Implementing both F2P/Sub is also an option

[Calyanare]

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The Secret World isn't F2P, it's B2P, like Guild Wars 2. You pay $30 for the game, and then it's free to play, with a cash shop and an optional subscription.

Actually I do think TSW does the cash shop thing just about as right as you can, since nearly everything in there is cosmetic... Wait, let me log in and check the item shop before I say anything more.

Okay so there are XP boosts, items that let you access bank from anywhere, items that remove weekly lockouts (!), healing potions, extra inventory/bank slots, packs of quests/dungeons (when I actively played this game, you got these free with your active sub), and.... tons of cosmetic stuff.

Honestly, I've played F2P games where I felt like if I wasn't spending money in the cash shop I couldn't get anything done in the game (looking at Runes of Magic, Neverwinter, etc) but TSW and GW2 never felt like that.

[LamiaTrucido]

Just say No to F2P.

[Starlord]

The Secret World isn't F2P, it's B2P, like Guild Wars 2. You pay $30 for the game, and then it's free to play, with a cash shop and an optional subscription.

F2P and B2P are one in the same to me except you have too pay a one time fee for B2P. I personally don't see much difference outside of that. You could say FFXIV ARR is B2P w/ subs

[Farryn]

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Couldn't agree with this more. Square should stick with the subscription model. F2P in MMO's almost always ends up becoming Pay-to-Win and for me that ruins the game.

I don't really think we are in danger of this happening though; for example, FFXI still uses the subscription model.

[HeroSamson]

If they did dropped the price down some on FFXI, I would play both I am not paying 30 bucks a month for both games when you get less time on another.

4.99 FFXI would be ideal, +1 dollar for characters but other than that I won't play both.

FFXIV main

FFXI would be something to do on downtime or when I capped.

[GavinStrnad]

i hope it never goes F2P i like to feel like my money is gonna go towards some more updates if ur gonna do F2P then just do what WoW did and make it so u can only get to LV 20