Allods Online entered open beta last week, and many players were shocked to see the prices on items in the Cash Shop. A user on the forums converted the gPotato prices to US currency; 20 perfumes cost $13.50, which will let you PvP for 10 hours without penalty at the max level, and a 24-slot bag costs $20. The post also contained a poll, and it shows that 94% of players feel these prices are unreasonable.

gPotato has apologized to the community for its lack of communication and admitted that "some of our players feel the prices we have in our item shop are not fair." The team stated that it will "evaluate the details of our item shop" and plans to introduce new items in the future.

You can read the full letter after the jump.

Hello Allods Players!

What an amazing week! On Tuesday, Allods Online entered open beta for the entire world to enjoy and earlier this morning we went live with its item shop.

We wanted to take an opportunity to apologize to the community for our lack of communication. We made a mistake by not letting you, our most passionate players know when the item shop was going to go live and we didn’t make the effort to learn more about how all of you feel regarding the contents of the item shop. Because of our lack of communication to you, many of you were wildly taken back by what you saw in the item shop today.

We’ve heard you loud and clear and it’s no secret that some of our players feel the prices we have in our item shop are not fair.

Over the next several weeks we will continue to evaluate the details of our item shop and we will begin to introduce new items to help assist you throughout your Allods experience. We wanted to make clear that beyond the introduction of the item shop nothing has changed in Allods that wouldn’t allow you to enjoy the game just as much as you did during closed beta. You can still enjoy the entire game without ever having to spend a single cent. Additionally, many of the items available in the item shop are tradable in-game, appear through a number of quests, and can be auctioned off by other players.

One thing that the Allods team really strives to do is to listen to every piece of feedback from the community. We encourage everyone to continue submitting constructive feedback to us through e-mail (allods_suggestion@gala-net.com), our forums, or even through a brief tweet (http://twitter.com/allodsgame), or comment on our Facebook page (Allods Online Facebook). If you have anything to say about the game, now will be a great time to do so because we will be spending each day collecting and understanding feedback from you.

This has been an exciting and challenging week for all of us! We will continue to work towards making Allods Online one of the best MMO experiences possible! As we’ve said before, the Allods Online players are some of the best fans in the world, so thank you for your continuous support and feedback.