Vindictus begins closed beta

I agree. I remember about how excited I was about Allods... then halfway through beta it ate the gold goose and left a pile of crap in its wake...

Though, thankfully Nexon seems to be at least a little more fair with their item shops, PvP isn't as major as Allods so a potion wont mean insta-win, and I'm sure we don't have to worry about cursed gear, being punished when a priest does their job and revives you, or having damage nerfed somewhere about 200% (from what I heard) so even a grey mob can bend you over as well.

I don't think they will kill it like Allods. But there are a few hints at the cash shop that kinda worry me a little.

You will be limited to a set number of dungeon runs per day unless you purchase more silver coins. Each coin (you can hold 50 max) allows you to enter a dungeon once and then it uses up the coin. So you could run 50 dungeons before you have to restock your silver coin pile (no this isn't ingame coins, but a seperate type of system). It does say you will / can get coins by completing certain quests, ect and that you will get a certain amount each rl day that passes.

So I imagine that is where there bulk income will be made from for the game. I also imagine they will have the standard sets of armor (that could / can) also be unlocked in game along with potions, ect.

I am kinda hung up on the silver coin / limited dungeon runs but I will have to see how it plays out. Right now the system is disabled since dungeons do not cost any coins to run them.

Well, from what I remember, you get 50 coins, each run requires 2, but after several dungeons it will get pushed up to 3, and eventually 4.

There's repeatable quests that can be done to gain 20 coins, one for reviving a certain number of people (each revive gives you a statue), or helping low-level players with a dungeon (also gives statues). Plus, the initial dungeons (the first boat) require no coins to use.

As for what is in the item shop, the Korean version's customization options give Luck, but you need a 100 or so to see any effect, and all it does is increase drop-rates.
I have yet to hear or read anything about armor being bought, its just the costume pieces (similar to DFO).

Wrongo.
The beta began yesterday around 6pm EST. Massively can just be a little slow on the news, which is to be expected, as anyone who was interested (and accepted into the beta) would already know this.