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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:01PM EpiccFaill said

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ooohhh another MMo turned into F2P

Posted: Aug 31st 2011 11:15PM Haggard said

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@EpiccFaill
A constant stream of these means that I don't have to jump back into a WoW subscription.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 11:47PM Unshra said

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@EpiccFaill Yup not much of a surprise here, they even announced that Neverwinter will be F2P.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2011 3:13AM bobfish said

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@EpiccFaill

I think its natural for most subscription MMOs to do this. With the exception of WoW, subscription MMOs lose players over time at a higher rate than free to play MMOs, so by going hybrid they give themselves a temporary boost to prolong the life of the product.

Besides, it's not like it is a bad game... it's just not a great game.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2011 6:29AM yeppers said

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@bobfish

The game isn't even 2 years old. If you have to prolong the life of a 2 year old product, it's not a thriving product -- it's on life support. Too bad. I know it'll probably be near a decade before another developer revives this IP and makes a game worthy of its legacy.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2011 1:19PM MMOaddict said

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@bobfish

It's not a "good" game, either. Which leaves it between bad and good.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:04PM Paradigm68 said

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Considering the scope of the IP in question I find it hard to accept this game represents it. This is sad.

Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:06PM Verus said

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Noooooooooooo I am shocked..

Except for every last mmo and they got 10-15 of them are all free to play cash shop stuff.

Posted: Sep 1st 2011 12:44AM SirUrza said

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@Verus

STO has had a cash shop since day 1. :)
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:07PM Alex Oglitchkin said

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Set phasers to free with money shop items.

Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:15PM Seldra said

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Glad they finally announced it. Honestly this game wasn't worth the 15 bucks a month, I can only imagine what they'll try to sell on the cstore now.

Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:21PM yeppers said

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@Seldra

Gene Roddenberry's great grandchildren.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 11:23PM Chareth Cutestory said

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@Seldra

Haven't they been selling silly junk in STO through the cstore since launch?
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 11:55PM sortius said

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@Chareth Cutestory Yep, and that's why I refused to pay $15 p/m for it. I might actually play it now.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2011 12:11AM Seldra said

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@Chareth Cutestory Pretty much, everything from costume packs that takes over actual content development, to special ship items that are powerful.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2011 6:12AM Renko said

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@Seldra

My only concern is how much are you going to have to pay for items you previously already brought from the C-Store under the old model to continuce using them.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:29PM sjheiss said

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Awesome, I've been wanting it to go F2P so I can try it.

Set phasers tae malky!

Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:38PM Ghostspeaker said

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@sjheiss

Same here. :D
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:56PM drsinister said

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@sjheiss

should have gotten an Alienware Arena code, it gave some C-Store items and a free 60 day sub. That is what I did to try it out.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2011 10:36PM Crazy01 said

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Shocker lol Saw this coming since day one of it being out it was a rush mmo no where near aaa MMO. 1 Year and half and still no content at max lvl to do. Mostly patch's for c-store and fluff. Game was made for f2p. My all fleet as quit already and moving to swtor

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