I personally don't have any problem with any of the restrictions except for the actionbars. I can't even have half my abilities on on my higher level characters. Restricting UI usage is very extreme and no I don't expect everything for free. Oh and the crew skill limitation is dumb too. You have to have 2 gathering skills in order to craft. So they are saying you can't craft unless you give us money, plain and simple.

Originally posted by Theocritus
    How big is the f2p download?

I'm downloading it now, and once you get passed the 1.1gig video download...it's 11.01gigs. Not sure if there's more after that though, haven't got that far.

Originally posted by Phayz
http://www.swtor.com/free/features   -  lol

Am I reading that right?? No dungeons, no pvp, no space, no equipment, no bank, no mounts at all??? Can't be in a guild at all????

That's a great deal more restrictive than even the average free trial. There are few games that have f2p done right, but this is absolutely horrible. AION should be an example of how to do it right.

Originally posted by Newmoon

Originally posted by Phayz
http://www.swtor.com/free/features   -  lol

Am I reading that right?? No dungeons, no pvp, no space, no equipment, no bank, no mounts at all??? Can't be in a guild at all????

 

That's a great deal more restrictive than even the average free trial. There are few games that have f2p done right, but this is absolutely horrible. AION should be an example of how to do it right.

Nope, if that is what you saw you read it wrong.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61
I think it is around 27 Gig

      Bah thats alot for those of us with slow DSL.....All the voice acting and cutscenes had me concerned that it would be alot.

It launches and fails again even in F2P form.

Originally posted by Stuntie

Originally posted by Gaoxin

before you go and create an account, take some time and look at the F2P vs Prefered/Sub customers options. THIS IS NOT A F2P. no bank, no trading (2 slots lol), limited inventory, more grind to lvlup, you get your mounts 5-10lvls later, you CANT HAVE MORE THAN 200k! Which means, you cant buy the high lvl mounts. You cant equip epic items and so on.

To sum it up: you will be able to play the story mode, but only of the available races and classes, not all are free.

fuck those guys srsly

And you expect what for free? The entire game? All the mounts and money you can have? no restrictions what so ever?

They need to get subs and cash shop money to survive just like Lotro AOC and EQ2 etc. But all I hear is people slamming games with subs and then slamming f2p for having parts you need to pay for.

It is a business not a charity for freeloading gamers.

 

Have you ever played a F2P game? I played AOC for a very long time and I haven't seen these types of restrictions. I don't mind paying my fair share, but my hand is basically tied behind my back to pay if I want to enjoy this game even remotely.

Originally posted by black_isle
1 whole day of paid time is gone thanks to maintenance done during the effin daytime LOL.

it is not such a big thing or a big deal .if you play mmo you expect it . 

Originally posted by Lowfer69

I personally don't have any problem with any of the restrictions except for the actionbars. I can't even have half my abilities on on my higher level characters. Restricting UI usage is very extreme and no I don't expect everything for free. Oh and the crew skill limitation is dumb too. You have to have 2 gathering skills in order to craft. So they are saying you can't craft unless you give us money, plain and simple.

 

 

dont tell me you are that much poor not to afford a few cartel points for opening up action bars ? or are you ?

Originally posted by lotaparty

Originally posted by Lowfer69

I personally don't have any problem with any of the restrictions except for the actionbars. I can't even have half my abilities on on my higher level characters. Restricting UI usage is very extreme and no I don't expect everything for free. Oh and the crew skill limitation is dumb too. You have to have 2 gathering skills in order to craft. So they are saying you can't craft unless you give us money, plain and simple.

 

 

dont tell me you are that much poor not to afford a few cartel points for opening up action bars ? or are you ?

I don't think it has much to do with the price of it. Even if it was only a cent. It's more of the principle of the issue, which, from what I can tell is how silly it is to limit something like action bars. 

I think they should free up the UI limitations , at least for the PREFERED STATUS players...

It's ridicullus to give money to them and limit your gameplay in such way..

It's like going to a restaurant that offers free food but charges the napkins

Originally posted by pupurun

I think they should free up the UI limitations , at least for the PREFERED STATUS players...

It's ridicullus to give money to them and limit your gameplay in such way..

It's like going to a restaurant that offers free food but charges the napkins

Nope, you can eat pretty much without a napkin, it's more like they charging you for the plate :)

'here's your free food' and drop it on the table. Oh, and they charge you for a clean table too, so your meat will be a bit dusty but hey, it's free :)

Remember there are much better mmo's out there then this piece of crap from EA.
Let them bleed slowly to a painfull death with this mmo.

So say we all.

Originally posted by Newmoon

Originally posted by Phayz
http://www.swtor.com/free/features   -  lol

Am I reading that right?? No dungeons, no pvp, no space, no equipment, no bank, no mounts at all??? Can't be in a guild at all????

That's a great deal more restrictive than even the average free trial. There are few games that have f2p done right, but this is absolutely horrible. AION should be an example of how to do it right.

Hover over each of those. It explains what the restrictions are. Some of the restrictions, like the reduced AI are just really odd.  Actually the whole plan seems bizarre.

Make any purchase of $4.99 to upgrade to Preferred Status!

BUY NOW

That's kind of clever for frontloading revenue. Display the tiers so that - at first glance - it looks like you don't even get inventory or character creation at the bottom tier. It coaxes people to spend $5 before they even need to or know if there's even anything they want to buy, however it's a short term solution unless they are going to continue to ride those people with mail or offers to spend the credits and get them invested in using the cash shop.