it's some text from inside this inteeview: http://www.eternalcrusade.it/intervista-con-miguel-caron-early-access-ed-oltre/ and this newsletter: http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=813aa425c2f4e16c135aee442&id=1a186c94e2&e=c42723d1a3 but it's an huge wall of text so i cut the keys part for a better reading so you can quote or link to people. about transparency and how others companies develop a game: Miguel: Most software companies do not show the development of a game from its beginning, if you see the state in which it was our job six months ago you can see a lot of differences, [cut..] The consumer has been fed on by the industry as the McDonald: want a Big Mac? here is a Big Mac! We're showing how to grow the cow, how to take care of it because it has good meat, step by step, and some say, "Eww that's a cow! is ugly and dirty! I want my Big Mac! "Now ladies let me tell you one thing: his Big Mac is much dirtier than that cow. [cut] At the moment we are among the few to show completely every stage of development, and to what some people still can not conceive it, but things are changing, more and more companies are doing it and and the people is getting used and are beginning to see the benefits of this. [cut]. is a bit so that we were received by the industry: we are telling the truth, from the beginning, and are transparent to the public. "Yes, but all the others show us these wonderful things!" But because you are lying! That project started eight years ago and say "We have just started the project." Many are realizing and we are getting less and less negative comments. The market is changing and we are evolving in our project and we are getting closer to the point where normally the others begin to show the material, we are not there yet but we're getting closer. it was fun for you see progress? [cut] You can see the progress, this was our goal, and if I were to start another project I'd do the same thing. I do not care if I make less money, I think it is the right thing to do to build a product for you. How can I do that if I show you from the beginning and do not ask for your opinion? We know that it’s a risky business, because by the same token showing you our early work can often leave some of you wondering why stuff looks unfinished, or not as polished… but that’s kind of the point! Did you ever watch those old Disney shows where they let you watch an animator at work? That’s the whole idea behind our open and transparent approach to Eternal Crusade’s development. We want you to be fans of our game, that’s for sure, but we don’t want you basing your expectations on hype for a product you’ve never seen. Other companies use open beta for see if a game is ready to make money, completely another thing than receive feedback from the community . One idea that came to us recently and we are assessing whether to implement is to create a committee of founders * ed: people who have pre-bought the game * elected by the community. Our goal is to get information from the community for real, not only in make-believe. about economic model of EC and sidegrade/cosmetic: Miguel: As for micro-transactions in our store (the Rogue Trade Store), until recently had cosmetic skin and also "Sidegrades", then fans have told us: "Miguel, we understand that your concept of" Sidegrade "not pay to win, but honestly considering the energies that you would spend to get people to not what it would be worth." We therefore announced in September that the items in our store will be entirely cosmetic, there will always be a gun with identical statistics obtainable in the game without resorting to monetization. If there are very few cases of items with statistics can not be obtained in any other way we are studying mechanics to allow you to earn Points playing Rogue Trader. We will also obviously some consumable items and some "convenience". The idea of having only cosmetic in the store was our while to be able to earn money for the Shop in the game, as well as to discard the Sidegrades, is coming from the Community. This shows that we listen to advice and criticism of our fans. We’ve switched the Rogue Trader from side-grades to Aesthetic only upgrades, so there’s absolutely no risk of feeling like your missing out if you don’t buy RTP.
So are the RTS items cosmetic or do they have stats? I hope they're just skins - I would have been disappointed if I couldn't use my Gilded Bolter because it wasn't as good as a Standard Bolter.
I'm pleased with this. Any move towards cosmetics is a plus, and the only thing that was keeping non-cosmetic items in the store was fear of sustaining the revenue needed to continue development. If they're confident they can make the necessary profits with cosmetics only that's fantastic Does this gel with this ?? Not playing dumb but does that mean that you're buying only a skin in the RTS or a specific weapon configuration found in game WITH the cosmetic skin applied ?
Yeah me too, it's been the latter option for a while but if they're moving to ONLY cosmetics then that's big news. Honestly I don't mind either way but I'd prefer clarity.
Great move, team. Between this and the latest live stream you're leaving everyone with a satisfied close to 2014.
Jeezus, I love these devs. Seriously, we already sort of expected this info but this is just the icing on the cake. EC can now join GW and Dota 2 on the pantheon of microtransactions done right.
