Life is Feudal Official Forum

[Hanger55]

I wonder how many people are super excited for the game, how many are hyped, how many are waiting, etc. How are others feelings towards the game atm and for openbeta/alpha and launch? Can you wait? are you dying? Are you distracted enough to get by? I want to hear.

For me I am very excited for the game, I've been looking on the internet for over a year for a game/mmo that I can and want to love and enjoy with a community and with the way it plays. Everything about this game to me screams awesome. Allot of my favorite parts of games except special hats :/ maybe we can have those broom hats that you see the Romans wear, or more of those feather hats that Bobikik wore in rhinocrunches sneak peak? :D

So how do you stand for your excitement and ability to wait for this game?

[OO_Zoe]

I have a Clan of about thirty Viking fanatics waiting for this game so that we might raid and enslave you all.

[Siegbert]

Let me put it this way: I'm pretty hyped for the game to live up to its potential. Right now it does feel pretty alpha-ish to me. When combat is fully functioning, horse riding is in, day and night cycle activated, and some graphical tweaks are done I think my hype level will raise and I'll be able to get more people interested in the game.

[Grimfest]

Basically its like this. Once you have played as many games as I have, and after disappointment over and over again, you begin to grow thick skin. Patients isn't even an issue. It has been countless times that I have waited months and in some cases years for a game to finally come out and after all the waiting, It only held my attention for a month or two.

I have began to see patterns in these games. They promise you ecstasy but you only get a sneeze. (a sneeze creates a sensation that is equal to 1 tenth of an orgasm)

Another one of these patterns is most of these games with promising features, true sandbox, are done by indie companies that unfortunately have limited funding.

So the end results almost always end the same way, broken promises, buggy games, rampant cheating and exploitations. By the time these low budget games companies can fix the problem it is far to late, people are long gone on to the next good enough thing.

These are some of reasons as to why I have learned not to get emotionally invested in to a game anymore. by this I mean excited. I mean I don't get me wrong, just like the rest of you here on these forums, I to love what I hear, and what features are to come, but it is up to the delivery of this product by its company that will make it a success or failure.

One thing I can say is, they are doing a great job so far, and they are making wise decisions, especially with their decision to release LiF:YO. This decision has the opportunity to break the patterns set by the many failed projects before them. (For those that don't like their decision to release YO first, stick to what you are good at, no disrespect intended. Sort of)

As I have stated in other threads, I am not a fan of the business model, but I don't have all the details of it. The information I have gathered from the forums, makes the model seems clunky and it could be cleaned up. Its over complicated and I just feel that they could achieve their goals with less confusion.

They shouldn't have to explain to every new person that comes along what your business model is.

1)Do I get a free main land character transfer when I buy the game?
2)Do I have to buy the game, then buy premium currency, then buy my character transfer, then get to the main lands?
3)When I buy the game do I get premium currency that I can use to buy the character transfer?
4)When an expansion is put out, do I have to buy premium currency and transfers for ALL of my characters?
5)If I buy LiF:YO do I get the MMO too?
6)If I buy LiF:YO do i get a free character transfer for the MMO?
in the MMO.

There are probably a half dozen more repeated questions. If people are asking these questions, the business model is clucky and over complicated and they need to reconsider and consider some things.

Final words, I am very excited for the potential of the game, but I CAN wait, and I'll play the forums until September-October, when we get to play YO. Oh, and DON'T release the MMO until it is DONE.

[Hoshiqua]

1)There is no "buying" the MMO; it will be free, as long as you want to stay on beginner island. If you want to move to main island, you pay for enough premium currency just for the transfer.

2)Depends on which game. I just told you for LiF:MMO, but for LiF:YO, you'll have to buy the client, then you have as many characters as you want on the LiF:YO servers.

3) X Already answered X

4) No. They will either expand the map itself or create a new server. If you have a transfered character, transfer between servers will, if possible, be free, as Bobik said.

5) No you don't.

6) Same. You don't have to buy the MMO itself, just the char transfer.

Please read the FAQ(s) before asking these questions, they have been answered thousands of times )

[Abydos]

Good hype man

[Grimfest]

1)There is no "buying" the MMO; it will be free, as long as you want to stay on beginner island. If you want to move to main island, you pay for enough premium currency just for the transfer.

2)Depends on which game. I just told you for LiF:MMO, but for LiF:YO, you'll have to buy the client, then you have as many characters as you want on the LiF:YO servers.

3) X Already answered X

4) No. They will either expand the map itself or create a new server. If you have a transfered character, transfer between servers will, if possible, be free, as Bobik said.

5) No you don't.

6) Same. You don't have to buy the MMO itself, just the char transfer.

Please read the FAQ(s) before asking these questions, they have been answered thousands of times )

I never said I needed these answered, I was giving examples of what sorts of questions new comers have with the business model. And how many possibilities of questions could come up with the confusing business model.

But thank you for sharing this as many of the new comer to the forums might find it useful. As far as the FAQ go, you further confirmed my concern, "answered thousands of times" again, who in there right mind would think that things are okay if they have to explain themselves that many times.

Obviously its a bit over complicated.

So is this game going to be marketed as FREE TO PLAY? How will it be marketed. It drives me nuts. I don't get the strategy behind it. At least Mortal Online has a free to play model that limits characters to 60 skill level. Obviously 60 skill would be to high for this game, but set It to 30 skill level and it could work. Steam doesn't have a free to try section. which is what this game is doing, You cant call it a free to play game when your stuck on an island by yourself.

[Lukepop]

11/10. Want to buy the game. join a group and do the role I want to do to the best of my abilities.

[Gameaccount]

I'm losing hype by the day. When I paid for it, thought I'd actually be able to login in the foreseeable future. Yes, still in development. It's less than Alpha, so can't expect much.

But as soon as you take money, you have indeed created some type of expectation.

[Jezbelle]

I completely agree with Grim. Business model is way too convoluted with the way the game is designed.

It should certainly be marketed as free to play with a premature skill cap.

Its not only easier on the players, but easier on the developers. Look me in the eye and tell me a "noobie island" with quests/ tutorials and a ferry system will ever actually be coded!

[Siegbert]

But it is not free2play. It's buy2play. You can hardly call hanging around on noob island a serious part of the game... It's a tutorial level, a demo if you will.

[Lukepop]

I forgot. I'm way more hyped about this than the overworld mode in king arthurs gold and believe me. I was VERY hyped about that!