Legate of Mineta Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Yeah, the consensus amongst the fans definitely seems to be that the KS Belles need to be available in game, even if quite difficult to acquire. Assuming that the Backers agree, we're going to announce a change to a timed exclusive, likely tomorrow. Have to get the backers their say, though, first. Only seems just! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Now how about to make the skin for the Kickstarter belle a bit different so its just optical that make them permanent unique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Schwarzbart; You read the Team's mind! As soon as we have the approval from the Backers, that's exactly what we are going to do. Timed exclusive, with KS Belles receiving a slight cosmetic change in their look, to preserve their uniqueness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 You just have to think also if the KS backer then can chose the skin they use for the Belle later or can try to get the normal Belle also and so have 2x the same with just a slight different skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 A good point- it adds a little more fun collectability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Timed exclusive for how long? Or at least, is the plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Metis; About a year. Then they would appear as rare drops, likely event based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Just a heads up, you guys just got mentioned at SanCom. It wasn't exactly flattering. (Site is NSFW) https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2016/04/22/kancolle-copycat-victory-belles-emerges/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Oh, I better not click then. We've been mentioned in unflattering terms before- we're not too worried. Sometimes you can win folks over, sometimes you can't. Would normally head over there with Nautilus, but we try to stay family friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I'll brave the pit and see what's hiding in it. ...Yeah, that's not flattering. Although considering one of the comments and the dozen or so family unfriendly aspects I'd assume that community doesn't entirely overlap with BCS' target audience anyway. Best write that one off as a loss and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Heh! There, but for the grace of God, go we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Over 25% funding achieved. It might not turn into a cash cow hit, but at this rate it'll at least exist . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Existing is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 At last much better then what happened to the Ars Magica Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 That's still so heartbreaking. That game would have been incredible. Maybe...'will be' incredible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 So out of curiosity, what does the word "Morgana" mean, if anything, anyway? Google Translate says it's an English word, my online dictionary says it isn't. Naturally this isn't the first time I've heard it either (though most of said times can be attributed to me - my Anchor/Recall spell in Daggerfall is traditionally named Morgana's Data Drive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 I only know Morgana as first name for some persons and as part of Fata Morgana aka mirage. Because Morgana is used i.e. as name in the King Arthur legend I suspect it some kind of old English word that actual is no longer part of modern English as I also can't find a reference for it as separat word. Edit found something: The earliest spelling of the name (found in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini) is Morgen, which is likely derived from Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen, meaning "Sea-born" (from Common Brittonic *Mori-genā) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 As a native English speaker, Morgan, or Morgana does not bring up any word associations to me. Most English names can be traced back to working occupations or living locations. Or are borrowed from other languages. That name is certainly one that came though other languages a long time ago. Celtic or Gaelic origins sounds very likely. Edit: There is also a strong possiblitly that this is related. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 In this case, the derivation is from Fata Morgana, and comes from the early Italian experience with these foes. But actually, each of the 7 Nations has their own name for the enemy. Any other associations are purely coincidental...muahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Wow up to $150 ingame currency is added to the tiers. If one can easy spend this much money on extra resources that reduce the time need then this game becomes a big money sink for some. I really hope you consider special optics to be added to the shop or it might end up pure pay to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Welcome to the Freemium/P2W payment system. It's intended to fleece the retirement fund off of a whale or two, otherwise it's not going to be making any money. Incidentally, it works. The pledges for reward packages, currently, are 16, 13, 5, 3, 3, 11, 4, 4, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1. Care to guess what the odd 11 among single digit numbers is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Incidentally, it works. The pledges for reward packages, currently, are 16, 13, 5, 3, 3, 11, 4, 4, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1. Care to guess what the odd 11 among single digit numbers is? The lowest amount you have to pay for the highest in-game monetary reward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Bingo. Specifically it's the $150 tier, which includes as much worth of ingame currency. All tiers beyond that cost more, but include the same amount of premium currency - $150 worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well, the $150 cap was chosen because more currency would be too much, don't you think? Server costs can be fairly expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Inflation is something to be worried about, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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