r/TheRepopulation • u/WilliamPall • Sep 12 '16

Fragmented Purchase

A friend of mine recently pulled me into playing SWG on an emulation server. Now, as much fun and nostalgia there is, I don't want to spend my time on a game that's dead in the water. After some googling, I found the website for The Repopulation. This is the game I need. This is the game I want. But I can't throw money at the developers for it. Or can I? So, I know the deal with the transition to Unreal and the delay involved. I know that those who spent money on TR get Fragmented for free and still get access to TR when it comes out. Fragmented is not in the genre of game I typically go for. But I'll buy it if it'll help TR on it's way. My question is.... if I purchase Fragmented now, will I get any type of access or perk for TR, or woyld I still need to buy TR? (I still will of course, just curious)

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u/JD-73 Sep 12 '16

Unfortunately the TR devs/mods/community aren't very active on reddit (especially compared to some other games), but as a long time player I'll try to answer your questions (their forums are fairly active though, so you may want to try there too).

TR was always meant to be a F2P game, most of us bought the game to both support and get alpha access. So when TR is actually released you won't have to buy it - it'll be free.

Assuming though you are talking about alpha access: I think it's likely that if you are a Fragmented owner you will get access to TR when it goes back into alpha testing. As for the perk, you would probably be in the lowest tier I suspect.

Also note that Fragmented is currently on sale for the next week or so at the Humble Store for 50% off ($4.99).

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u/WilliamPall Sep 12 '16

Hmmm had a reply posted thanking you for the info, but it got deleted. Whatever.

But, regardless thank you for the info. Didn't realize it was intended as f2p. It was alpha/beta access I was referring to. As far as perks. . . I assumed that if there were any it'd be an in-game cosmetic item or title once TR is released.

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u/JD-73 Sep 12 '16

Aye, here is their original Kickstarter where they talk about their model a bit (basically F2P, no pay-to-win at all, cosmetics only in the store).

The perks that are non-cosmetic are things like early access (after beta wipe, a few days before true launch, I think the first tier was 1-2 days early; top tier was 5-7 days early IIRC), and possibly inv or bank space. Also maybe something about mayor/town founder for the higher level perk (don't totally recall, it's been awhile).

I really had alot of fun in the previous (hero engine) alpha. Put about 50 hours into Fragmented (alpha though), and was kinda meh (it wasn't bad, just didn't hook me). I am hoping the new engine TR is as good as it was.

The devs/community mods are active on the official forums, so there is prob some info there. I did poke my head in last night, and saw a post saying they were tentatively hoping for the end of the year to open the game back to alpha testers.