Chronicles of Spellborn raises the free to play level cap

by Seraphina Brennan on May 22nd 2009 9:00AM

Fantasy, Business models, Game mechanics, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Chronicles of Spellborn

Worst part of freemium games is really getting into the game and then running head long into the free area's level cap. You just got started, just got into getting a nice pace, and you suddenly can't go any further until you buy a new zone or pay for a subscription.

Chronicles of Spellborn seems to understand that problem and have taken a step to delay the inevitable. With the last patch, "Paragraph of Timed Strike," they've raised the free to play level cap from 7.6 to 9.9. This is going to allow new players or former free to play users the ability to level further and access more quests in the starting areas of Hawksmouth and Aldenvault.

Of course at level 9.9 you're still going to need a subscription if you want to continue on with Spellborn, but hey, now you have 2.3 more levels to enjoy before you need to grab some Acclaim coins.

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Tags: acclaim, acclaim-games, aldenvault, chronicles-of-spellborn, free-to-play, freemium, hawksmouth, level-cap, paragraph-of-timed-strike, patch, spellborn, update

Reader Comments (3)

It's a good move but I'm not sure that it will be enough to sate people's interests. The initial quests for Spellborn are, by and large, dreadful. To the credit of the game combat is very enjoyable and things do improve but the start is going to put a lot of people off.