How many of you will start playing TOR once it becomes f2p?

Seeing as that could be the last stand to save the game, the real question is how many of you will actually be convinced that it'll be worthwhile without a monthly fee. Me personally, I was waiting for this to be announced so I could start playing it. I think the game is great fun but I'm not willing to pay $15 a month on it, or any game for that matter, but that's just me.

big news, is NOT F2P , is pay2win.

-1 here, game's way too boring, I played on a friend's account till around level 20 and I just couldn'tt ake it anymore, glad I never ended up buying it.DanielDust

Aye. Had played in a friends account (he was eager to have someone to play with), and the game is no good. They should be paying me for playing the game.

Despite playing together with a good RL friend over skype the game got incredibly boring after a while, so no, I will never go back.

If I can convince a friend or 2 to start playing I'll probably give it another whirl. I think I would enjoy the storylines, and I don't even mind shelling out money on microtransactions.

Seeing as that could be the last stand to save the game, the real question is how many of you will actually be convinced that it'll be worthwhile without a monthly fee. Me personally, I was waiting for this to be announced so I could start playing it. I think the game is great fun but I'm not willing to pay $15 a month on it, or any game for that matter, but that's just me.

Tigerman950

I will, the one obstacle was the monthly fee. I can't see spending $15 a month on something that I might get to play maybe a few hours each weekend. Some months I might not get to touch it at all.

Been there, done that, and I have no intention on going back. Two months was probably one month more than I needed to see all I wanted to see in TOR.

I'll start playing again sure. Good game.

I may try again actually the Collector's edition is on sale at Kmart for 29.99 Now with 10$ shipping.

http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_018W003940258001P?sid=KAx20061023x272xTier3&aff=Y

Played the game at launch, I'll definitely jump back into it if I can get some friends to play.

I enjoyed beta testing the bounty hunter. Some of the naming restrictions I wasn't crazy about. You should NOT be able to name your character IG-88, Luke nor Solo but I'm pretty sure I couldnt use Jaster Sixx, Dak or possibly Kath Hound Dak . Of course being that I came from a game with heavy name-squatting -- city of heroes -- and I just blurted half my names to the world, maybe I'm a little dis allusionsed with MMOs in general if not swtorFire_Wa11

I will probably try it at least.

Yeah I'll probably mess around the game a bit when it's free. As long as my characters aren't restricted in some manner.jban311

City of Heroes was funny. I swear I saw tons of Spiiiderman characters. =PAllicrombie

I have great memories of City of Heroes. Imagine a spandex-clad pick-up group of 5 staring into the start of a dungeon only to see every villain is at least 3 levels higher than us. Thennnnn the guffaws begin:

"Who's idea was it to do this mission?!"

"Oh, man! What idiot put this team together? No way are we going to be able to beat this."

Then it gets down to some guy's huge avatar at the end. Tattoos cover his bare chest. An intimidating hari-krishna ponytail sprouts from his otherwise shaven head. Muscles rippling...he speaks....

"Hold me."

[QUOTE="jban311"]Yeah I'll probably mess around the game a bit when it's free. As long as my characters aren't restricted in some manner.Elann2008

If you play casually and not 24/7, most of the game is free. If you want to do operations (raids), you'll have to subscribe though. Sounds like a good deal to me. You could level a million characters to level cap and get any gear you want without paying a dime, and then sub if you want to do raids at endgame

Nope! I'd rather play Russian Roulette, more excitement.SKaREO

No **** bro

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="jban311"]Yeah I'll probably mess around the game a bit when it's free. As long as my characters aren't restricted in some manner.wis3boi

If you play casually and not 24/7, most of the game is free. If you want to do operations (raids), you'll have to subscribe though. Sounds like a good deal to me. You could level a million characters to level cap and get any gear you want without paying a dime, and then sub if you want to do raids at endgame

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] There are restrictions with F2P that "may" affect your play-style.Elann2008

If you play casually and not 24/7, most of the game is free. If you want to do operations (raids), you'll have to subscribe though. Sounds like a good deal to me. You could level a million characters to level cap and get any gear you want without paying a dime, and then sub if you want to do raids at endgame

I meant up to raiding. There's loads of flashpoints with great gear as you work your way to 50, and even then you can get sweet gear from pvp matches as well from 10-50.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

If you play casually and not 24/7, most of the game is free. If you want to do operations (raids), you'll have to subscribe though. Sounds like a good deal to me. You could level a million characters to level cap and get any gear you want without paying a dime, and then sub if you want to do raids at endgame

wis3boi

I meant up to raiding. There's loads of flashpoints with great gear as you work your way to 50, and even then you can get sweet gear from pvp matches as well from 10-50.

Yeah, I want to finish my class story but after that I will uninstall it for good.

I'm a one MMO kind of person, and nothing can hold a candle to WoW. I tried TOR, but I wont be going back. It was mind numbingly boring, the highest I made it was lvl 42.

You could be paying me to play it and I probably still wouldn't

I'll probably try it out. The content they will be letting everyone play for free is pretty much the only content in the game that I'm interested in. I personally couldn't care less if the game is pay2win or not since the competetive part of it doesn't interest me. I'll just play it as a single player game, or possibly co-op with some friends.

This guy.

How do you go back to something that is in pieces at the bottom of the ocean?

big news, is NOT F2P , is pay2win.

Krelian-co

I was willing to pay the fee and was really excited for it until I started hearing some bad vibes, my buddies weren't buying it and everyone just expected it to go f2p (Penny Arcade even made a comic on that prediction).

I'll check it out, I love Star Wars, I love Bioware and KOTOR so hopefully the story can keep me enthralled enough to look past the boring gameplay.

