dharh said:
Vashyo said:
this game looks so generic from what I've seen, I see no point paying for this game when there's tons of F2P MMOs that do the same things, even better in some cases I suppose. SOE seems to do great with it's MMOs once they went for the F2P model |
Someo people should be wary of SOEs FTP model, especially if it becomes the standard. Without SUB there are major restrictions. Even the silver SUB level, there are pretty stiff restrictions. Such as not being able to have max level, losing certain skills/abilities. It's definitely restricted gameplay and in some cases no matter how much you pay in the store you can't get the same experience as someone who pays full SUB. On the other hand that may be perfect for lots of people who just want to play the lower level game with some friends. I wonder how much money those gamers make for the game and if its not the people who actually pay SUB that end up carrying those games to profitability.
Keeping in mind this is just anecdotal, but I have a theory that people who pay SUBs are often also the people who spend the most money in the game store because they are more invested in their characters. But that probably varies from game to game depending on what is for sale in the store, like extra char slots, extra companion slots, etc.
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I play Planetside 2 which is a SOE game without a sub, the difference with a free player and player with sub is just the speed that u level up in, which is 1/3 faster for a subber. There's no limit on what u can/can't do as a free player in the game so it's not P2W. I don't see how they would do things differently with Everquest NEXT either. They've really fixed their act from their older subscription days. People do like to put money in the F2P games they've invested time in and the best way to get people in the game is to let them play it for free.
