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How would you improve the value of subscriptions?

Currently there is almost no value in paying for a subscription unless you frequently change appearance or want to save some time when teleporting.

Bearing in mind that spending real money should not confer major gameplay advantages, what "subscription only" options do you think should exist to prompt a greater diversity of players to purchase subscriptions?

Posted 19 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I don't care, but they should all wear a hula skirt and coconut bra. :)
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmm, now I wonder, can you wear both chest hair and a coconut bra? That would be too funny!
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here's a vote against early access.

    Subscribers would be able to get in early, buy houses, advance skills and levels, and otherwise have a tremendous initial advantage over non-subscribers. 

    We already have a huge advantage because of our knowledge about how to play.  I'm against giving subscribers any time advantage as well. 
    Posted 19 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • maqui: there are a few competitive situations in the game.  One which everyone participates in, unwittingly or not, is leaderboard status.  Race quests are obviously competitions.  Street projects award trophy pieces and other items (emblems, high-energy food, etc.) to the top five workers in each phase, along with currants, xp, energy, and mood, so in a sense, they are competitive as well.  Additional competitions may be introduced in the future.

    Ignoring those,  I think the general concept is that having multiple classes of players would be less fun than the current situation, in which everyone has the same opportunities to learn skills, participate in quests and projects, and so on.
    Posted 19 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Custom clothing and accessories we make and upload to use for ourselves or sell usage licenses to others. :D

    Because I'd dress up like the honey badger. 

    #hbdc
    Posted 19 months ago by g33kgurrl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok, how about this: Merchandising! It could be like donating to PBS, at each level you get a certain gift like a t-shirt, a mouse pad, a coffee mug, a real yeti doll, etc.. I'm talking about real items, not in-game ones.
    Posted 19 months ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow.. I think Faereluth hit upon a really good idea.  I would love to be able to make sounds lol
    I have one crazy idea, but heck it wouldnt impact game play so I'm gona throw it out here,
    I would like to have a subscriber only sound effects
    When I am dressed as a chicken I'd like to walk about and cluck at people, or boing! when I am jumping in a bunny suit. I'd like to sing tralala when happy or sob when sad. And of course if you buy a full cowboy outfit (eventually we will be able to?) you'd need a Yee Haw!

    Perhaps have these as other number key functions available only to subscribers? Not sure boing would work on the number key so perhaps on the space bar? Posted 10 hr ago by Faereluth | Permalink
    Posted 19 months ago by Qizara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hmm  sorry I forgot to put quotes around what Faereluth originally wrote.

    Her Idea starts at:  "I have one crazy idea...

    I was just agreeing with it :)
    Posted 19 months ago by Qizara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • - some ideas -

    # collaborative pooling
    add credits in a group to speed up projects / agriculture / learning
    build schools / machine houses / recreation areas
    admission fee for non-group members for schools, etc.

    # currency fun
    different currency for different counties
    currency like stamps
    collect this year currency set
    appreciation and auction of rare currency sets
    nice animation to burn your money ;)

    # VIP advantages
    helicopter service
    yakuzi
    paid sex ;)
     

    and I'd really like to buy a second house...
    Posted 19 months ago by Emmanuel Goldstein Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It seems to me, that the graphics of glitch are one of the biggest attractions of the game and we all love our houses - which makes the ability to decorate and expand them a very popular one. Storage is also another main factor - you can play the game with the current storage levels and the current houses, but to be able to expand your gorgeous homes (as has already been mentioned) and  to add more storage at the same time, would hold a lot of appeal for me. For example...you could add a garden which has a shed to keep gardening goods in...a kitchen, with cupboards or a fridge to keep foods and sauces in etc etc - you get the idea. An orchard to keep trees would also be lovely as well as animal pens to keep your little friends altogether and not wandering in front of you all the time! (hell, do all that and you can sign me up right now!)
    Posted 19 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok, here's a pitch for you...Glitch is an imagined world, packed full of impossibilities that are possible and non-existent things, that exist - in such a world you have a Hell of course...but where's Heaven? We know it's not Glitchdom itself because that's just a dream...

    Special items of clothing, subscriber-only bonuses and many more things have been suggested to encourage and expand your subscriber base, all of which are viable ideas - but how do you present all these things? Imagine a land with sumptuous graphics, a place where you actually get to make use of those fabulous God images you've created....that place of course, would be Heaven. Access to Heaven could be for subscribers only and could feature all the Gods (where else would God's live while dreaming up their virtual worlds?!) Subscribers could be presented with a virtual shopping mall, promoting all subscriber-only items (maybe a clothing store, a pet store etc), but all with a twist of Glitch of course. Bonus games and activities could be available and maybe even a show-home or two, to show the extra house expansion benefits available to paid up customers.

    With a promo line of "All Subscribers go to Heaven", it might just work.....?
    Posted 19 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think vendor discounts and free train rides would be good.
    Posted 19 months ago by Kitta Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Giants != Gods
    Giants aren't Gods
    Posted 19 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bah...giants, gods..same thing, half the community calls them Gods anyway lol
    Posted 19 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This just came up in the chat, moving service as part of the subscription (or for credits), your stuff gets moved for you when you sell your house and buy a new one.
    Posted 19 months ago by Fussycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the idea of a moving service!

    I have no idea how in the world I would move without quite a few friends by now.
    Posted 19 months ago by Dandilion Subscriber! | Permalink
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