01-17-2022, 10:01 PM
Y'all rich-ass people need to chill with that silly idea to only allow paying people to create an empire. That kind of idea will only keep new players from coming to SoH.
You gotta keep in mind that, while Hazeron is an amazing game with a lot of depth, it's not appealing at first sight. Let's face it, as amazing as the game is, it's fuck-ugly. We're not talking "That used to look good in 2007 but now it's outdated" ugly, we're talking "I'm in 1997 and even my eyes are getting scorched to hell by those graphics" ugly. Not to complain, I don't mind its looks, but hell.... when I first tried the game in 2013, I immediately got skeptical because of those graphics, but tried the game anyway and loved it.
But here's the thing : it was free, back then, so trying an ugly game was no bother to me, and though you need a while to get used to it, you eventually fall in love with it.
But new players coming to the game now ? They don't know how good it is yet, they don't know how much stuff you can do. All they're gonna think the first time they'll look at it "What, you want me to pay to create an empire in this old-ass, tech-demo-from-the-nineties-looking thing ? Fuck that pay-to-win mechanic. What is this, EA ?".
I've got a few friends who will gladly try out the game and are gonna love it if they do, but if they stumble upon a lot of barriers before even trying it out, they're not going to.
We gotta ask ourselves if we want Hazeron to be a closed, elitist kind of community with the same old, ever-entitled players, or if we want some fresh blood.
I'm not trying to be greedy, here. 10 bucks is nothing, but if Haxus said he can afford the hardware by himself and just take donations, why not do that ?
Who are you trying to keep out of this game by slapping a bloody fee on empire creation ? Like "you're a non-paying peasant, so you'll be limited to being the paying players' bitch" kind of mindset ? Again, is this EA ?
Let's be real, my dudes. I get that you wanna put this fee in place to prevent people from creating hundreds of empires and spawn on hundreds of planets but again, who cares ? Those planets are not gonna be full of Q255 stuff, and with the sheer amount of systems in the galaxy, they'll be but a drop in an ocean. Plus, it's be a massive time loss for the players doing that. And what if I pay 10 bucks to create and empire, and decide to dissolve it and make a new one ? I gotta pay again ? Hell no.
As I said, quit pushing that P2P on us. That shit belongs to 2005. Either go B2P, or F2P, as it was ten years ago.
Haxus, my duderino, I haven't been around in almost ten years, and the last time I messaged you was probably to cry about my ship being stuck in limbo, but I'm telling you... don't ruin that game with P2P again. It's an obsolete thing, and it'll kill people's interest in the game before it even sprouts. The total population will be low, again, and the game'll be empty. Again.
Alright, this wall of text is long enough. Tracyn out !
You gotta keep in mind that, while Hazeron is an amazing game with a lot of depth, it's not appealing at first sight. Let's face it, as amazing as the game is, it's fuck-ugly. We're not talking "That used to look good in 2007 but now it's outdated" ugly, we're talking "I'm in 1997 and even my eyes are getting scorched to hell by those graphics" ugly. Not to complain, I don't mind its looks, but hell.... when I first tried the game in 2013, I immediately got skeptical because of those graphics, but tried the game anyway and loved it.
But here's the thing : it was free, back then, so trying an ugly game was no bother to me, and though you need a while to get used to it, you eventually fall in love with it.
But new players coming to the game now ? They don't know how good it is yet, they don't know how much stuff you can do. All they're gonna think the first time they'll look at it "What, you want me to pay to create an empire in this old-ass, tech-demo-from-the-nineties-looking thing ? Fuck that pay-to-win mechanic. What is this, EA ?".
I've got a few friends who will gladly try out the game and are gonna love it if they do, but if they stumble upon a lot of barriers before even trying it out, they're not going to.
We gotta ask ourselves if we want Hazeron to be a closed, elitist kind of community with the same old, ever-entitled players, or if we want some fresh blood.
I'm not trying to be greedy, here. 10 bucks is nothing, but if Haxus said he can afford the hardware by himself and just take donations, why not do that ?
Who are you trying to keep out of this game by slapping a bloody fee on empire creation ? Like "you're a non-paying peasant, so you'll be limited to being the paying players' bitch" kind of mindset ? Again, is this EA ?
Let's be real, my dudes. I get that you wanna put this fee in place to prevent people from creating hundreds of empires and spawn on hundreds of planets but again, who cares ? Those planets are not gonna be full of Q255 stuff, and with the sheer amount of systems in the galaxy, they'll be but a drop in an ocean. Plus, it's be a massive time loss for the players doing that. And what if I pay 10 bucks to create and empire, and decide to dissolve it and make a new one ? I gotta pay again ? Hell no.
As I said, quit pushing that P2P on us. That shit belongs to 2005. Either go B2P, or F2P, as it was ten years ago.
Haxus, my duderino, I haven't been around in almost ten years, and the last time I messaged you was probably to cry about my ship being stuck in limbo, but I'm telling you... don't ruin that game with P2P again. It's an obsolete thing, and it'll kill people's interest in the game before it even sprouts. The total population will be low, again, and the game'll be empty. Again.
Alright, this wall of text is long enough. Tracyn out !