Originally Posted by
markdead
I understand that some people think this might be a Hoax, considering i'm the OP of this thread, i have done my research, i'm not a fan boy of any sorts when it comes to this game, i'm just exited and hope its going to be a good/well created game where i can spend my lonely hours in.
All of the videos so far has been distributed by a Gaming Channel that is a part of Curse, the same Curse that owns MMO champion etc. That is one of the main reasons i'm sure this isn't a hoax, now when it comes to "paying to play the alpha" I've got a rather simple answer for you, Minecraft did the exact same, it might be an entire different genre but they still used the same mechanic, i suppose you can see it as some sort of fundraiser to help the game to its position.
somewhere in your post you mentioned pay to win, i don't know where you get that information from and i would love to see your source on that, they have mentioned in allot of reply's tweets etc. that you can NOT BUY WEAPONS/ARMOR or anything with real life currency, you might be confused cause the game so far has 2 currency's, Dollars and Gold Coins, Gold Coins is bought with real money and you can buy hats/looks etc with that, Dollars is the currency you find in game, with that money you can buy weapons/armor etc. So far i have never seen any proof to backup your "pay to win" quote. From the perspective i have now, it looks like they are using the same sort of shop as Guild wars 2, it is in no way/shape or form game breaking.
Further i know you are mostly posting your opinion, but you are throwing some words/sentences in there where you say you found suspicious advertising, the pay to play etc ( therefore proof in a small word ), is there anyway you can back it up? ( as in linking it or PM me so i can link it ). Cause if you are going to accuse a company some proof would be nice, or you will be looking like an absolute fool ( having only 1 post doesn't help, however i understand you created the account to join this conversation, and we all had to start on 1 post someday. )