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In order to break the connection between monetary expenses and in-game power we have moved Astel Card Packs and similar items to the Zender Shop. Are these items that are for sale in real money elsewhere in the world?Īstellia: Yes, the Zender Shop has items that are sold for cash in other regions, as an example in KR players can by Astel Card Packs, which in turn unlocks Astells and directly increasing their power. Ragachak: In addition to the Cash Shop, there is the “Loyalty Store”, where players can earn a currency called “Zender” to purchase items that are too advantageous to sell for cash from other regions. While still being prone to granting undesirable advantages over players who did not participate in this behavior. We considered putting systems in place to create conditional limitations, but such systems require significant development time, taking focus away from the implementation of other beneficial systems. We have noted in other games that typically, a very small portion of the players would spend an inordinate amount of money in order to re-sell cash shop items and then use the profits to advance far beyond other players. Is that something that was terribly prevalent in the Korean edition?Īstellia: This is a common system in many Eastern Games, the KR version of Astellia was no exception to this. Ragachak: One of the things I noticed was that you eliminated the “re-selling cash shop items for in-game profit”.

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I think this is a positive series of changes that are more in tune with what the Western MMO audience is after – cash shops that aren’t predatory, and classes that aren’t gender locked (on a personal note, I’m fine either way on that second topic). This also coincides with a Blog Post, which you can find in the link below. We sat down and talked about these changes, what inspired them, and what is in store for the Western release of Astellia Online. However, there are many changes occurring between the Korean version and the edition we’re receiving here in the West.

Astellia Online is a Korean MMO that is coming to the West via Barunson as their flagship title.

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