F2P - 3 Warzones Per Week LOL

Thanks!

Did you used to watch Farscape??? =)

Actually, from all of the marketing data I've ever seen and/or used, what chuixupu described is incorrect. People who are not enjoying something will not pay to "get out of a penalty" or in this case, a restriction.

People pay money once they are ALREADY having fun and when that money translates into a benefit.

Again, I'd argue that the best way for BioWare to make dollars here is by doing what's best for ALL their players. Let P2P and F2P have unlimited Warzones. Allow gearing to move "faster" (and only faster, because you NEVER want to have a P2W game, as Doomsdaycomes pointed out) for P2P and restricting access to Rateds (unless something is changed like solo Rated queues) is fine, but probably a non-variable in this case.

If you looked at my entire post, the part above your quoted part commented on how a typical F2P game with a cash shop offering "bonus exp, bonus droprates, etc..." is a a Pay to Win system, and is one of the most evil, manipulative, cash-grabbing schemes a company can use.

I'd rather people come in, have a little fun, and realize they should subscribe if they want to have more fun (ie, restricted play times, or something like it).

Nobody knows what the price will be for a week pass of Warzones, if it's only $1.50 for a week pass for unlimited Warzones thats only $6 a month and if you mostly do Warzones then your saving a lot of money vs paying $15... Even if its $2 for a week pass thats still only $8 a month for unlimited warzones...

So before everyone freaks out we might want to wait and see what the pricing is.

I don't think the 3 rate limit will be effective as there isn't enough time to become "addicted" to pvp. That should be the goal, right? You know... allow people a free hit so they come back with money and wild promises of promiscuity. Sounds right to me.

It's enough to get a taste of it... Odds are if they want to explore it more they can buy a week pass probably for a couple bucks.... Thats the whole point of F2P..... Pay for what you like....

/sigh you are missing the point. If you are f2p they want you to only sample certain features and if you like it you can buy a pass for cartel coins or subscribe. How are they going to get money off people if they let you have full access for free?...

Because everything in F2P IS NOT FREE. No one would ever use the F2P model if everything was free. They have to make revenue somehow and this is one of those ways. Just be glad the Cartel Points market isn't adding items that make you inherently better than everyone else (which is called a Pay to Win model).

I also think that 3 per week sounds really low.

I guess the idea here is that they want people to just get to try PVP WZ, and then if the like it they can buy access.
Makes it seem more like a trial than normal F2P (which I am OK with).

That said, I'm looking forward to seeing how this all plays out in the end.

Thats not how the f2p model works. You make money off of whales, people that spend more than they ever would on a subscription, and you do that by providing premium services of convenience and vanity, not by nickel and diming the free player who would never spend the money on a sub in the first place.