Daybreak Winter Extravaganza! December 18 - 31

Exactly, yeah.

Uwk
who did it too ;->

*falls over in disbelief*

Aren't you the stalewart silver?

I like Silver accounts, I still do (the main issue I have with Bronze is not enough character slots! And I don't want to buy any there); they're very handy when I need "other players" to hand stuff out to, or if I need to sneak a new alt into my guild on my Gold account, and there's more options there than with Bronze. ;->

I still have faith that the game will last at least another 2 1/2 years; it's worth it for me for the convenience, and if it helps them get through a rough patch, groovy.

Times were when we could spend over twice that for another ephemeral experience, Annual Passes for Disneyland for the two of us. Paid for themselves within 3-4 trips a year, which we were glad to take.

Uwk
who has all the members of that guild at one level below the leaders ;->

Feels like Venture Vulture Capital 101. Squeeze stone for the last O- and sell the husk.

PLEASE GOD NOT TO EA!

299.99 / 14.99 = 20 months hmm could be worth it if it had the "12 month" bonuses.

Not really accurate: If you sub for even 1 year, it's $120 for 12 months, which is $9.99 a month. That actually adds up to 30 months before you break even, never mind come ahead.

Well, if you think of it another way, it's less than $1/day for a year, for the life of the game, which should be longer than a year, or even 2 1/2. ;->

$299.99/365 = $0.8217808

Uwk

Why does a midsized game company, Daybreak, need only about a million dollars on the quick?

The average Texas programmer salary is $82K, times seventy gone, makes under six million a year saved. December savings about $450K.

Why does a midsized game company, Daybreak, need about two million dollars in December 2018? The average Jane & John would be celebrating, but that's corporate pocket change is it not? Maybe cash infusion for that Top Secret new IP project, with year end investment tax benefits?

I'd worry more were Daybreak to reoffer the lifetime plan near the end of Q2 2019.

I think prospective buyers should also account for break time. I bet most players take a few weeks to several months off of EQ1/EQ2. (Many EQ1 raiders take long breaks about 4-8 months after expac release). If you add break time, the break-even or ahead point is even further down the road.

Staying Silver and going Gold/All-Access when you need to - expac release, summer/winter months - is definitely the optimal alternative. Just maybe their membership data shows this trend thus justifying the offering of lifetime subs now. (The real break-even point for many players may be 4 years from now if they merely continued to activate All-Access at choice months/key points).

I am glad people are purchasing the lifetime subs so quickly that I hope it proves to Daybreak that the playbase still shows strong support. (I am thinking Daybreak is probably regretting offering the lifetime subs at this point).

Smed will get Amazon to buy it, don't worry.

I have been told it is 6 x 20 day research baubles. So, not all 120 at one time.

People said exactly the same thing when the company offered 50% off for membership. That was over two years ago. *shrug*

I am the owner of a Lotro lifetime account. This is somewhat correct to my knowledge: lifetime membership was completely discontinued in 2009, a couple years after release but definitely not during twilight stage like this EQ2 offering. Despite players begging for its return over the years, the owners of Lotro made it clear they will not offer it again. FWIW, Lotro has now finished Mordor - so has literally run through the entire source books - and now they're rolling ahead with after-the-great-war content.

I will not be buying this EQ2 lifetime membership.

EA does not want this game, friend. Rest easy.

Amazon is developing their own MMO called New World. I'm in the alpha. It's okay if you like survival with open world PVP, but it has a really interesting setting (to me, anyway.)


I think some folks have already made some astute posts on this offering.

I've bought two lifetime things in my gaming time. One was to Lotro and it is still going strong (it was the second time they offered lifetime membership). The other was to Hellgate London, which unfortunately had a very short life. "You pays your money and takes your chances"

Could you go into more detail, please?

https://massivelyop.com/2018/12/07/...er-round-of-layoffs-between-60-and-70-people/

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/daybreak-games-layoffs-1203084602/

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