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[ecolitan]

Rhetorical question -

Would we all be asking for this or that item/feature if Fallensword never existed?

Two things.

First, SS2 would not have the player base it does so the rhetorical question is moot. No, the 30 players that would have found SS2 would all have top 10 monthly medals and intensifier probably wouldn't be as big an issue. But HCS got massive player draw from another game that brought in tons of revenue. The cost of that is that we're experienced in this type of game and want to see some things.

Second, I would think if there somehow was a large competitive player base they'd want to know what stims were. The Christmas present sure would have made people realize what they were missing.

[ecolitan]

I like to say this, If stems were to be released then i hope they will be made available for the use of all players easily, instead of them being expensive.

I hope the special section stims end up being fairly steep in price. That might help out the fc market. If the stim is inventable then it will probably have component costs of at least 5k and an invention stage. I'm hoping even more than that. 10-15k in component cost would make me happy. I'm assuming the stims will last 60 minutes. If it doesn't price anyone out of the market it won't really do much good. Those people that don't have trouble using their energy or that make little cred from energy won't buy them. This is normal and fine.

what about for people those who dont donate?

What about them? I am tired of this argument. MANY players have confirmed that you can make a credit profit from leveling. I don't donate for things like this. I donate for an upgrade and then play from my revenues. Even at 4 levels over content and nerfed credit gain I still make a profit from leveling. Not much in these cases, but I still make one.

So, it isn't about whether or not someone donates. The real question is "what about those that can't seem to make a profit from leveling"? Well, they shouldn't buy an intensifier stim should they? You can hunt an Elite of HK for a couple days and store up enough creds to have a buffer to buy whatever you want. If you don't donate you might need to be innovative and work for some extra funds. Or, gasp, you'll not have everything a donator does. If donators weren't getting advantages this game would be a subscription.

Finally, if you don't donate and can't accumulate creds then you have 500 max energy. Why would you want/need this if that's the case? If you do, you'll need to pay for it. It should be counter-productive at those levels in order to sink creds from the game.