Article on F2P

A new article has been written about SWTOR's transition to F2P and more, check it out for yourself. Though be warned if you are easily offended you should probably not read it, the author does not pull any punches.

http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/18...s_the_old_.php

Bingo. If they wanted to make a single player game, they should of just made a single player game. Not a single player experience wrapped in an un-necessary MMO. Hell, they could of even put in multiplayer and still had the multiplayer focused flashpoints and PVP, but had an all around better game.

I think there's a lot of people who would of rather just gotten KOTOR III

I'm enjoying the game. Don't understand why so many haters stick around. If you don't like it don't play it. If you are playing it, that means their is some appeal for it, and it will last a hell of a lot longer in replay value then any single player game.

Some people have no confidence in themselves and constantly search the Internet for self validation.

The article writer is a particular hater on the Free 2 Play model, just read what else he wrote.

Also a lot of stuff on that page seem to be before the change to hotbar character slots for f2p/preferred players, not really sure why hes saying he need to pay 180$ to unlock everything, the same thing happen in dcuo, lotro or sto (which is way worse since its random box with endgame ship..).

He need to get some perspective before whining about stuff.

Seems overly harsh, but has some merit

Pretty standard. SWToR's F2P model is not particularly good, most of the Internet has realized this. That said, the Internet is also rife with misinformation about it, something BW is largely responsible for.

For instance, he says you need to be subbed to get quest rewards. That sounds ridiculously punitive, and it would be if it were true. But it's just credit box quest rewards that are only available to subscribers. (That's pretty ridiculous too at first glance. Presumably it's done to make things harder for gold farmers, but if you didn't know that, it would seem petty, stupid and counterproductive.)

He also says that a F2P model should strive to milk existing subscribers, without realizing that that's exactly what's going on.

Free players still have the quickbar restriction (it was only relaxed for Preferred players), so that continues to be relevant, though.

I dont know...sure it was a bit harsh, but not really over the top.

I don't agree with everything he said, but overall I understand his view. I'm still unsure about the weekly unlocks and high prices for some items, but I'm going to reserve judgement until I find out if the amount of people playing has jumped and has REMAINED STABLE.

If that is the case it is set up exactly as it needs to be. Otherwise the prices need to drop. The market will correct itself over time.

This may sound funny but I actually found the comments on the article to be a more interesting read than the actual article.

Did you.. just go make a blog website.. and publish an article under an alias... So you could whinge MORE about the game.

Seriously though, let me put the question to you - why should we care what some blogger think's. BW probably didn't respond to an ingame ticket of his so this is his way of 'getting them back'.

YOU SHOWED THEM BLOGGER.

YOU. SHOWED. THEM.