My brother-in-law Lucas introduced me to the game MechQuest during the holidays, ostensibly because it was a free online game my son might enjoy playing. As it turns out I wanted to give it a try and see what it was like so I made an account and started a character.
Well I played through most of the game that was available and some content was simply too difficult to beat without farming encounters for credits for about a week so I slowed down and took my time at that point. Other content was locked out because I was using a free account, you see this is part of the business model of these free games - pay for additional content and/or easier progression through the existing content. In MechQuest upgrading to a paid account promotes your characters to Star Captain and makes available various equipment options that are otherwise unmatched in the game (e.g. better equipment for the same cost, or similar equipment available at a lower level).
A few nights ago I found myself reading the MechQuest forums looking for a workaround for a bug. It turns out that there are a bunch of kids on the forums whining that their parents won't upgrade them to Sar Captains. I make a joke to my wife that I was sad because she wouldn't make me a Star Captain. My wife surprised me tonight, when I logged in to MechQuest my account was upgraded to Star Captain - lol.
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