"And one more remark. Never count other's money. If you want count money of independent developers I may answer you for myself. I have not received any cent from damn american publisher. And it makes MA project "a bit" unprofitable."
That just seems wrong to me. (Not what you actually said, just the way it works, it irks me). Or did they just set you up with pittling liscense fees and run with it? That's not cool, either way. . .
I was curious what the feasibility of running both options is. You get 1-3 months of MAN free, and then after that you can either take the "Vanilla" MA multiplayer or choose to pay for the service in order to get updates and things like that (kinda like the StarDock dealy that they use for Galactic Civilizations) at a prompt time. And whenever you release updates or new maps you offer them for 3-6 months exclusively to MAN, and then release them to the general public after that time. . .
I greatly enjoy MA, and I may not be playing many games at once, yet, but I definately see myself doing that in the future, just weening myself into it, and I could forsee myself paying for it. . .
I like the idea of "tiered" payment schedule, did you have any ideas of how you were going to do it? I'd be interested to see what you're dreamin' up over there.
And, personally, I don't think $5 is all that horrible of a cost, especially since the game only cost me $30...
Also, on that note, would you offer Quarterly/Yearly subscriptions at a reduced cost, as compared to monthly subscriptions? I.e. $15 for 4 months (get one free!) or $30-$40 for a full year or something. . .
Me.