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SW:TOR is going F2P -solitude - Jul 31 09:27pm |
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SW:TOR is going F2P this fall, if the subscription was what deterred you, now is your chance. 
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Lithaerien - Student 
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I may just return. What basically stopped me was my subscription/commitment to other games. _______________ "The Dark Side? I've been there... Do your worst!" ~Kyle Katarn "Don't force it" ~GeForce |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Quote: imo, Raids are the pinnacle of co-op PvE MMO play if done well.
They are great fun when done with friends ... the first time. For me, the fun is being the first to do a raid by figuring out the puzzle. After that it's boring. I do find it a challenge to lead different groups in the same raid and also optimizing runs as opposed to plodding through the first one. Server firsts are not my thing... Too much pressure and time to level up a character to max, not enjoying the game imo, and then expecting your friends to do the same in order to have a full group to run a raid. SWTOR PvP is great, just that it has gotten to a point where if you aren't in a pre-made, you are at a serious disadvantage due to the prevalence of sub-par PvPers that aren't even geared correctly. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist This comment was edited by R2D2 on Aug 12 2012 07:10pm. |
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Danyy Dezeyte - Student |
Dear God i want KOTOR3... |
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solitude - Jedi Council 
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imo, Raids are the pinnacle of co-op PvE MMO play if done well.
They are great fun when done with friends ... the first time. For me, the fun is being the first to do a raid by figuring out the puzzle. After that it's boring. _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge  Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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The Operations in TOR are fine, they just don't offer much that hasn't been seen before. Doesn't mean they aren't polished and fun to play. Considering how popular the things are I'm not surprised they are being used as an incentive.
The class story being accessible is the same as LotRO's 'books' being accessible, but if you don't get planet quests included with that you wouldn't be able to level up on class quests alone. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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SaZ - Student 
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wouldnt you choose raids in games where they are much more finshed? _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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I guess raids... aka operations and those kinds of things, but I do agree that it doesn't seem all that compelling. But then again, it's me :p _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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SaZ - Student
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well it clearly states that class story content up to level 50 will be accesable.
but honestly... whats the point in checking others things out if you pretty much get the main feature of the whole game? pvp? other random crap? other games that were in the bussiness for a longer time does that better. _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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Quote: LOTRO has a 3 account level F2P system: Free, Premium (paid for something in a microtransaction or downgraded from VIP), and VIP (subscriber). SWTOR just has Free and Premium (subscriber). I'm rather curious if the Cartel store will be used to limit quest content. LOTRO requires that you buy quest packs beyond the first few regions if you aren't a subscriber. In a way, the Free and Premium players "own" portions of the game in LOTRO whereas the VIP players "rent" the full game but lose quest access to zones requiring purchase if they downgrade. As far as I can tell with SWTOR, the class story arcs are totally free. The planet missions could possibly be from some dev comments.
Yeah I was really surprised at the ambiguity surrounding planet based content as well. Personally I think the Turbine, or LotRO, system (which for all intents and purposes is being adopted here) works well so it'll be interesting to see how TOR handles it. I still think the only reason they didn't launch the game with this system is that they knew they would draw in a huge number of subs for the first x amount of months. I do suspect this change is happening sooner than planned however, I imagine they were aiming for about 1 mill subs for a year or something. Regardless F2P works well for hotkey style MMORPGs and this is only a good thing, there isn't even the LotRO lifetime sub controversy. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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R2D2 - Staff
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LOTRO has a 3 account level F2P system: Free, Premium (paid for something in a microtransaction or downgraded from VIP), and VIP (subscriber). SWTOR just has Free and Premium (subscriber). I'm rather curious if the Cartel store will be used to limit quest content. LOTRO requires that you buy quest packs beyond the first few regions if you aren't a subscriber. In a way, the Free and Premium players "own" portions of the game in LOTRO whereas the VIP players "rent" the full game but lose quest access to zones requiring purchase if they downgrade. As far as I can tell with SWTOR, the class story arcs are totally free. The planet missions could possibly be from some dev comments. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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solitude - Jedi Council 
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It's ok, SW:TOR2 will be the game that rescues us. _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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gg wp _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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SaZ - Student 
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not really surprised. Me neither. Wish I could dig up that characteristic quote by JP where he called everyone an idiot for thinking the uber successful and awesometastic swtor would ever go f2p. it seems you could have won a game from Montee: Quote: I Guarantee this game will last 5+ years on a subscription base, end game is what keeps the players and this has an end game comparable to wow.
So if you want a bet  ( a game on steam ) or something i'll take the bet, of course we have to wait a year but im confident _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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Quote: not really surprised. Me neither. Wish I could dig up that characteristic quote by JP where he called everyone an idiot for thinking the uber successful and awesometastic swtor would ever go f2p. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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SaZ - Student
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not really surprised. _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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