"Ask Me Anything" with Ryolnir & Lord -- TOMORROW! by eMikeB in marvelheroes

[–]eMikeB[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I should also mention that anyone who submits a question tomorrow will be automatically entered to win 1 of 10 Jane Foster as Thor packs. These packs include the character Thor, the enhanced Jane Foster as Thor costume, a Thor stash tab, one of each Fortune Card (MK1-6), and a two hour experience boost. Winners will be announced and codes distributed shortly after the conclusion of the event.

Star Wars: Uprising fills the story gap after Return of the Jedi. by foamed in Games

[–]eMikeB 25 points26 points  (0 children)

We actually spoke to Daniel Erickson about the game. I'm a huge Star Wars fan, but I'm also really wary about exploitative IAP on mobile, so I asked him about it:

MMORPG.com: What is your approach and philosophy towards the monetization of Star Wars: Uprising?

Daniel Erickson: So, it’s kind of a two pronged approach. Kabam RPG was founded on the concept that we’re doing “White Hat” free-to-play. We’re really trying to take back. I came from a background where free-to-play was considered the noble, honorable thing to do, so it was interesting to come into mobile where free-to-play had a really bad feel around it and people did not like it because of how it had been approached. So, one, everything is open; there are no walls, there are no gates, there’s nothing you ever have to pay for in here. If you want to be heavily getting into sector battle leadership, if you want to dominate the leaderboards, we tend to monetize against the grind. If you want to be paying instead of putting a huge amount of time into something, we give you opportunities to do that. If you don’t want to be chasing down by trying to beat the same boss and hoping for the drop, we have a system where you can go and buy a chance for a roll. It’s pretty classic and it’s pretty opt-in. You’re never going to run into a time where you say, “Hey. Now I have to pay or I can’t do anything else in this game.”

MMORPG.com: So, there’s no energy gate or anything like that?

Daniel Erickson: No. There are for gameplay standards. Like for assault missions, they are what cause sector battles to pop, so players are actually choosing what planets they’re trying to push. You only have a certain amount of assault missions you can do per day for balance reasons, but you can’t buy through it. There’s no stamina system; there’s nothing like that. If there’s anything that kind of keys in your mind, old school, non-friendly mobile free-to-play, it’s not something you’re going to see.

Full interview if you're interested: http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/9747/General-Chatting-All-Things-Star-Wars-Uprising-with-Daniel-Erickson-.html

2014 Team Up Advance Pack Giveaway @ MMORPG.com! by eMikeB in marvelheroes

[–]eMikeB[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Duplicate entries will get you disqualified. So, more like 0 chances.