Ars Regendi Forum

Apologize if this has been brought up before.

I'm not liking the approach you guys are using when it comes to getting us to pay for the service.
I understand the need for money to keep servers up and to pay yourself, but it seems a little pricey for a online text based game.

That being said,
Might I suggest a one time payment that then gives the individual a permanent standing as a VIP/premium member? This to me is much more desirable. So you could do something like 40 euros for a premium upgrade, and 60 euros for a VIP upgrade. You could also allow people to add more nations to their list up to a maximum of 12 for another 5 euros each.

I just think lowering the price or changing your pricing model will help you get more actually paying for this service rather then remaining a basic user. I know that if you changed to a pricing model like the one I mentioned above, I would buy a premium account upgrade in an instant and maybe even a VIP.

Also I would like to mention one way that many other text based online games use to attract new players: That being, system that rewards players with small amounts of in game currency/points if the player votes for the game on a game ranking page each day. This then would increase the amount of traffic to the site, perhaps even more efficiently than the current method.

I hope you think about this. I really do enjoy this simulation, and I definitely want it to continue on and prosper.

I hate the rewards for voting system and don't play any games that use it, so that's not exactly a good strategy for attracting players. I also never visit game ranking sites, as the top games are the ones that reward players for voting, and not the actually good ones.

true, but i think the voting sites are at least a step up from the current system ars-regendi employs.

Oh sorry, I didn't recognize your suggestion. Well, there won't be any ingame rewards for paying or promoting the game. This would distort the simulation.

And when we charge 40 Euro for a lifetime Premium account, I guess there would be quite few people who'd purchase that. And I don't see such a big difference to purchasing an account for one year

Well only times on the edge, you could pay more opportunities for Ars Regendi?

I think rather straightforward without a number 09005 to choose a bank or credit transfer.

Think rather as something like Paysafecard, or similar, they have finally on the market very well proven and is easy ...

I mean if Paybal already offered, Paysafecard why not?
(would also be an interest for me ....)
In addition to Paysafecard everywhere.

Brief description of Paysafecard:

Fast, easy and safe. You do not need credit card account. Whether you play online, telephone or shopping, you choose paysafecard with the safest and easiest solution: because paysafecard is a prepaid card, with which you can pay on the Internet.

http://www.paysafecard.com

In German :
Denke da eher an sowas wie Paysafecard, oder ähnliches, die haben schließlich im Markt sehr gut bewährt, und ist einfach...

Ich mein wenn hier schon Paybal angeboten wird, warum dann nicht Paysafecard?
(wäre auch für mich ein Interresse.... )
Hinzu kommt Paysafecard überall zu haben ist.

Kurze Beschreibung von Paysafecard :

Schnell, einfach und sicher. Sie brauchen weder Kreditkarte noch Konto. Egal ob Sie online spielen, telefonieren oder einkaufen möchten, Sie wählen mit paysafecard die sicherste und einfachste Lösung: denn paysafecard ist eine Prepaid-Karte, mit der Sie im Internet bezahlen können.

http://www.paysafecard.com

Your Sincerly & Mit freundlichen Grüßen


Izy

Thanx for the hint.

You ask, who would pay 40 Euros for a lifetime Premium account?
I would!
And as I really love Ars Regendi I don't want to play it just for one year. But after having all the benefits of Premium for a whole year, it would probably be very hard to be Basic again. So I would have to pay again, and that's, what I want to avoid.
Paying once would be OK for me but I don't want to pay regullary.
With your current system I will remain Basic for ever.

I'd even think of becomming VIP, if it was a lifetime account.

I don't know if there are more who think like me, you would have at least one more player paying.

Concerning the price for the lifetime account I think the price of 1,5 years would be OK.

So please think about it Malone.

Sure we'll do

fine.

Yeah the way the pricing is set up now... There's no way im going to ever be anything more than a basic member.