Now, the game seems to be shaping up rather well. But there's one thing that needs to be considered. Time. Time is something lots of players do not have. Many players work or have other obligations.
So there's a really easy solution that would work without imbalance in the game: the ability to pay real money to get glimmer. This way players could instead focus on playing the game instead of farming like the rest of players and wasting their time. You can't buy gear with real money so you're still at the mercy of loot drops, allowing there to be no real imbalance between players.
Example:
Bob spends 100 quid on glimmer.
Bill spends his time farming that glimmer for free.
No big deal in a game mostly focused on cooperation and strictly balanced PvP sans Iron banner.
What could possibly go wrong? People already pay over ten times the price for Ghost Editions. There's no difference here except how much you love the game and value your time. Being options, this should fit perfectly into everyone's opinions.
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Mircotransactions in general are a bad thing however being able to purchase the currency is not that bad. Think about it you can't really purchase any super powerful gear with it. Yes you could rank the cryptarch guy rep really quickly but thats nothing special. With a limit on how much or how often you can purchase glimmer would help that to. It also eliminates gold sellers as why would people go to gold farmer if they can get it from the firm, as bungie are looking into the economics of destiny with intention to indroduce a trade system sometime after launch.
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No. Just no. Pay to win bullshit ruins games and that's essentially what you're describing.
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Edited by ElectroHail: 8/10/2014 2:05:36 PMThis is some [b]BULLSHIT![/b]
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Normally i am against paying for in game points/currency but in destiny all you can do with glimmer is buy upgrades, and some common and uncommon weapons and emblems actually you can by ships and personal vehicles with just glimmer so nvm no buying glimmer with irl money.
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NOOOOO!!! Keep your satanic rituals and curses of "Pay to Win" back in the dark crevice of hell from whence you came!!
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You get glimmer doing basically nothing and like a lot of it. i dont see why anyone would want to pay real money for something you can get so easily. Maybe this isnt the right game for you, the creators want a game that is fun and rewarding, they dont seem like the type to just hand things to people who want to waste money. Cell phone games allow you to waste money on in-game currency, maybe that would be better for you.
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Forever no
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Edited by Owen: 8/10/2014 3:50:57 PMThat's called pay to win. Sure, you don't buy whatever armour you want directly out of your pocket, but you still get legendary gear without earning it. Thumbs down. And Zuryk don't give me your copy/paste excuse of "that's not pay to win." It is. "Bill" or whoever earned his gear fair and square. You did not. You used your credit card. That is the exact definition of pay to win.
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NO JUST NO, this would ruin the game, no microtransactions.
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Terrible idea, put in the time and find your own gear... too much instant gratification without personal investment erodes our community in game and IRL.
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Just NO.
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3rd worse idea on the forums...
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Feels like pay to win
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Absolutely not. This is a AAA game, not angry birds or fruit ninja. Pay to win will ruin this game!
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If the glimmer was used for cosmetic items only, then I have no problem with it. But since glimmer is used for other stuff, no way.
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Micro transactions suck. If you cant play the game as much as everyone else. Dont expect to have what everyone else has. Wouldn't mind paying for a good quality dlc though.
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Sorry you have to earn it. I dont have the time to play games like I used to when I was younger. But I would rather earn my loot or glimmer than be able to just use my credit card and buy it
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Drink up carebear
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hell no we dont need RMT in this game i wouldnt mind add on content like skins and such but not for glimmer
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Cosmetic items sure, paying cash for gold/glimmer is complete pay to win bullshit . Shortcut for gear , crafting etc, I stay as far away from those games as possible. If destiny does that imo they are putting the noose around their necks. Would be a massive disappoint. Hopefully they just keep doing what their doing.
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You can pay me to farm glimmer for you. You just have to let me log on to your psn/gt. Pay me $100 I'll get you 25,000 glimmer.
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Haha when OP responds like a 12 year old on his own discussion.
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I paid $60 for my glimmer.
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No...i hope Bungie never puts the use of real money in game. I've seen many games fail because of this.
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Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope