Graal Free To Play on Facebook and Android

[DustyPorViva]

Advertising a game as "free" and then closing off a portion of the game for paid players is a good way to piss people off. Pay for looks and that's about all you should be able to pay for. It's enough for every other MMO out there, and even the working method for iClassic, so I don't see why they'd try to push anything different on the PC servers.

[Tricxta]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Advertising a game as "free" and then closing off a portion of the game for paid players is a good way to piss people off. Pay for looks and that's about all you should be able to pay for. It's enough for every other MMO out there, and even the working method for iClassic, so I don't see why they'd try to push anything different on the PC servers.

Correction, it might've started off with just looks but now it has become guild houses, houses, outfit slots, VIP exclusive rooms, and I might've missed some.

Either way, if you don't play on the iServers you're missing out on a good portion of gameplay still.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Tricxta

Correction, it might've started off with just looks but now it has become guild houses, houses, outfit slots, VIP exclusive rooms, and I might've missed some.

Either way, if you don't play on the iServers you're missing out on a good portion of gameplay still.

All of that can be purchased with in-game money. You have to remember that on PC Graal currently they're using a gralat system separate from in-game currency.

Anyways, houses? Aesthetic. They serve no gameplay purpose right now, you just get to pretty up a room and show it to others. No different than decorating your player body. Outfit slots? Again, that just expands the character customization aspect of the game. VIP exclusive rooms are nothing but get-together rooms for VIP people(not like VIP has THAT much going for it), do people even go there? Again, you can't compare a VIP room to a quest. I could play iClassic(if I really ever played it) and not really feel left out for not buying any of that stuff.

[Hezzy002]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

All of that can be purchased with in-game money. You have to remember that on PC Graal currently they're using a gralat system separate from in-game currency.

Anyways, houses? Aesthetic. They serve no gameplay purpose right now, you just get to pretty up a room and show it to others. No different than decorating your player body. Outfit slots? Again, that just expands the character customization aspect of the game. VIP exclusive rooms are nothing but get-together rooms for VIP people(not like VIP has THAT much going for it), do people even go there? Again, you can't compare a VIP room to a quest. I could play iClassic(if I really ever played it) and not really feel left out for not buying any of that stuff.

So what you're basically saying is that the entire game is aesthetic, maybe with exception to sparring and the guild tower takeover things?

You know, that's pretty much exactly right.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Hezzy002

So what you're basically saying is that the entire game is aesthetic, maybe with exception to sparring and the guild tower takeover things?

You know, that's pretty much exactly right.

It is pretty much a large dress-up game with a chat room. But you can earn money in the game if you have the patience for it. This can't be done on PC because of the segregated currency system(not to mention unifying the currency like on the iOS market would have problems as any ol' staff could just hand out money), so the only way you'd be able to access those end-game quests would be to actually shell out real money. In the end though, nothing of major content is hidden away for those who pay, and anyone can spar, PK, quest(pitiful example as there are less than a handful on the iPhone server).

[Imperialistic]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Advertising a game as "free" and then closing off a portion of the game for paid players is a good way to piss people off. Pay for looks and that's about all you should be able to pay for. It's enough for every other MMO out there, and even the working method for iClassic, so I don't see why they'd try to push anything different on the PC servers.

You must not be familiar with unixmad (Stephane Portha). I would recommend doing an old school google search on him. He is known for stealing, and I'm sure he is going to do everything he can in order to get a dollar. All of the staff(globals) that run this game are not paid, unlike any other game.. and possibly illegal?

[dude2020]

Originally Posted by Imperialistic

You must not be familiar with unixmad (Stephane Portha). I would recommend doing an old school google search on him. He is known for stealing, and I'm sure he is going to do everything he can in order to get a dollar. All of the staff(globals) that run this game are not paid, unlike any other game.. and possibly illegal?

Actually did google this,
why isn't he in jail, seriously. The best part about all this, someone posted about it on these forums and Darlene deleted that thread.

He can get away with not paying people on this game because it's all volunteer work (Which is absurd, some if not most of these people actually do amazing and creative things for nothing at all). They post that this isn't a paying position and cycle through the community for developers and globals so he can be lazy and get all the profits.