Why is dungeon defenders 2 now free to play?

[Duck]

I paid for the game and now it is free to play, but we are not getting any compensation or extra items or priviliege?

[76561198242938042]

I'm copy/pasting this from another post I made. Please feel free to ask any questions/have a dialog with me if you have any comments/thoughts after reading:

"Actually, purchasing the bundles gives you a very big dollar value in both currency and rewards. They'll only be available for a little while longer, so you were able to secure that value before we retire those packages (announcement is coming soon on timeline for retiring them).

Depending on which package you bought, you get some exclusive content that will ONLY be available during Early Access through those package purchases (Skins, accessories, title, etc), plus you still get a discount on a pretty good amount of currency that can be used to purchase things like inventory expansion and in-game cosmetics.

We never monetize power or advantage (no pay-2-win), so the currency is used for convenience or vanity, but the value you get for supporting the game early is, we think, pretty good.

Thank you, by the way, for being involved in those early stages. Hopefully this info provides some feedback on the purchase value. We did do our best to put that the game is going F2P in as many places as we could think on our Steam store, including the Early Access description, the game summary, in the FAQ, and in many many comments and dev streams. We'll certain take into account that some people, despite all the messaging, may have still missed it, and see if we can find even better ways to communicate important details like this in the future. I don't consider it your fault that you missed the messaging, but our opportunity to try and do things better in the future!"

[NPC_LUKE]

I know this is not on topic, but it seems like you're paying attention to this thread so I'll ask it here. Will the owners of DD1 ever get an exclusive trinket, or title down the road?

Edit: On topic, I'm fairly certain that DD2 was always planned to be F2P in the end, just like H1Z1 will eventually be too. Buying it early supports the devs and gives you stuff in the process.

[76561198242938042]

@LOL - for the DD1 thing, unsure. We've thrown some ideas against the wall, but haven't made any decisions yet there. Still a possibility, for sure

[Beefcakes]

Honestly other then the lack of color changing power, I'm glad its free to play. Tower defenses are like scary uncharted water for quiet a lot of people. I mean most people view them as boring because you put down a few towers and then do nothing till the wave is over. Being free to play brings in a ton of people that would of never payed even 20$ on the game. Hopefully with the right feedback from people you will never feel like that.

[NPC_LUKE]

Originally posted by Beefcakes:

Honestly other then the lack of color changing power, I'm glad its free to play. Tower defenses are like scary uncharted water for quiet a lot of people. I mean most people view them as boring because you put down a few towers and then do nothing till the wave is over. Being free to play brings in a ton of people that would of never payed even 20$ on the game. Hopefully with the right feedback from people you will never feel like that.

I'd definitely pay for dyes. Personally not a fan of the costumes that have been released so far, but dyes would be fantastic.

[76561198242938042]

What kind of costumes would you like, out of curiosity?

[NPC_LUKE]

Honestly, I'm a fairly picky person when it comes to cosmetics. I like the Apprentice's default costume, I just wish I could change the colors. I would love a samurai/ronin themed Monk. Sorta like the Cardboard Tube Samurai only with an actual katana or something similar. For the squire, I like most of the outfits that can be unlocked through lockboxes, but again the main thing I would change on his armor would be the colors. Never liked the Huntress so I have no opinion on her.

[VolOpt]

Have you checked out the wardrobe? No colour change but there some pretty decent variants of the default costumes.

[76561198242938042]

Thanks LOL for the notes. I'll actually pass this on to the concept team. Can't promise they'll execute on any of them, but still great to give good ideas for inspiration! :)