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vn_vigilante66
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http://www.everquest2.com/free
Another one joins the ranks of free to play. Didnt even know this was going to happen. One more expansion from WoW and I see them trying this out
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vn_vigilante66 posted:
http://www.everquest2.com/free
Another one joins the ranks of free to play. Didnt even know this was going to happen. One more expansion from WoW and I see them trying this out
I tried it once at the behest of a friend but I they wanted to charge to play certain classes and frankly why would I pay to play a class before I could find out if I liked that class?
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Isn't EQ2 free since a while already? I "tried" it again, it was free, and that was at least one year ago.
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The_Korrigan posted:
Isn't EQ2 free since a while already? I "tried" it again, it was free, and that was at least one year ago.
Yeah this is OFN for the most part.
It's all a bait and switch anyway. Sure you can play for free, but you're only getting 25% of the game . Even then you're usually limited on money accrual, inventory space, character slots, etc..
Anybody who takes a game halfway seriously won't be content with what's offered for free.
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can't be worse than lotro
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Been f2p for at least a year, thinking close to two. I ended up "buying" the game to unlock a lot of stuff, and then I got to lvl 20 and just got bored 
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it's been like this for awhile and it will be blizzards next move here shortly
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jojo263 posted:
it's been like this for awhile and it will be blizzards next move here shortly
Blizz already has a limited F2P.
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Was fun for a little bit, but when the levels slow down around 20 and you don't see anyone in the world, it tends to get boring fast.
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EQ2 went Semi F2P earlier this year
you only had access to 4 races and 6 classes and could only level up so much with out paying SO if you wanted to unlock stuff they had regular premium and platinum setups and each gave more and more but they were all still subscriptions so it wasn't a true F2P infact the Platinum subscription was a damn scam if you ask me
now it seems they have embraced LOTRO idea of F2P which i love and hope thats the direction MMO's take if they are going to do this F2P stuff
EQ2 wasn't all that bad.. it has everyone i liked about MMO's but can be a bit to grindy and hardcore EQ fans can be scary
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vn_vigilante66 posted:
http://www.everquest2.com/free
Another one joins the ranks of free to play. Didnt even know this was going to happen. One more expansion from WoW and I see them trying this out
Blizzard/WoW doesn't need to go free-to-play, going F2P is what dying games do to generate population and revenue, Blizzard is FAR from being there.
Zero_Washu posted:
can't be worse than lotro
Think again, at least LoTRO allowed you to choose which chars to unlock for your 2 slots, even if they were a race/class that they were charging for in the store. EQ2 limits you to 4 races, if all of your chars are of other races, they will be locked and you will have to pay to unlock them. I have 8 characters on Antonia Byle
Elaok posted:
EQ2 went Semi F2P earlier this year
you only had access to 4 races and 6 classes and could only level up so much with out paying SO if you wanted to unlock stuff they had regular premium and platinum setups and each gave more and more but they were all still subscriptions so it wasn't a true F2P infact the Platinum subscription was a damn scam if you ask me
now it seems they have embraced LOTRO idea of F2P which i love and hope thats the direction MMO's take if they are going to do this F2P stuff
EQ2 wasn't all that bad.. it has everyone i liked about MMO's but can be a bit to grindy and hardcore EQ fans can be scary
EQ2 did NOT embrace the same F2P setup that LoTRO does, there is no premium after you spend money, because of that one feature, LoTRO has most F2P games beat by a long shot, the rest want money for everything, every time you turn around.
Let's also mention the fact that as free, you are limited to Adept level spells, no free to play game has ever limited your abilities, that is absolutely absurd. And another EXTREMELY absurd limit is, you can't even wear all your armor! My higher level characters have had armor removed from their equipment into their inventory, and they can not equip it, Sony wants 150 Station Credit for me to buy 5 unlockers to unlock gear I can't equip because of my account level?? Really? Time to uninstall and forget completely about EQ2.
If more games that convert to F2P would use a setup like LoTRO there'd be less hassle. :P
Edit: Ok I have to retract some of what I said, I tried it the day after it went F2P and was pretty upset because all of my characters were locked. Further researching has turned up a post made by Sony/EQ2 yesterday stating all characters, regardless of race/class, created before 12-6-11 will be grandfathered in and unlocked.
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xKillerClownx posted:
EQ2 did NOT embrace the same F2P setup that LoTRO does, there is no premium after you spend money, because of that one feature, LoTRO has most F2P games beat by a long shot, the rest want money for everything, every time you turn around.
Let's also mention the fact that as free, you are limited to Adept level spells, no free to play game has ever limited your abilities, that is absolutely absurd. And another EXTREMELY absurd limit is, you can't even wear all your armor! My higher level characters have had armor removed from their equipment into their inventory, and they can not equip it, Sony wants 150 Station Credit for me to buy 5 unlockers to unlock gear I can't equip because of my account level?? Really? Time to uninstall and forget completely about EQ2.
If more games that convert to F2P would use a setup like LoTRO there'd be less hassle. :P
Edit: Ok I have to retract some of what I said, I tried it the day after it went F2P and was pretty upset because all of my characters were locked. Further researching has turned up a post made by Sony/EQ2 yesterday stating all characters, regardless of race/class, created before 12-6-11 will be grandfathered in and unlocked.
oh they didn't go that route? thats really disappointing i was just hoping they did i should of read up on it lol
I just remember the other "F2P" thing they had going was an absolute joke
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Elaok posted:
xKillerClownx posted:
EQ2 did NOT embrace the same F2P setup that LoTRO does, there is no premium after you spend money, because of that one feature, LoTRO has most F2P games beat by a long shot, the rest want money for everything, every time you turn around.
Let's also mention the fact that as free, you are limited to Adept level spells, no free to play game has ever limited your abilities, that is absolutely absurd. And another EXTREMELY absurd limit is, you can't even wear all your armor! My higher level characters have had armor removed from their equipment into their inventory, and they can not equip it, Sony wants 150 Station Credit for me to buy 5 unlockers to unlock gear I can't equip because of my account level?? Really? Time to uninstall and forget completely about EQ2.
If more games that convert to F2P would use a setup like LoTRO there'd be less hassle. :P
Edit: Ok I have to retract some of what I said, I tried it the day after it went F2P and was pretty upset because all of my characters were locked. Further researching has turned up a post made by Sony/EQ2 yesterday stating all characters, regardless of race/class, created before 12-6-11 will be grandfathered in and unlocked.
oh they didn't go that route? thats really disappointing i was just hoping they did i should of read up on it lol
I just remember the other "F2P" thing they had going was an absolute joke
Yeah, it was called Everquest II Extended, and basically, that's the model they used to push EQ2 to F2P, it's horrid, way too greedy.
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It's Sony, what do you expect? 
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My old characters are mad rich, my level 80 inquisitor has like 1900 or more plat, do i lose all my coin, houses legendary/fabled gear.Do i lose access to the broker as a free character?
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