The Free2Play MMORPG Rift is in troubled waters and promises better communication.
Rift comes from this generation of “WoW-killers”, has now aged gracefully, celebrating its 5th anniversary, and has recently been asking for money.
There have been some changes in the cash shop: Here the price spiral has been adjusted, there some Free2Play privileges have been removed. The players are not happy at all. The game, long praised for its exemplary and fair shop, is heading in a “cash shop” direction. Players are sounding the alarm.
At Trion Worlds, the developers said: The reality is, we need to make money.
Now, the continued expressions of dissatisfaction have led to a statement from the Game Director to the US MMO site Massivelyop. He basically says: You are right, we should have made an effort for a “real conversation with the players before we introduced the changes.”
In the future, they want to seek two-way communication. They plan to change the corporate philosophy to be more open, discuss everything better, open new channels of communication, and announce changes well in advance. Ideally, they would like to introduce changes that players would appreciate.
Fans receive the Game Director’s words skeptically, as is evident from comments. There are no signals in the statement about reversing any of the changes. It is only about how they are communicated.
