Hellgate beta signup begins

And I payed $200 for the lifetime sub, *sigh*
*feels suckered*.

@(Unverified)

Yeah. I took that risk with Champions Online.

I don't know if I would take it again.

@OmegaDestroyer Hrm, do I sense a pattern? Hellgate - Champtions Online...

Someone seems to be selling lifetime subs for productions that don't even come close to lasting a "lifetime" - even in the MMO timeframe of things.

@Anatidae

Eh, Champions is doing fine. Besides, I've already gotten my money's worth.

@Deadalon

Seeing as the development studio that people payed lifetime subscriptions to (from everything I have gathered) essentially went out of business and sold off their IPs to other developers.

Probably not.

Who knows, maybe the new dev studio will be uncharacteristically generous and honor the lifetimers as a show of good faith, I just wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it.

@Deadalon Didn't they say it will be f2p?

@paterah

I think the general thought is that they spent $149.99 on a lifetime pass only to have the company go under. Now there are some bitter feelings about the prospects of being stuck using whatever horrible cash shop the new developers slap into the game.

I think LOTRO offered a lifetime sub some time before they went F2P and the subbers essentially get all the content/future content for free. Of course in this instance the IP in question stayed within the company that offered the lifetime subs.

I have learned one thing from watching these lifetime subscriptions ..... companies will not offer them unless they are this close to going belly up. It seems that more often than not, they are not worth the risk.

@Scuffles

LotRO offered Lifetime Subs out of the gate when it was still very popular. That's when I purchased mine.

There have been a couple of MMOs that have offered lifetimes and not done well. But I know that I don't know even the name of every single MMO out there. I certainly couldn't say how many MMOs that have offered a lifetime sub only did so when they weren't doing well...

@Djinn

Didn't mean to imply that they only provide them when they are not outwardly doing well. It seems to be more when they are internal issues (development ran long) at work and or they are an unknown quantity.

I dunno its just a feeling I get every time I see "lifetime subscription" as an option that there is some level of desperation behind it. If they know there is no chance they could fail they would never offer it because they stand to make more money milking people monthly. For whatever reason they need that money now.

Anyhow like I said its just sorta a feeling.

@starchildren3317 ya their account system is a nightmare. I finally got in but it took multiple tries. Not a good first impression.