Two, how is it that $15/month is the magic bullet that makes everything work? Everyone seems so certain that this is the point at which it keeps everything afloat. I'm not locked into a number, and, for the record, I would pay $15/month if that is where the bar is set. I'm also not convinced that it is the clear cut optimum price range.
Because that was the prior sub price, is why. NC ran the game on $15/month for YEARS. At a profit I might add. I feel at least that much is needed at first, to get the resurrection off the ground. I would actually be willing to pay MORE per month.
I miss this game that badly.
Sometimes I really wonder if some folks would prefer to just have the game to themselves. If others didn't go through the pangs of separation and loss, then clearly they wouldn't be able to appreciate the game, and perhaps they should play something else.
If new people come into the resurrected game, great! I will welcome them. But..... its really for us. This attempt is not really for new players, its for us old-timers who want this game back worse than Eve wanted that big shiny tempting apple perched on the tippy-top of the Tree of Life. After all, I don't see non-players breaking their necks trying to resurrect the game - nope.
"HOW CAN I GET THAT?!!!" wondered Eve, craning her neck to look past the fluttering fabulous foliage as she lusted after that Apple of Forbidden Knowledge.
"HOW CAN I GET THAT?!!!" wondered the bereft CoX players, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of their old, much-beloved game on the misty horizon, lusting and MIDS-ing and jonesing to play their game again.
....How can we get that? Only the team leading the effort knows what NC wants, but rest assured: it wont happen for free.
Speaking in general: What is $15. I can blow $15 in less than five minutes on Amazon.com after all. [and sad to say, often do.] $15 is lunch money.