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@gabrinoel

1. What business model does Fractured follow?

Fractured follows a “buy to play” business model. This means that a single initial purchase gives you permanent access to the game, without any content restriction!

On top of that, the game features an Item Store selling cosmetic perks and an optional VIP membership.

1. VIP membership? What's that about?

VIP membership is a monthly subscription planned to be priced around $10/month. It provides the following perks:

Discounts on Store items

Unique cosmetic rewards for accumulated VIP time

Other vanity rewards we might think of in the future

Additional study slots

Increased Knowledge Point gains

1. Is VIP membership "Pay to Win"?

Fractured characters are already competitive from day 1. The core of progression afterwards consists of completing tasks requiring you to travel and perform a wide range of exploration- and experimentation-related activities.

The bonuses from VIP membership have nothing to do with the above, since they only impact the passive “studying phase” that kicks in once the tasks have been completed. Moreover, they've been balanced so that they only speed up progression for "completionists" who want to learn a ton of abilities (beyond what's actually useful for each character). Because of this, VIP membership ultimately has no impact on actual PvP competition, not between individuals nor between guilds.

In addition to that, there will be cash shop to sell cosmetics only. No P2W, no lootboxes. A copy of Fractured will cost €30 on release.

@esher Just to clarify, the shop will be released together with the spotlight.

@luccheno ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@Aries Indeed.

@Frost Well, too invisible isn't good either.

@biohazardbeluga

Will there be different currencies for different planets, or will all planets share the same currency?

Not that I'm aware of.

If I own a shop where I sell goods, will I always have to be in attendance to that shop or will there be some way to hire an NPC who can instead tend to customers if I'm offline?

You can assign an NPC to sell your goods.

Is there a way to store my money that makes it inaccessible to others (e.g. a bank, or a safe in my home) or will all of my gold be on me at all times, and will I lose 100% of my gold on death?

You'll be able to store items in your home.

Do items degrade over time? If not, how will blacksmiths have a stable source of income if each player only needs to buy a weapon once?

Yes, they do.

@veranthe No keys have been handed out yet.

@jessejane said in Daily Message posting:

What's the arrow next to the topic for?

It means the thread was moved from a different sub-forum/category.

@cinnao Such NPCs are a town thing, not a personal claim feature. Your personal claim can only contain your house, basic crafting stations, your farm, etc.

@thegreatelleon The owner of the crafting building can choose to give other players access.

@frost Interesting. I'll inform Prometheus about it.

I shall lock it now.

@tyuss

Game engine: Unity.
Server infrastructure: SpatialOS.

@logain Prometheus is going to write a newspost, hopefully later this week.

@agracore All previous rewards, not just the Creator rewards.

@therippyone The planets in Fractured have nothing to do with the real-life earth. Before the fracture, the planet was named Elysium.

Only a few comments in and already it's not much of a story anymore. 3 word stories are pretty common on forums but this one is rapidly turning into another daily message thread so I'm locking it.

@gothix The guests on your list are deleted accounts, not banned accounts. I've informed Prometheus about your bug, but I don't think he can do much about it. He's not the developer of the forum software.

@logain I have no update on when the newspost is coming, sorry.

@esher @muker @Kralith And don't spam.

@berenike4 Yes, Fractured is being designed with solo players in mind. The Knowledge System for example can be solo'd.

@meninodeouro Of course. We're still running the drawings every week.