You won't directly get EP from completing those quests, but you'll receive EP rewards for participating in the Alliance Contests.īF: And because you earn EP for leveling up, every quest does help you earn when you are starting a new civ or playing for the first time. If you're level 40, you can play PvP, Skirmish and Defense of Crete as a part of the Alliance Wars end-game. You'll earn EP from playing specific campaign quests on your way from level 1-40. The game was okay at launch, but the business. PCG: Will every mission in the game (including PvP, Skirmishes, Defense of Crete, repeatables) give EP, or only a few?ĮW: Only a few. In August 2011, Microsoft released the Age of Empires Online, an MMORTS using a new business model: free-to-play. PCG: What's the development target for how many hours/missions a player should have to spend earning EP in game in order to buy a civilization?ĮW: Right now it's possible to earn a premium civilization in as short as two to three weeks of daily play, although this can vary depending on how many quests you do. The fact we had to explain it to players and the press was an immediate red flag. Age Online was previously a DLC model with a free base game. Players expect to be able to earn for-pay items through play over time, with real-money being an option for those who want to speed up the process. It was just… different, and as Eric said, it didn't meet the expectation established by most other free-to-play games. SB: I'm not sure it was overly restrictive. Our hope is that some of those people who left will come back and give the game a second try.
#Age of empires online upgrade#
At some point you realize, “I'm going to have to pay if I want to get the maximum benefit of my civilization.” Now, the choice is up to you: play and earn it over time or pay and upgrade immediately. We probably turned off a lot of players who would've kept playing had they been given the option to earn a Premium Civilization. EW: Yea, in the sense that the game really wasn't free to play it was more of a free to try.
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