I and many of my buddies would more than happily pitch $5 or $10 or $20 a month literally with 0 "reward" whatsoever. Just for the sake of supporting game development.
Throw in a "GS-style" sort of VIP or backer or patron logo in the game chat with a fancy color and bam, i'm sure many more people other than the hardcore supporters would buy it.
Throw in a handful of poppers per month with that subscription and even more people would buy it.
Throw in some other kind of cosmetic items that people can show off? maybe some exclusive car skins or even an exclusive car model? (ie. how we had that MarshallGT that only GSs could use). and even more people will buy it.
It literally doesn't matter what you do, if there are items in your game that can be bought via real world currency, there are going to be a handful of people (like khrono) that will cry "pay2win". If you ask me, that's irrelevant. Take as much of my money as quickly as you can.
It would be viewed as such because it would be a "premium subscription" people are simple. they will read the name and assume. Just like people already assume that having things purchasable with real money that reward more xp/rp as being "pay to win" Yes I know it isn't but... a lot of people don't care, and just see it as microtransactions = pay to win.
But like .....what makes you think that lol
i don't think there's a single dang person in the world who has ever once said that fortnite is pay to win. but it has lots of microtransactions? I don't want to compare apples to oranges here. but you literally aren't going to find one single free online multiplayer game that doesn't have a boat load of micro transactions...and even many of those genuinely ARE "pay2win" ...and people complain, sure, but people still play...people still spend money. people WILL in fact pay to win.
Man I hate to be that guy, khorono. but I only come on the forum every couple weeks or whatever just to check up on things. and every single thread i open is riddled with negative comments from you that contribute absolutely nothing towards the topic at hand. You've got this low key passive aggression that just sets everybody off. and half the threads on this forum are just brainless arguments that you started lol
I mean honestly. I can't be the only one who's noticed this. It gives the entire PT community a bad rep man. If i was a new player checking out the forum for the first time, making a decision of whether or not i want to join the community,,,, helllllll nooooo i don't want anything to do with this kind of negativity. life is already stressful enough.
TL;DR Jack, please take my money <3
Hell, Jack, make a dang Patreon just for your own personal use. completely unaffiliated with PT and invictus. and just put the profits towards the game. even keep a few bucks for yourself. I'm down to support and i'm sure many others are as well.
guys. WE GOT PT BACK. i don't know about yall, but its been a childhood dream of mine to see this day come ever since PT shut down. so have some damn optimism. we got the game locked in for 5 years. every single negative post you write kills the ocmmunity's vibe, it brings jack down, makes everybody less passionate, and most importantly turns off new players. There's absolutely nothing wrong with constructive criticism. somebody post an idea that seems whack to you? well give us some logical reason as to why you feel that way. lets have a productive argument where we see the issue from all perspectives.
you don't like fortnite? keep that to yourself man. you're wasting everybody's time and energy including your own.
/rant end 8-|