soon as possible. This has been a long road and it feels like we've all been in it together, having this next phase getting kicked off is a huge thrill for us.
I wanted to come by and give you guys some info about our beta plans and have there be one source of info from the dev team about what we're doing with beta rather than having a bunch of speculation based on tweets. Most of this info has been out there, but in various disconnected posts, so here it is all in one easy to reference spot.
Here is some general info about our current beta plans, what you should expect and when. I'll be sure to update this with more info and answers to more questions as I see them.
1 - Our external testing will be kicking off sometime this week (to be totally clear, I mean the week of July 9th - July 15th) with the technical test that we've been talking a lot about. This test will let us make sure the game runs across a variety of hardware configurations and the people invited will be hand picked based on the requirements in our hardware matrix. We're currently internally evaluating the build we expect to be used for this test and those players who have been selected will be receiving invites as soon as we're ready.
2 - We will be opening up the test in multiple phases or stages, inviting more and more players for each phase. Our priority invitees are those of you who are PlanetSide vets, and those who have priority beta keys (i.e. keys from the PC Gamer magazines), as well as those who received keys from members of the dev teams or at E3. Just so I'm 100% clear, we're not going to be opening the floodgates by inviting all of the thousands of PlanetSide veterans on day 1, but you are still the highest priority to get invites as we expand the testing circle out.
3 - Beta testing will begin with specific pre-determined times, and eventually will open up to being available more often. These testing times will be communicated through email to players who have been flagged for access.
4 - PlanetSide vets do not need a beta key, their accounts will be flagged for beta and they will receive an email letting them know – if you are a PlanetSide veteran, make sure your station account email is up to date.
5 - While we’re making every effort to communicate accurate times & dates to you guys, and get the beta going as soon as possible, if unforeseen circumstances occur and we’re forced to delay testing then we will.
6 - Beta testing is a critically important part of our development cycle on this project, we may be asking you to only play on tanks for a play session, or only play aircraft. We are doing true beta testing, not just a game demo and we implore those of you who are invited to understand and respect that. Things will break, the server will be unavailable sometimes, we will cancel scheduled tests when we find something that breaks before the test starts. All of this will help us make a better final game.
Looking forward to shooting you in the face and / or shooting other people in the face alongside you.
mh
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good to see that they take beta testing serous. on the other hand I am a bit bummed because this week will probably only be PS vets and some other lucky ones from the promotional stuff
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On July 13 2012 06:38 Skilledblob wrote:
good to see that they take beta testing serous. on the other hand I am a bit bummed because this week will probably only be PS vets and some other lucky ones from the promotional stuff
the game will be that much better because of it
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6 - Beta testing is a critically important part of our development cycle on this project, we may be asking you to only play on tanks for a play session, or only play aircraft. We are doing true beta testing, not just a game demo and we implore those of you who are invited to understand and respect that. Things will break, the server will be unavailable sometimes, we will cancel scheduled tests when we find something that breaks before the test starts. All of this will help us make a better final game.
That's awesome, but I highly doubt the player population will understand. There's going to be sooo much bitching when shit happens, lol.
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