Mah-Dry-Bread wrote:If I could pay a lump sum of money to have permanent access to the game without time limit, I'd love that. With my job being as weird as it is and pay being unstable as it is, I'm worried about dedicating to monthly payments when some months, I really could use that extra bit of money in other places. I'd feel a lot safer paying a larger sum of money at once when I know I have the money to spend, rather than smaller amounts over time when things might get a bit rougher than previously expected.
That is what the subscriptions are for. You can buy one for a year and are set for 365 days of 24/7 access, plus it will be 40% cheaper compared to buying 12 monthly ones.
Denkar wrote:Yes, but usually when games have monthly subscriptions, they don't also sell PLEX, and microtransactions, and "verifications". At least that's the problem I have with the current system...
The 'microtransactions' are replacing what the donate button (which was at the bottom of every forum page) did, with the difference that you now get an item so you can show off.
'Verification' is a one-time free-to-play extender, giving you >3/4 hour/day playtime (which feels for me like enough for casual gaming).
The H&H 'PLEX' is IMHO expensive compared to single-month subscription, but no bad idea (so one could gift it to a friend) - something like 12 instead of 15€ would be more reasonable (the extra amount would be for dealing with the complaints when someone had been robbed of the tokens).
The subscriptions i find reasonable (6€/Month if you take the yearly package feels very ok for a MMO).
Please keep in mind that a MMO needs upkeep and every active user needs resources (which have to be kept available in low-usage times).
So a 'one-time and never again' payment option would be either a huge pile of money from the buyer or unfeasible for the seller (since it won't cover the costs in the future).