When the in-game store goes live？

[M83 mag]

Does anyone know?

[Ayk-]

Probably after 1.0 release, aka leaving early access.

[🅅🄾🅈🄺🄰🅁🄼🄰]

hopefully never :)

[Behelit]

Originally posted by VoyKarma:

hopefully never :)

really? I'd like to buy some cosmetics. I mean its optional anyways and its a good way to support EHG

[Ravenkid9266]

Originally posted by tillkrse:

Originally posted by VoyKarma:

hopefully never :)

really? I'd like to buy some cosmetics. I mean its optional anyways and its a good way to support EHG

A dev worth supporting is quite a thing, I personally view this particular business model not as supporting the developer but attempting to increase the quality and frequency of new content and updates. Not the take you likely expected me to have but I do not see anything inherently wrong with an in game store.

[andrew.thiele]

The cosmetic MTX shop was announced to be coming with patch 0.9 back during the Multiplayer Dev Q&A hosted by Zizaran[forum.lastepoch.com] on September 14th, 2022:

Q: When can we start to expect microtransactions? I want to look pretty.

Judd: Fair question, so we’re aiming for a minimum viable version of the MTX store for the open beta or the next patch, being 0.9. It’s important for us to release this so we can start to figure out what the community will enjoy and what you guys would like to see to support us. It will be important that we are selling these microtransactions because, you know, keeping games like this running is expensive. We’re going to release a version of this in 0.9 to make sure that it is watertight and we get all the bugs out so that when we get to 1.0 that system is solid. So fairly soon.

Source: YouTube Link

And then this was reiterated during the February 10th developer stream:[forum.lastepoch.com]

Q: MTX when? Judd give us something!

Judd: Ah, so we’re looking to include an MVP [minimum viable product] version of the MTX system with 0.9. The inventory will be very limited, but what is very exciting about that is that everybody who has purchased the game actually does have pets and coins and stuff like that – so for the very first time you guys will be able to equip your pets and see the amount of currency that you have. So we do expect to have that with 0.9 barring any last minute, I don’t know, crazy hiccups that we could experience.

Source: YouTube Link

However, they did announce during the most recent developer stream on March 3, 2023 that the cosmetic shop would be delayed a bit. So expect it to release some time after March 9th, likely in one of the hotfixes that will accompany patch 0.9 in the weeks ahead.

[Ferrsai]

Originally posted by tillkrse:

Originally posted by VoyKarma:

hopefully never :)

really? I'd like to buy some cosmetics. I mean its optional anyways and its a good way to support EHG

I supported them by buying the game. I'd support them again if they make a good expansion or another good game. I won't spend a dime for cosmetics that should be part of the game already. When they pull them out for the store, inevitably the art direction tends to drift away from the original vision in the game and it becomes a bunch of gaudy crap. Your 'skin' should reflect your gear anyway.

[The Custodians of The Cosmos]

Originally posted by Ferrsai:

Your 'skin' should reflect your gear anyway.

Fully agree

[Where'sMySupersuit!!]

Why do people actually want a cosmetic shop in the first place, I'd rather have all the content even if its dumb cosmetics in the game by default without extra payments.

[Zartanyen]

Originally posted by Ferrsai:

Originally posted by tillkrse:

Your 'skin' should reflect your gear anyway.

Not every cosmetic is related to your gear.

Originally posted by Where'sMySupersuit!!:

Why do people actually want a cosmetic shop in the first place, I'd rather have all the content even if its dumb cosmetics in the game by default without extra payments.

Some would like options to make their character look more the way they envision them rather than get stuck with the same old looks,( equipment, skill effects, pets, extra effects.) allowing for more individuality and expression of your character and yourself.

This also doesn't include rl seasons and holidays that people may want to have cosmetics to represent those times in game on their characters.

Not all cosmetics are going to fit into the default looks of the game or be something that everyone would want.

Imagine paying 4 times or more the price for the game to have all these cosmetics added in to the game, most you don't want and will never use rather than paying way less and getting to pick and choose if you want to buy any of them.

This also allows the company to generate revenue after the sale of the game to add new things and keep the game running, Those who make this their main game and plan on playing a while would like to see the servers still running, improvements made to the game and more content added.

With all that said their still needs to be a balance of free visual updates to everything and new looks that aren't basic added into the game, without only good looking items being put into the cosmetic store and everything given to you in game looking like trash or a basic asset.

[Where'sMySupersuit!!]

Originally posted by Zartanyen:

I mean yeah I probably wont use any of it but does it matter its the principal of having it in the first place. If this game was supposed to be f2p like PoE then I would understand but its is a $35+ game.

And its not even something super popular, if they wanted money so bad then they should of chosen a smarter business model or made a different game.

[oldschooldiablo]

Originally posted by Where'sMySupersuit!!:

Originally posted by Zartanyen:

I mean yeah I probably wont use any of it but does it matter its the principal of having it in the first place. If this game was supposed to be f2p like PoE then I would understand but its is a $35+ game.

And its not even something super popular, if they wanted money so bad then they should of chosen a smarter business model or made a different game.

How is EHG going to give free updates/content with only the box price. That won't cut it or work.

EHG plans to be a live service game the shop is to fund all future expansions. And release them for free.

For me I'd rather have the shop and get content for free. And not deal with half assed over priced DLC. We all know how many games do there DLC.

[Koala 4peace]

Originally posted by bnawrocki01988:

Originally posted by Where'sMySupersuit!!:

I mean yeah I probably wont use any of it but does it matter its the principal of having it in the first place. If this game was supposed to be f2p like PoE then I would understand but its is a $35+ game.

And its not even something super popular, if they wanted money so bad then they should of chosen a smarter business model or made a different game.

How is EHG going to give free updates/content with only the box price. That won't cut it or work.

EHG plans to be a live service game the shop is to fund all future expansions. And release them for free.

For me I'd rather have the shop and get content for free. And not deal with half assed over priced DLC. We all know how many games do there DLC.

For me is the other way around. I rather have them develop real expansions and decide whether or not the content amount justify the price, than having sixty jillion cosmetics that i'm not going to bother with taking space in my hard drives. But it's a matter of preferences, i guess.

[Stubbieoz]

I don't see the problem. What did you expect when you see that a game has an online server based option?
The initial price of the game is to cover development costs and have some sort of profit margin.

Servers cost money to maintain.
This is what everyone should expect as they demand to have online multiplayer games.

If you don't want scummy microtransactions go play singleplayer games or games with local co-op.

[Yuki]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.