'If' the game goes F2P, What happens?

I am NOT a hoarder. I am...a packrat.

I mean really, who's gonna support all these alts!

Hm. The jawa shoulda given that away.

LOL @ FAIL WARS 2 I'm sure you will piss and moan on their forums too!

My nickname isn't "magpie" for nuttin'.

To keep it on topic, not seeing this game goin' F2P anytime soon. But then again, F2P isn't the death knell that some would have you believe. It's just another approach to keeping these games running. Pay or do not. Pragmatic.

And you had the cheek to call me a troll.... Well.....

Can't you see that you are acting in almost the exact same way to peoples posts, but from the positive, pro BW side, as are the very people you call trolls and doomsayers. I was just going to leave that other thread without a response but come on...

How can someone be such a hypocrite... The only difference between you and the people you label as a troll is point of view...

DDO and LotRO seem to thrive pretty good on F2P basis.
F2P is just another payment model. It's basically turning games into shareware and offering you a trial version.
If some companies chose to make pretty bad payment plans it doesn't mean it's bad for everyone. Every reasonable company won't change anything for those already paying subscriptions for the game. Indeed at the end of it a subscription model may still be part of the package in order to unlock everything.

That said: WAR still is subscription-based so I wouldn't keep my hopes up SW:TOR will as well. Easily possibly they keep their projected 500k subscriber base.

And we are still in beta soooooooooooooooooooooooo Whats the point for EA to continue with this game? The company made a portion of its money back and will regain all its losses due to the fanboy club. Look at warhammer, 4 months in server merges, pvp lakes dead, end game content still buggy, pvp end game beyond buggy, no customer support, no dev interaction, and the list goes on. It mirrors this game to a tee. Your reason to say it been out for 2 months does not hold much water. If this was beta I would be ok with it.

I beta tested WoW and at least they listened to some of the things I had to offer, just like the rest of the people who I tested with. THis game however was pressed by EA to launch when it wasnt ready. Hence the mass flood of subs ending. In 5 months this game might be F2P is things are not fixed

I think the success model now is not to demand money for content, but to put items in the store people will want to buy. Some of it cosmetics, some of it "Pay-To-Win". (And this will likely also affect PvP).

Startrek Online went recently F2P:

Before it went F2P, it already had a micro-transaction store. It allowed you to buy costumes mostly and services (stuff like character slots, character renames etc.).

But at some point, they also added new ships. These ships were initially just as strong as other ones, but did allow new builds that weren't possible before.

New ships were added that were better than existing ships. Additional power slots and an item that you could also transfer to other ships for a decent special ability.
A ship has no direct equivalent in most MMOs. You may think of it as a kind of class, or at least a component of your class. A significant part of your build. So basically you buy two new powers for your build.

Additionally, they introduced a new currency (unifying a lot of currencies in the process. Think of it like the current commendations all put into one big commendation pool). F2P players have to buy new ships as they level for ths currency. There is also an exchange/auction process where you can trade in-game currency with points for the micro-transaction store.

But there is more:
Additionally, some of these ships are particularly "exotic" or rate. You do not buy them. You buy a box that contains a variety of items. Possibly also one of those.
Or you find special loot, a lockbox. You get keys to these boxes in the game store.

Overall, you will get stuff like "Pay To Win" and "Spend money for the Chance to get something".


Well, all that said. I don't think TOR will go F2P anytime soon. If ever.

lol @ how everyone seems to have been a beta tester for WoW

are statements like this made just so people can show the world how unintelligent they are?

the difference between good and evil is point of view, the difference between right and wrong is point of view.... YOUR ENTIRE BELIEF STRUCTURE IS POINT OF VIEW.

if you were raised to believe that murder and mayhem was the proper way to live, your point of view would be that it was normal and just...


/facepalm