[PSO2:NGS] Why Am I F2P?

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[sparaben]

i'm mind blowed on how much video you can make on this game daily it truly amazed me to see how much topic you can discuss

[socialnginrin]

The skin stuff is literally insanely $100 for a single skin purchase is
omfg, the RNG-based PSE burst bar is infuriating!!!!

[nicolekeenan]

I don't think we'll get the bouncer update until the 13th, which is when the current SG scratch "ends."

As for premium, the daily AC scratch, it would be more likely that they could implement something similar to Fallout 1st. You get an allotted amount of AC with your purchase of premium.

[degleon]

I stopped paying for premium after it expired when NGS came out. It didn't feel worth to me because the perks were very miniscule other than the shop access, but I also stopped paying for it out of protest for the lack of shop passes for FTP players. I don't care how cool premium is, but if people can't sell stuff on the market without paying for it, then I'm not going to support that business practice.

[RinrinFran]

SEGA: Why you no buy AC?
Me: Poverty...

[Zemythian]

Honestly, i bet sega thinks they’ll have everyone buying premium again with the mission pass. So doubtful theyll change premium to anything amazing. Tho i do have high hopes for mission pass and if its cool enough, yes i’ll buy premium again probably.

At this time, Sega Reaalllyyy needs to show they mean business on being a top mmo. There’s several mmos in the works right now that have the potential to blowing ngs out of the water, and personally i rather ngs be better than those said upcoming mmos. Come on Sega, show people you care! Show people you got our best interests at heart!

[UnbrokenElm]

I'm not sure if getting an AC scratch a day would be possible without raising premium prices. Maybe with every premium set purchase you could get a ticket that gives you a 6 draw or maybe even a 12 draw. For more expensive premium sets (90 days/etc) you could get more of the tickets as a bonus. I really think that the player market shouldn't be premium gated though. I think unlocking it to everyone would help the market tremendously and help prices of scratch items be not so inflated.

[dissensia]

After 3 days ofNGS I put up premium and I kept it for 2 months. This month I just didn't feel it was worth it. Game wants me to do the same thing every day but get nothing for it other than currencies I can't spend anything on. I'd say sure you can get cosmetics but it would take like... a 24hr grind to get the money AND YOU WOULD NEED PREMIUM FOR SHOP to sell everything you can for meseta. At this point I'm logged out til next update.

However if the Winter update comes and it just feels the same I'll probably move on to something else.

[Miraglyth]

I think there's going to be a lot of unnecessary outrage when Mission Pass arrives and Premium doesn't give gold tickets anymore. On JP Premium never did, and in Global the cost of Premium was reduced $2 to compensate for the loss of Mission Pass in classic PSO2 so long ago that most people seem to have forgotten about it. There's also the potential that Mission Pass won't be as rewarding as it was in base PSO2 Global so I anticipate some disappointment there.

Long story short unless Sega decides to adopt the old PSO2 Global Premium perk of a free Mission Pass gold ticket as compensation for the loss of all of the Premium perks of classic PSO2 (trading, expanded Personal Quarters, expanded client orders, more crafting slots, more Collection Folder sheets, 50% unconditional triboost, extra Daily Orders boost duration, better drinks...) it's probably going to use the JP setup that PSO2 JP always did and cost 100 SG to unlock the gold tiers.

NGS Premium sucks. If shop access wasn't restricted from F2P players it would be an absolute joke. There's a 1% per ingredient (so 10% maximum) triboost conditional on having a food effect, shop access you can get for half the price with a dedicated pass, and a single N-Color-Change Pass every 3 weeks which is such a tiny quantity most of us don't want to use the few we get for fear of wasting them.

Oh and 400 slots of Premium Storage but for less than half the price of one month of Premium you could get another character which permanently provides 400 slots of Inventory (base PSO2 and NGS) and Character Storage, so if you just need long-term storage for your lest-regularly used items (old tickets to accumulate in value, PSO2 furnishings, event outfits, unused camos and so on) there's a cheaper and more lasting way to do that.

Premium needs to give more perks, period. A free AC scratch per day is clearly too generous, as that's $55 value every 30 days for $11. 2-3 AC scratch tickets per week would have been good (so you could save up for months and dump them into one AC scratch set) but they terminated AC scratch tickets as an item in PSO2 last year. 2 free scratches per week would be about 8.5 scratches per 30 day period which is $19 in value conditional on logging in which seems more realistic. Alternatively it should allow some pass-free modifications in the Salon (hair colour surely) or allow saved looks to save customisations that normally require a pass to change, so players could use a pass to change something and then freely change between old and new without constantly burning passes.

[merv]

I will not pay any type of premium until they bring back personal quarters and a bunch of daily and weekly client orders. Even if SEGA decided to lock the mission pass with premium, I will not pay for it.

[MiniTBoltz]

AC is so overpriced for what it is worth, is the main reason I go F2P. It's not reasonable for the pricing. If you think about it I could buy a lot more indie games with that money. There is no reason to be in premium besides a few cosmetics and a few benefits I see myself not using as much.

[gabriell]

Premium in PSO2 has always been overvalued and alot of players defend the price because of sunk cost fallacy, in it's current state 4.99 usd a month is the price point they should adopt, over time as they add value to premium they could up the price a bit but currently the price feels more like a slap in the face when you take into account AC scratch ticket prices.

[wideboi]

I currently buy premium. I do so because it's cheaper to buy premium for $13 and get a n-color change pass every 3 weeks from daily log-ins than it is to pay $30 every two weeks to get an N-color change pass from AC scratch bonus rewards.

[LazerRay]

My premium expired a few months ago, and I just don't have the budget to renew it right now, I plan to restart t once I'm more stable financially.

As for more benefits, if Sega can't do a daily AC scratch for premium, at least toss in some extra SG scratches since that won't hurt the player market.
For the on-demand PSE Burst item, it should have limited uses per day and come in both premium and it could be in the item exchange shop for F2Ps to get a hold of.

The PSE down is down right irritating, mainly from people wondering off and not following the markers, that needs to be fixed badly.

[Mollohandro]

More AC scratches available to those that have shop access could lower the prices. That’s a great idea! I play a male character so that won’t change much for me… as I roll my eyes at 5 million meseta haircuts. I’m disappointed that the motions are like $90. I can afford that but I won’t spend that because they’re not worth it. $20 Sonic Ball or Fairy Dash? I would have grabbed them both

[themantheycalle]

Plot twist: kerro gets premium when he goes bald to try scratch hairdos

[nikopineda]

Kero's suggestions for Premium features will make Premium more expensive. XD

I actually kept my premium for a while for NGS but with not much reason for it with how NGS is, I stopped and for now it is really not worth it at all. I believe premium is to make things more convenient but NGS doesn't have much to offer compared to base PSO2 atm.

[delightXD]

I like how in order to get premium buff, you have to constantly refresh your cooked food buff...

[cyric]

Maybe give premium players two SG tickets each day and once a week give them two AC tickets?

[timbiggs]

I ended prem as a few rocks, a dribble of sg and some enhancement tickets I’ll never use is not value. Ac daily scratch will never happen, especially as prem subs declining, it’s their only revenue. DON’T BUY PREMIUM UNTIL SEGA GIVES YOU A REASON