What is the reason for subscribing?

I can complete the weekly pvp mission. That's about all I'm getting from subscribing. All the other stuff is either bugged (looking at you unify colors) or pointless (raids). If you just play to level up and go through the class stories, there's absolutely no reason to subscribe, even more so with the upcoming expansion which they said would be free for subscribers. Another day, another lie from eaware.

I rarely run FPs unless I'm bored stiff and never PVP or do space missions. I've got the CE and it seems like I get nothing at all for buying that as anyone else can simply pay $5 and get the same thing. All those fancy legacy unlocks? I can still earn them in game or I can pay a few dollars and get them that way. It seems you get next to nothing at all for being a sub. And I came to this game from a game where subs get a lot more than free players. On this game there doesn't seem to be a difference. Yes f2pers have to pay for a bunch of stuff. So do subs. What's the point?

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Subscribing or not has nothing to do with being able to purchase and play the (sic) expansion.

I'd be tempted to pay for them to remove some of them.

Subs allow you to play without being frustrated by the limitations. That's all. Once you are subbed, you have your average f2p game.
Don't let it fool you, there is no "vip" status in this game, just "trial","invite a friend trial offer" and "f2p". But EAWARE is nice, they give you 500cc each month if you are f2p, so you can almost buy something you asked for 1year from the shop, if you save for 3 months.

And thus is my frustration. I'm also a sub at DCUO. I subbed because I got tired, as an f2p player, of being nickel and dimed for stuff. Lockboxes? Pay to open it. Better loot? Pay for it. More in game money? Pay for it. More character slots. Pay for it. New power sets and DLC? Pay for it. They nickel and dime f2pers for everything. If you sub, you don't get any of that. For the price of your sub you have no limits and the DLC is all free. You only pay if you want to buy stuff from the in game market that's their version of the cartel. The stuff there is all aesthetic/convenience (like a mailbox droid or an armor repair bot). None of it really impacts gameplay.

Lol, unclear?! Too funny. If it's 'unclear' trying going F2P. It will be come crystal clear very quickly.

If you think all it costs to bypass all the f2p restrictions is 10 - 15 dollars you must have never seen a math textbook in your life.

I spent 10 dollars on cartel coins and tried to play this game as a preferred played for about a week. I quickly learned that it was far, FAR cheaper to just sub than to bother trying to purchase even a 1/4 of the unlocks. The f2p model is *********** ATROCIOUS. It's seems as if their goal wasn't to have two different communities playing the game through different avenues, but simply beat non-subscribers about the head and face with ridiculous restrictions until they submit and just sub.

Against my better judgement, it worked. I'm not happy about it (which doesn't do Bioware any favors as far as keeping me around for long time) but I'm begrudgingly paying my sub until I finish getting my 8 toons to 50.

Reason is simple. Want to play in wz's ops or fp's as much as you want when you want? Then you need to sub. Otherwise if you are just a casual gamer that plays maybe 8 hours a week if that then f2p is for you.

I too thought about f2p after quiting 9 months ago coming back..until i read the restrictions and said to myself screw that!

I use all my bars, pvp back to back, fp's back to back and have more then 4 toons going. Cant do that on f2p.