If SWTOR goes free to play it may save the ship from exploding

Oh really now? So the game is just constantly dying? It didnt actually grow a little since 1.2? Gimme a break, the game is far from even considering F2P. I saw whats coming ... an overhyped F2P game, a pedo-action korean MMO, and kung-fu panda's. Oh and another sci-fi MMO that thinks its going to revolutionize the genre because its "new" (just like AoC right Funcom?). All decent games in their own regard (despite my derogatory labels, except TSW, thats an auto-fail) but TOR is providing great competition to them and is, IMHO, one of the best competitors.

1- The OP is a AAA Troll who's been undermining the game since minute 1. Check his history.

2- F2P (buy to play would be more precise though) usually are not 100% free to play as they include microtransactions to pull money form the consumers. Also, there is another danger that promised B2P model become Pay to Win model as that "soon to be released" F2P game will do.

3- B2P games lack any sense of evolution or prospects of new content, excluding future expansions (mandatory buy to play). They basically provide an arena with scripted events that is not going to change until the next expansion. In the subscription model, evolution and new content on a regular basis is guaranteed. Also, the playerbase has more power of negotiation, so to call it, with the developers to transform and adapt the game to their demands (providing the communication channels work in a mature, serious and constructive way, which is not the case in the present forums).

4- The subscription model guarantees in certain way that less children, iliterate lowlifes and brats are going to be playing. In spite of this, some of them still get to play (momma, welfare checks and that kind of stuff). Imagine how the forums and the ingame community would be in a free to play model. The horror, the horror...

If they started charging people for each post they make, it might save these forums from exploding.

You could not be more wrong. F2P ruins MMOs and I'd never play again if they decided to go that route.

Please just flag OP's threads as trolling and move on.

He's never been a contributing member of this community.

Previous threads:
http://www.swtor.com/community/searc...archid=2048641

This means that you paid for them.

I too have played LOTRO off and on, after it went F2P, and in order to even activate the ability to play specific classes you had to pay for them. Not even mentioning the ability to enter instanced content as well as increase the playable level cap. Can you go make a toon and play the first 20 levels without paying a cent? Sure. But that's something I couldn't do for more than a day or two even if they paid me. In order to play the game in its entirety you have to pay for it.

This is a purely speculative opinion which I strongly disagree with, I've yet to find a F2P MMO worth playing since they are mostly P2Win or just pure guano so I actually find them less appealing.
I'd rather pay a regular monthly fee for an MMO as long as it's worth it (which SWTOR is in my opinion) than to pay (more often than not) even more than a regular monthly fee in a F2P (P2Win) MMO.

Also nothing but a speculative opinion based on non-existing facts, I disagree, going F2P would most probably cause me and my friends to stop playing.

I know I don't speak for everyone but neither do you.

People need to stop calling it Free to Play. It's a marketing gimmick. The reason all these companies are moving towards that model is because it makes them more money.

Paying for each feature individually winds up costing us more.

Unless you decide to commit to an MMO for at least 2 years or so @$15/month, you will wind up spending more in a free to play model. With hundreds of features and gear options to choose from @ $3-5 bucks each, it would cost you hundreds just to unlock everything you would've had in subscription model.

So, if you're only interested in checking a game out for a few months, subscriptions will save you a bundle. Free to Play only becomes the more economical choice if you're willing to commit years to a game.

Surprisingly, the only reason for companies to make games are $$$. Or €€€.

Likewise, original posters not very bright

and Im really getting sick of these threads, hope the community keeps supporting BW