One of my favorite games I played, but couldn't afford the subscription anymore. Count me in.

Originally posted by Piasek

A little more info regarding news.

 

Aion NA will stay p2p. Aion EU by Gameforge will go f2p to bring more European players to the game.

 

Boo for NA, nevermind my above post.

Originally posted by marzatplay

Originally posted by Piasek

A little more info regarding news.

Aion NA will stay p2p. Aion EU by Gameforge will go f2p to bring more European players to the game.

Boo for NA, nevermind my above post.

As long as there is no IP block then who cares? I would rather play an official server for free even if there is a little lag. No different then a private server. =P

As I recall, when Lineage II went 'Free' it was first announced for the European side, then NA followed later. It is pretty much a given that NA will follow or else lose a good share of their subs. From the FAQ it doesn't look like Aion will be using quite as good a 'Free' model as Lineage II, what with the stupid tiers (Starter, Vet and Gold), plus current players apparently get nothing other than Vet status for all the money they've spent since release. It would be nice if they'd give out some type of special in-game feature based on how many months you subbed; some special armor sets, weapons, and mounts. That would be a nice way to thank those of us that have stuck with the game since release, other than the mostly lame current veteran rewards we get each month; althought the free wings and pet were nice.

They're dropping like flies...how many are really left now?

Originally posted by vesavius

Originally posted by Z3R01

All of these developers could have saved themselves a lot of time if they just released these games as either Buy to play or Free to play. 

 

It very much makes financial sense for a AAA game to sell the box and go sub based for at least a year, then switch to F2P after that for a mini relaunch. SWTOR will follow exactly the same model IMO.

 I believe this was well.

Yay! Star Trek Online, and then Aion will fill the time until TOR becomes F2P!! :D

Originally posted by Pyrostasis

I gotta say I liked aion when it launched, but just not enough to justify a 15 fee.

For free I will definitely be checking it out on a regular basis.

 

Same for me.  I played beta, and then bought the game for launch and first month, but it began to pall a bit and I didn't want to pay the monthly subscription given that I wasn't going to play much.

I've kept an eye on things, though, and always hoped this option would become available.

Looking forward to trying it out again come next Feb.

I think the game became a lot better when Assault to Balaurea was released, i bought Aion and never subscribed, but this time, i will try it again, it was one of the best pvp experiences i had in a mmorpg. Plus, now i know that i will have a Veteran account.

I think the article could have been written more clearly. As of today Europe is going FTP  in February. There is no indication North American is going FTP....yet.

I was needing a new game to play and it looks like a good game to play free. I still have to wait until February but I hope I can play here in South America too.

Exceptional marketing.  Guess when the 30-day-free lookie loos depart ToR?  Cast the net wide and try to reel them in, it's freakin' genius.

Further proof that forced pvp is a set up for failure. No mmo can survive without catering to pvers.

Originally posted by Piasek

A little more info regarding news.

 

Aion NA will stay p2p. Aion EU by Gameforge will go f2p to bring more European players to the game.

 

Won't be long before NA follows.

It will be going free to play in the US too.  

I'd go back to playing if it was F2P.

Originally posted by vesavius

Originally posted by Boudewijns

well if it wasnt a pvp oriented game i would love to play it but thats to late now that SWTOR is comming out

 

By Feb a lot of folks will be done with SWTOR imo.

 

 

I'm already done and unsubbed.

I don't think the NA version will be able to stay open if they make a f2p version of it it wouldn't last a month I stopped playing around the middle of last year in the NA and the game was suffereing horribly then and were begining to merge server's due to lack of population it was also plagued with bot's and gold seller's as well. 

I don't see the NA keeping a p2p version if they're gonna make a f2p version theres just no way it would survive ppl from the NA would ragequit and protest it till they got a free version as well as eu players.

Originally posted by vesavius

1. Not pay to win (I can ignore the cash shop)

2. Full access to all content

3. Fresh servers (with one UK based no less)

 

Yes please.

 

 

 

1.  Cash shop is the only point of going fail to pay.

2. Possibly, but again, there's a cash shop in planning.

3. This is quite possible, especially after the cash shop begins to turn a profit.