First off let me introduce myself.

When i first got wind of this game (years ago) i thought the idea of it sounded awesome. But a few things kept me away.

On release it got bad press, I heard it was pretty GPU intence and at that time i had an older computer and decided i didnt want to play if i needed an upgrade due to money constraints at the time.

Some time passed i got myself a new PC and checked back into Vanguard... and the forums had nothing but negitive things to say about the game. it was lack of endgame content and updates that mostly made my mind up....time went on and i forgot about this game......

Now i hear its going f2p....so again im back and curious. how much of this game is going f2p? we talking aion / league of legends level of f2p? if so thats great...i will download and if  i like might even spend a buck or 2 on vanity stuffs...

but if we talking very restrictive on what i can do for free.... i will just sigh... and go back to playing on aion and LOL....

Better than EQ2 f2p

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 Originally posted by Deadlyne You can participate in all of the content essentially, and all 3 spheres.   With the way the FTP matrix is now, you can equip gear up to yellow.  So that is fairly rare and powerful, just not raid quality.  So I'm not sure if you would be able to do the higher tier raid content without some unlocks or really nice guildies.

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Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
So far in every F2P SOE game, you feel forced to subscribe when you want to have a good player experience... F2P for SOE is an extended trial periode

Thanks for not reading the F2P matrix for Vanguard now move along we don't want you playing anyway. 

Originally posted by William12

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
So far in every F2P SOE game, you feel forced to subscribe when you want to have a good player experience... F2P for SOE is an extended trial periode

Thanks for not reading the F2P matrix for Vanguard now move along we don't want you playing anyway. 

 

 

I did read it, and even better, it seems like i understood it, where in your case i can only advise you to reread it and think in between the lines.

You can never use general chat channels, just to name one, which is a requirement to find random groups in VG. And there are many more that kill the F2P part without subscription for me.

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Originally posted by William12

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
So far in every F2P SOE game, you feel forced to subscribe when you want to have a good player experience... F2P for SOE is an extended trial periode

Thanks for not reading the F2P matrix for Vanguard now move along we don't want you playing anyway. 

 

 

I did read it, and even better, it seems like i understood it, where in your case i can only advise you to reread it and think in between the lines.

 

You can never use general chat channels, just to name one, which is a requirement to find random groups in VG. And there are many more that kill the F2P part without subscription for me.

They've updated some things for F2P players, you might wanna check out the revision.

From what I can remember on top of my head is

Full use of mailbox with extra charge, sub. players pay only 5 copper per mail (with no item attachment) and usually around 1-15 silver with item attachment, IDK about F2P players but it shouldn't be that much of an increase even at 5 silver its still cheap to mail stuff.

Full use of broker at extra charge, this one is tricky as the charge depends on the price you're selling the item for. But its fairly inexpensive as well.

and full use of world chat