The game will go F2P

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The game will go F2P

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Taurusaud

01.08.2012 , 11:41 PM \| #41
Quote: Originally Posted by Syrellaris wow at launch was anything but alive either. things stood still etc as well. Doing quests in wow at the first 6 months was the same as it is now. sure they had some animals scurry around and a few NPC walked, but that was it. Clicking those NPC just gave you a sound emote nothing more. So whats the big deal, they have other things to fix and eventually we will get a easthetic update that adds a more "alive" feel. It took wow nearly to launch of TBC to feel alive anyway. Dude how hard is it to create a responsive UI, especially in this day and age? WoW never had the UI issues this game has and it came out 7 years ago. How do you release with it this bad?! It's completely inexcusable, especially because many of the mmos that failed after WoW had the same unresponsive UIs. Having a responsive UI should have been a high priority.

Fardreamer

01.08.2012 , 11:41 PM \| #42
Quote: Originally Posted by Sevenpifers I'm a Star Wars fan, Love the game. But from the way it looks it'll drop below the 500k mark come Feb and beyond I'll believe it when I see it... which means I probably won't ever believe it. The queue on my server keeps going UP not down... this tends to lend to the fact that the game is becoming more and more popular.
"In the end, cowards are those who follow the darkside." -Yoda

Kreystus

01.08.2012 , 11:43 PM \| #43
Quote: Originally Posted by Fardreamer I'll believe it when I see it... which means I probably won't ever believe it. The queue on my server keeps going UP not down... this tends to lend to the fact that the game is becoming more and more popular. Because this game is just full of epicness!

artilleryshell

01.08.2012 , 11:43 PM \| #44
Quote: Originally Posted by Kreystus this game has been out only about 30days.... and all we can do now is say.. OMG its going to be free to play Fun facts 1. No major patches have been released yet to give more content. 2. The bugs and glitches in the game have not been fixed. 3. There is no way they are going to add an expansion in the future? (Yes they will) guys you really don't understand how mmos work if your going to crap on the game after a short period of time.. Did you see what happened to skyrim on the ps3? How long those playstation people had to wait to get a fix. and it still isn't corrected. Look at how many games that on release date have so many problems... Its because your asking too much from the developer. You want a perfect game from day 1 and I'm sorry but that isn't going to happen This will not be another dc universe .. you heard it here first sorry, but the evidence we were looking for was... Numbers. Thank you for playing, however. Evidence to predict an mmorpg's failure simply cannot exist 3 weeks after launch. You will need to look at subscriptions now, subscriptions in 90 days, and subscriptions in 180 days. before you can hope to begin to establish a linear correlation between time and player activity. we do know that the critical value we are looking to hit is <500,000 as this is the number EA has announced is their lowest number to achieve profit while supporting the game in a p2p model, however, we have no clue which way the numbers are going to go. you can ASSUME that they will go down, but you have no evidence to back up that assumption.
Yes, its a dress, now shut up, sit down, and watch me tank this boss. - artilleryshell You know we don't have eyes, so what's behind the veil? A beard. - Atasama

Sevenpifers

01.08.2012 , 11:44 PM \| #45
Quote: Originally Posted by Fardreamer I'll believe it when I see it... which means I probably won't ever believe it. Again, We can never say. But I am a Seven year Alpha WoW vet and I love both games. But when Diablo 3 and MoP come out(Bad or Not) Millions will go play those and it'll be another Shiruken star in this games back. That's just a fact. Every WoW expansion always pulls back a few million for a couple months then they leave again.

artilleryshell

01.08.2012 , 11:44 PM \| #46
Quote: Originally Posted by Sevenpifers I'm a Star Wars fan, Love the game. But from the way it looks it'll drop below the 500k mark come Feb and beyond evidence?
Yes, its a dress, now shut up, sit down, and watch me tank this boss. - artilleryshell You know we don't have eyes, so what's behind the veil? A beard. - Atasama

Zeodic

01.08.2012 , 11:45 PM \| #47
Let me help you out here.... It will never go F2P because it is Star Wars... my proof .... SWG.... George likes his money no matter how little it is and he will not let it go F2P.... /thread
Dont forget to always pick your Nodes .....

artilleryshell

01.08.2012 , 11:45 PM \| #48
Quote: Originally Posted by Zeodic Let me help you out here.... It will never go F2P because it is Star Wars... my proof .... SWG.... George likes his money no matter how little it is and he will not let it go F2P.... /thread this is also not evidence.
Yes, its a dress, now shut up, sit down, and watch me tank this boss. - artilleryshell You know we don't have eyes, so what's behind the veil? A beard. - Atasama

Jeweledleah

01.08.2012 , 11:45 PM \| #49
if TOR will go free to play, its going to be similar model to DDO and LOTRO (which btw, still offer subscription model that allows for full access in addition to their "buy quest packs as you go and only quest packs you wish to buy" model ) and it will go free to play for the same reason as DDO and LOTRO. more profitable model that at the same time allows for more access to more people. F2P model is popular for a reason. it allows for fantastic flexibility while luring people in with cheap upgrades that end up costing them 3 times as much per month then if they just paid a flat monthly fee

Sevenpifers

01.08.2012 , 11:45 PM \| #50
Quote: Originally Posted by artilleryshell evidence? Have none. I agree its my opinion unlike the OP.

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