( - SOE) - Station Cash - Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:55:22 +0000

Today we introduced Station Cash to EverQuest and EverQuest II. With this we added the ability to purchase items in both games. We have insured that we aren’t adding anything that could be considered imbalancing.
Why did we do this? We believe in giving our players different options in their gameplay. I realize this is something that is going to be controversial, but it’s also something that surveys are showing players are excited about… provided we don’t alter game balance and make these items required in any way. Be rest assured we will NOT add ANY microtransactions that will disrupt the integrity of these games.
Our long term plan for Station Cash is to give a flexible currency to be used in many of our games, particularly our future games. But we have big ambitions to do some really cool stuff for both our current and future players. Imagine being able to have a photo of your guild physically mailed to members of your guild, or get a t-shirt or poster of your character mailed to you.
We’ll also use it to do things like Character moves or Character renames over time.* Think convenience, not necessity.
Is this the slippery slope? I don’t think it is. We’re always going to have to be careful to make sure we don’t mess with the balance of any of our games. We also have no intention of making EQ and EQII heavily microtransaction based games. Our goal is to add cool new things that make players lives’ easier or more fun.
Enjoy, and keep talking with us, we want to hear from you!
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