Is the F2P/Preffered system too prohibitive, and if so, what should change?

F2p shouldn't be able to send any messages in chat just so credit spammers have to spend money every time they get banned.

Nobody really needs to chat to learn how to play the game there are guides out there for free just use google.

I'm just posting this because the spammers tick me off.

I am of the opinion that there are three distinct weaknesses in the current F2P/Preferred system that do not lend themselves to promote growth for this title. They are, as follows....

1) Lack of ability to more than one item and money between legacy characters on the same account.
2) Constant spam to indicate that you have reached credit cap.
3) Lack of ability for F2P and Preferred players to openly communicate among themselves in game (lack of a chat channel for F2P)

I also feel that a third tier is missing from the mix, a "Veteran" tier if you will, one that removes most (but not all) of the remaining restrictions for preferred players if they have subscribed to the game for at least 180 days in the lifetime of the account.

These are the only remaining weaknesses of the current model IMO. Below are my suggestions for each.

1) Allow folks to purchase an unlock that will open up legacy mail.
2) Either remove the sound effect from the coin limit spam, or space it out over, say, every ten deposits.
3) Add a channel to the chat box that would exist for free and preferred players to openly chat among themselves. Subscribers would naturally be able to participate, or could simply ignore it.

As far as the "Veteran" tier, I have a list of changes that I will post later after some editing.

I would like to hear some other opinions on this, even those that wish for more restrictions, not less. Thanks for reading.

I don't see anything on your list that sounds unreasonable even though I have always been a sub and plan to be one. it doesn't seem like your list is asking for things unreasonable.

I would add I think maybe they need to add a fourth tier to the module maybe one that is actually for the subscribers that had been a subscriber not just the ones that brought $5.00 (?) in cartel coins. There should be something different for old subscribers .

My opinion .

I have often been an advocate of a regular subscriber reward system, similar to the one that SWG had. The coins stipend is a good idea, but sub rewards would be the sauce I think to keep most folks subbed.

I loved my vet rewards on SWG.

But when the game went F2P you could play to levelcap without paying a dime.
The fact that you cannot enjoy the benefits of the expansion without subscribing OR paying for the expansion does not stop the base game from being F2P

No game in the world is completely free and this game is no exception.