I was willing to pay the fee and was really excited for it until I started hearing some bad vibes, my buddies weren't buying it and everyone just expected it to go f2p (Penny Arcade even made a comic on that prediction).

I'll check it out, I love Star Wars, I love Bioware and KOTOR so hopefully the story can keep me enthralled enough to look past the boring gameplay.

SPYDER0416

http://games.on.net/2012/08/subscription-mmos-are-dead-long-live-free-to-play/

Very interesting article and mirrors something that I have been saying for the past 2 months. MMOs these days are all going F2P, because that's the only way they can maintain themsleves profitable (except WoW which is a rare beast).

F2P doesn't necesarrily mean failure, that's a thought of the past. Look at LOTRO and how much it's earning now. There are cases where some MMOs fail even with F2P as well of course.

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

big news, is NOT F2P , is pay2win.

FelipeInside

He's trolling. The only things you can buy in the shop are cosmetics and junk. And since the game is PvE centered and pvp is an afterthought, pay2win doesn't even make sense in this game

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

big news, is NOT F2P , is pay2win.

wis3boi

He's trolling. The only things you can buy in the shop are cosmetics and junk. And since the game is PvE centered and pvp is an afterthought, pay2win doesn't even make sense in this game

LotRO was out for 3 years before it went F2P it also wasn't the most expensive MMORPG ever developed. Apples and oranges. Even EA is admitting that TOR has been a disappointing failure, why can't you? Why continue to defend this albatross?

I also think that article (one person's opinion) is BS and proves nothing. Rift seems to be doing fine. EVE seems to be doing fine, too.

Maybe the subscription model is finished for big budget, me-too MMORPGs but I believe there is still a market for smaller games to survive. I would gladly pay $15-$20 a month for a good, skill-based, sandbox MMORPG. I would much rather pay up front than be nickle-and-dimed to death through micro-transactions.

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] How? I thought the F2P option just limits you to certain missions/flashpoints and not operations...FelipeInside

He's trolling. The only things you can buy in the shop are cosmetics and junk. And since the game is PvE centered and pvp is an afterthought, pay2win doesn't even make sense in this game

Yeah, same here FelipeInside. What is your progress in The Secret World? I still love the atmosphere and art design. The lore is still impressive but I'm taking a break from it, but I am definitely not quitting the game for good. I just don't think I'll be playing much TSW at all this month so I figured I'd save the $15, take a break from that, and play some SP-games. I'll most likely resub after the new issue/big update arrives.

GW2 is a definite buy though, as you know I've pre-ordered the CE and I'm looking forward to it more than I have before despite the beta experience. Since SWTOR is going F2P, I'll definitely reinstall it. I don't think I mind will change about TOR, but it will be free so it doesn't matter anyways. I'll probably plug in an hour here or there, but nothing significant. It'll all be about GW2 and TSW.

This will be interesting because I've never played more than one MMO at any given time. Money was/is never an issue with MMOGs. It's the time that is my concern, and the value I'm getting out of it to pay up front cost for the game and monthly sub. GW2's business model just makes it easier to decide, which I appreciate.

LotRO was out for 3 years before it went F2P it also wasn't the most expensive MMORPG ever developed. Apples and oranges. Even EA is admitting that TOR has been a disappointing failure, why can't you? Why continue to defend this albatross?

I also think that article (one person's opinion) is BS and proves nothing. Rift seems to be doing fine. EVE seems to be doing fine, too.

Maybe the subscription model is finished for big budget, me-too MMORPGs but I believe there is still a market for smaller games to survive. I would gladly pay $15-$20 a month for a good, skill-based, sandbox MMORPG. I would much rather pay up front than be nickle-and-dimed to death through micro-transactions.

-wildflower-

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

He's trolling. The only things you can buy in the shop are cosmetics and junk. And since the game is PvE centered and pvp is an afterthought, pay2win doesn't even make sense in this game

Elann2008

Yeah, same here FelipeInside. What is your progress in The Secret World? I still love the atmosphere and art design. The lore is still impressive but I'm taking a break from it, but I am definitely not quitting the game for good. I just don't think I'll be playing much TSW at all this month so I figured I'd save the $15, take a break from that, and play some SP-games. I'll most likely resub after the new issue/big update arrives.

GW2 is a definite buy though, as you know I've pre-ordered the CE and I'm looking forward to it more than I have before despite the beta experience. Since SWTOR is going F2P, I'll definitely reinstall it. I don't think I mind will change about TOR, but it will be free so it doesn't matter anyways. I'll probably plug in an hour here or there, but nothing significant. It'll all be about GW2 and TSW.

This will be interesting because I've never played more than one MMO at any given time. Money was/is never an issue with MMOGs. It's the time that is my concern, and the value I'm getting out of it to pay up front cost for the game and monthly sub. GW2's business model just makes it easier to decide, which I appreciate.

What did I fail to read? You've been foolishly claiming the subscription model is dead for the past 6 months is some thinly veiled attempt to justify why TOR doesn't suck and how it is simply just a victim of circumstance and a changing tide, so you find some half-assed article to "support" your pie-in-the-sky claim as proof or evidence.

What exactly am I missing?

Funny how the very first comment on that article pretty much agrees with me, too.

What did I fail to read? You've been foolishly claiming the subscription model is dead for the past 6 months is some thinly veiled attempt to justify why TOR doesn't suck and how it is simply just a victim of circumstance and a changing tide, so you find some half-assed article to "support" your pie-in-the-sky claim as proof or evidence.

What exactly am I missing?

Funny how the very first comment on that article pretty much agrees with me, too.

-wildflower-