Originally posted by coxyroxy

Originally posted by blackhawkzz
And yet WoW still survives.

If I had pumped 8 years worth of sub into WOW I think I'd stil play. They started first, they have people invested.

They started what first?

Or is this a variation on the "WoW was the first MMO" troll attempt?

another game struck by the curse of those famous last words.

"we're not going free to play any time soon."

always within 8 weeks of saying it they announce F2P.

Originally posted by Rthuth434

another game struck by the curse of those famous last words.

 

"we're not going free to play any time soon."

 

always within 8 weeks of saying it they announce F2P.

Actually it wasn't even 8 weeks, the posted on Christmas day Dec.25th that Tera wouldn't be going Free anytime soon..lol

So yea 2 1/2 weeks later they go FTP..lol

well fuck me... I dont have time to play!

Already play TSW, Planetside 2, SWTOR

STOP WITH THE FREE MMO's!

Originally posted by Vesavius

Originally posted by BadSpock

I will install and play from time to time with it being free.

Action combat + Trinity is a fun combo, just wasn't fun enough to warrant paying for lol.

Worth your time but not your dollar? 0.o

People constantly saying this just amazes me.... I honestly cannot think of anything that I genuinely  enjoy that I wouldn't spend £2.50/ week on to do. Hell, I go hiking and that even costs me more then that across the day...

If I didn't enjoy something enough to find it worth spending a minimal amount on I would probably be playing something else that I actually did get a kick out of.

Why are people that don't enjoy what they are doing actually playing these games? And if they *do* genuinely enjoy them.. why don't they think that enjoyment is 'worth' such a tiny amount of money?

Confuses me.

My time is more valuable to me then £2.50/wk... I would be more worried about wasting that than that tiny amount of money.

I suffer from what many other MMO gamers seem to suffer from - if I'm paying 15$ a month for a game I feel like I need to play it many hours per week in order to feel like I'm not wasting money.

I will only play for many hours per week if the game is enjoyable and fun.

TERA was enjoyable and fun, but not THAT enjoyable and fun where I'd want to play it any more than probably a few hours a week.

At that level, the 15$ month package is less and less appealing.

I'm currently paying for EvE - which is fun in a different kind of way.

I like the idea of having a game like TERA on the side to play for my Fantasy/Action fix.

I really like the idea of being able to get that fix for a couple of hours a week without paying 15$ a month.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Originally posted by Vesavius

Originally posted by BadSpock

I will install and play from time to time with it being free.

Action combat + Trinity is a fun combo, just wasn't fun enough to warrant paying for lol.

Worth your time but not your dollar? 0.o

People constantly saying this just amazes me.... I honestly cannot think of anything that I genuinely  enjoy that I wouldn't spend £2.50/ week on to do. Hell, I go hiking and that even costs me more then that across the day...

If I didn't enjoy something enough to find it worth spending a minimal amount on I would probably be playing something else that I actually did get a kick out of.

Why are people that don't enjoy what they are doing actually playing these games? And if they *do* genuinely enjoy them.. why don't they think that enjoyment is 'worth' such a tiny amount of money?

Confuses me.

My time is more valuable to me then £2.50/wk... I would be more worried about wasting that than that tiny amount of money.

I suffer from what many other MMO gamers seem to suffer from - if I'm paying 15$ a month for a game I feel like I need to play it many hours per week in order to feel like I'm not wasting money.

I will only play for many hours per week if the game is enjoyable and fun.

TERA was enjoyable and fun, but not THAT enjoyable and fun where I'd want to play it any more than probably a few hours a week.

At that level, the 15$ month package is less and less appealing.

I'm currently paying for EvE - which is fun in a different kind of way.

I like the idea of having a game like TERA on the side to play for my Fantasy/Action fix.

I really like the idea of being able to get that fix for a couple of hours a week without paying 15$ a month.

So you want to play TERA for, what then, two hours a week?

While I don't question your right to play as little as you wish, you are a perfect example as to why F2P is a fragile house of cards.

I honestly do not think these devs have a clue about the non committed super casual transient culture thye are creating with the cash shop model, nor why that such a thing is a terrible thing for this genre in the mid to long run.

Good :D And I absolutely LOVE that F2P model (at first glance).

I liked the game, but really could not justify the sub fee. Well done.

I like how they are truly free. No restriction bullshit.

Subscribers get more, but free gamers don't get less.

A solid F2P for an AAA title.

Strongly recommend this.

Originally posted by GoldenArrow

I like how they are truly free. No restriction bullshit.

Subscribers get more, but free gamers don't get less.

A solid F2P for an AAA title.

Strongly recommend this.

That’s how I feel also, it's a very good model indeed, much better than recent F2P conversions and on top of that an excellent B2P option is available, best of both worlds really.

Might give me a reason to play to considering the restrictions I doubt it'll last long:

You won’t be able to join a guild unless you upgrade your account.

You can't join a guild? well I guess a huge friendlist and the party system might make due?

You can use every chat channel (/s, /a, /g, /u, /t) except the whisper-channel with this account type.  

You can use guild chat (/g) but you can't even join a guild? wtf?

You can sell your items to the merchant-NPC and receive mail, but you can neither trade with another players (incl. broker), nor send mails or put items into your bank.

Not being able to send emails I can live with, but NO bank storage? thats quite the hassle if you have gear/items you need later..

You can create groups (only create, not join), and receive invitations from your friends.

So you are forced to be the one to create a party everytime you need one? But you can receive invites even though you can't accept those? (Am I understanding this correctly?)

You can’t start or accept duel requests.

This one is only fair I suppose, not much of a deal breaker.

I have serious doubts, but will try the game nonetheless, hopefully it will be worth the time and perhaps even a future subscription.