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Asmodar Posts: 30
Registered: 2011-11-8 01:11:23
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Meddyck24 posted:
Just wait a few months and you can play GW 2 for no monthly fee.
with paid content like xp bonuses, more vault space and so on...
i sense a trap...
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They should go free to play before Guild Wars 2 / Diablo 3 is released in my opinion.
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Asmodar posted:
Meddyck24 posted:
Just wait a few months and you can play GW 2 for no monthly fee.
with paid content like xp bonuses, more vault space and so on...
i sense a trap...
no trap, thats how all F2P models work... access to the basic game is free, extra's cost money...
those that are cheap, suffer with the basics, while those that arent get the cool stuff.
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Lasraik  Title: Chasing the tail of dogma
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Registered: 2003-11-13 00:14:47
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Meddyck24 posted:
Just wait a few months and you can play GW 2 for no monthly fee.
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yeah, soe kinda screwed up with there initial F2P varient, but the rules/limits have changed sense that article was published, now you can play free on any server... not sure on the exact limits/price structure these days though.
just went and looked at there current price structure
http://www.everquest2.com/free
wich is much more reasonable... and missing most of the heavy restrictions of the initial offer, and got rid of the insane 200 dollar a year rip off... now its 100% free but limited, 5 dollar 1 time fee to remove alot of limitations, or pay 15 a month normaly.
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I have been keeping a very close eye on GW2. 
So far no real mention on how they will milk players for more money, especially if we consider that their
WvWvW is expected to cater to several hundred players at a time. The server cost will definitely
be expensive and I have no doubt that they will be at an operating loss without some
form of large income revenue at a constant basis.
WvW is = to rvr. Almost. http://www.arena.net/blog/mike-ferguson-on-guild-wars-2-world-vs-world |
Meddyck24  Posts: 223
Registered: 2010-11-5 10:58:36
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Asmodar posted:
Meddyck24 posted:
Just wait a few months and you can play GW 2 for no monthly fee.
with paid content like xp bonuses, more vault space and so on...
i sense a trap...
Here is the difference. You can choose to buy GW 2's xp bonuses, vault space, etc. or not. If you decide not to pay, you can still play GW 2 and will only be slightly disadvantaged compared to somebody who did buy stuff. You cannot choose whether to pay DAOC's monthly subscription fee if you want to play DAOC.
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SaiyanOfDarkness Title: Prince of Saiyans
Posts: 176
Registered: 2005-12-8 13:41:54
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Jesus christ, get a god damn job ffs
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Daminada Posts: 39
Registered: 2002-4-3 08:05:50
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ArkadyTepes posted:
yeah, soe kinda screwed up with there initial F2P varient, but the rules/limits have changed sense that article was published, now you can play free on any server... not sure on the exact limits/price structure these days though.
just went and looked at there current price structure
http://www.everquest2.com/free
wich is much more reasonable... and missing most of the heavy restrictions of the initial offer, and got rid of the insane 200 dollar a year rip off... now its 100% free but limited, 5 dollar 1 time fee to remove alot of limitations, or pay 15 a month normaly.
EQ2 at the moment has never been worse. Players are leaving is masses and new ones aren't filling the void. The current producer SmokeJumper has basically ran the game into the ground. The last expansion offered no new content and they still charged 40 bucks for it. The recent changes they have made have destroyed the solo aspect of the game and raiding has been nearly been destroyed. Really the only thing left in the game that was fantastic was the housing/decorating and the assistant producer responsible for that just quit the company. In short, EQ2 has some dark days ahead.
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