Scared about ARR

[Mikita]

Free to play, pay for only the services you want (right to sell on auction house, trading, extra Mags, vanity items, etc). Perfectly playable. Can still buy from the AH and NPC drops for in-game currency without spending a single cent. Can get to cap the same as anyone else, kill the big things like anyone else, get rare drops, etc.

As I said, it's a well-thought out system and fortunately it's not pay-to-win. But it also means that there are many things PSO2 will never be able to have which would add any depth to the game, because it would compete with their cash house.

[Kikosho]

I have nothing against F2P games but the main concern is always how screwed the actual gameplay, content gating, player advancement, and any P2W aspect becomes when the company wants to make money. For current Tera players, nothing will change basically from the current status quo except it'll be free (the same thing FFXIV went through.. but backwards) but there is no knowledge of what they might take away or add in the future. KTera (and soon JTera) have become P2W hot garbage with the patch they received today so only time will tell if NA Tera follows the same footsteps. Of course there is also the issue with unsavorys that play f2p games. We know all too well the lalafell RMT armies when 1.0 was free and how they were greatly diminished when we had to start paying.

Regardless, I'm still going to play Tera cause I have a lot more fun playing that than other MMOs currently.

[SidRheingold]

[Zehira]

You rock hard! >.<
Glad you took my truth that we have too many crybabies in our forum and not even many of them understand technologies of computer science... -_-

[Ramesses]

Best response image I've seen on these forums in a while.

People want FTP? Or are scared it will go FTP? Can you image how much resources, effort, manpower and technological innovation that SE threw into this game over the past five years? And now some "children" want it to be free to play because their monthly allowance won't cover the subscription fee? Seriously?

Games like Aion (and eventually TERA in the NA and EU regions) went FTP because they didn't go multi-platform, didnt have a versatile end-game content, and because (if their publishers continue with their plans) the online cash shop AND the massive Chinese market ensures that they will stay afloat financially. That's where the purchasing power for a LOT of things resides these days.

Yet again, I repeat... a handful of certain demographics are feeling a little too smug in their assumptions that they are needed for this game to be successful. Show some bloody dignity, stop requesting a "freebie" and properly support the game.

[KayaeDrazin]

Too funny!

[Leowilde]

As for Tera being FTP, I REALLY don't concider that to be ARR's demise. XD I mean... Tera? Booby-Tera? I tried it, and all those fabulous people really threw me off.

Edit: Not that XIV doesn't have its share of fabulous people etc, but in comparison... HAH!

[auritribe]

y'all worry way too much. Stop it.

[Reika]

Just read that Tera is going free to play in the US and EU, and people are commenting that they give ARR from 4 to 8 months after release to follow the same route as all the other MMO's the last years...

I fear for the mindset of the population, not about the quality of the game, that may force it's demise...

Oh, if tera becomes F2P in the US this year, my friend owes me some money on that bet. Should have him pay up on the fact its already F2P in Korea.

I should say 'WHEN' lol. I should log onto those forums with a 'told you so'......

[Blackpearlguy]

Look you can download and try Tera out completely free. Go get to level 5 and tell me how "scared" you are about ARR. 1.0 was better, all imo of course.