Maybe free to play is a good thing

I will have nothing to do with the game if it go's free to play.

I will take my money elsewhere.

use netflix instead (cheaper) or better yet the PB (free)

Concretely

What would free to play bring me as player?
How would free to play enhance my gaming experience?

I am willing to have an open mind, but in my little understanding of MMO games, new PVE and PVP content are financed by the subscription. No subcription, no new (free) content.

Unless player are forced (coerced) some way to spend an equivalent amount of money. But who would such a model benefit me.

Personally $15 bucks a month is starting to feel like alot of money for a game which implements changes so slowly.
I was thinking maybe $15 for two months would be more reasonable.

Far more likely though is the prospect of free to play. I like to think those who already spent their $60+subs will get full access and those who never paid would have to buy unlocks. I feel as customers who already bought the game we would save money. Bioware would also benefit, gaining more money from the free to play system.

The only negative is that the games development would probably take a nose dive, but things are happening so slowly, it feels like it already has.

Thoughts?

But...but if it goes free to play you won't have to pay so--...so, what money will you take...and where will you go with it?

No, they will expect you to buy their Gear Packages and such, or you will get owned by the people with them giving you the incentive to quit or buy them.

Subs = content has not been concrete in any way throughout MMO history. I think the Everquest games have been expansion driven, so new content required extra money. Asheron's Call on the other hand was all about monthly content. I don't know about WoW, but I get the impression that the content is all expansion driven, but that game is swimming in so much money who knows how they break it down.

'F2P' games such as DCUO have a monthly sub that gives you everything you had before and you get free access to expansion packs. The 'free' level of membership gives you all the base content (with a lot of restrictions) but you have to pay for the extra content you want. So with that as an example (and LoTRO, DDO, and EQ2 are similar) SWTOR would carry on the exact same way, but if they ever decided to add real content (which the game has not really done) it would require 'free' players to buy it while your subscription gives you uninterrupted access to it as it would have without a 'free' level.

And then factor in those days you just can't play for reasons such as going out of town, have to work overtime, power blackout, got arrested, or you're just not in the mood to play at all. So basically that's an additional $2 to $5 out of your monthly $15 subscription gone to waste...

In other words We should just continue allowing ourselves to get ripped off - gotcha .
After all its only $15 A month, who cares if we're only getting about $4 or $5 dollars of actual playtime out of it.
Because thats how me make the real world spin ^^