you should have a FREE web site so people can play the game without paying

Your dreaming.

Ok I'll put this as plan as possible .

1. Every Tuesday Blizzard apllys patches and hotfixes

2. 24/7 you talk with live support be it in the form of a GM in game or a Customer Support Rep

3. Your Server never being down

All reasons why you pay a monthly fee

All reasons that WOW has such a huge fan base

All reasons that you want to play

You make it free you kill what you like about it in the first place, somthing most MMORPG's can't offer

STABILITY in a unstable market

Lead MMO going f2p is just stupid. Plus they wouldn't be able to build golden toilets anymore.

Worst suggestion ever.

Originally posted by Coaldust

Ok I'll put this as plan as possible .

1. Every Tuesday Blizzard apllys patches and hotfixes

2. 24/7 you talk with live support be it in the form of a GM in game or a Customer Support Rep

3. Your Server never being down

All reasons why you pay a monthly fee

All reasons that WOW has such a huge fan base

All reasons that you want to play

You make it free you kill what you like about it in the first place, somthing most MMORPG's can't offer

STABILITY in a unstable market

not really wanting to start anything here but I've played wow for over 4 years and...

1 every tuesday is maintence (sometimes it is for a patch or hotfix but rarely)

2 i've had plenty of tickets in game that went for days to almost weeks before they got answered, conversly ddo (f2p) one one ticket to date answered with in 15 mins) just saying. and phone support i got plenty of elevator music and on hold for hours before i finally gave up.

3 i was on at least 6 servers over the 4 years and i would have to guess here cause i don't remember exactly but i would guess at least 3 were down more then once for whatever reason.

now do i think it should go f2p? no it's fine the way it is. I stopped playing cause i grew tired of it, not cause it sucked. It is a great game. I jsut saw your post and thought maybe i should add some insight

Originally posted by coolcatman

you should have a FREE web site so people can play the game without paying

Yeh....seriously.  Cuz who's gonna pay to play that POS...oh....wait....

Actually, in an interview, it was said that WoW will eventually go Free to play, but not in the immediate future. Perhaps after several expansion packs. And since we've seen Blizzard's "plans" for their expansions (3 more are scheduled by 2015!), I don't expect it to go F2P until around the 2nd or 3rd additional Expansion.

~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

Maseratis should be free.

Originally posted by coolcatman

you should have a FREE web site so people can play the game without paying

  My stock portfolio says no.

Originally posted by zymurgeist

Originally posted by coolcatman

you should have a FREE web site so people can play the game without paying

  My stock portfolio says no.

lol "this".

I'm pretty sure anyone with investments would be a bit perturbed to find out that the companies they have invested in have decided not to try to make any more money.

Of course, if they could figure out a way to make MORE money by going f2p then investors would be happy. However, I think the game players might not be so amused.

WoW will go F2P once they have their "New MMO" out. And besides why make something free when you can charge customers for it ? Windows have been doing this for years and yet ppl still fork out $$$ for the upgrade in OS's which imo should be free anyways once you buy it.

restaurant food should be free too. people have a right to enjoy good food not just the elitists with college degrees.

Originally posted by coolcatman

you should have a FREE web site so people can play the game without paying

no, bad idea

Wow should not be free.

Making it B2P in a year or 2 might actually make some sense, if nothing else because it will need to compete with new games and because F2P games do get many players. Box sales, expansions (mini and full) together with Wows current itemshop should be enough to keep Wow going for many years still.

Right now Wow don't need to do anything but it is getting older and it seems like there finally will be some competition soon so changing the payment method might not be a bad idea, but making it free makes no sense.

The lead mmo in the industry (like it or not) going P2W is a very very terrible thing. Blizzard's service is good, their security is good, populations are good. Like it or not, they make a popular product. Them going P2W just drags every company wanting in on the action behind them and suddenly the highest bidder wins.

No thanks.