The Chronicles of Spellborn

To be perfectly fair, with the amount of fun that I have been having in war lately, probably would have never even paid attention to this one's release.  Now, at least, I will give it a try.  Free is good, yes, very very good.

Originally posted by MarlonB

Originally posted by Delanor

Originally posted by jposavatz

I'm not sure I understand why people think that a F2P starter zone will ruin the game?  Many other games (including EQ2, Vanguard, etc.) have F2P starter areas ("islands") which you can play to your heart's content, so long as you don't leave the island...

The difference is that in those games you will never need to return to the starter areas at higher levels. Gold spammer with free accounts will be able to spam anyone in those areas. Unless drastic measures are taken to prevent that. The risk is real.

 

I think gold will be worth very little in this game .... there is very little to spend it on. There for it remains to be seen if it will be a problem.

That is what I always thought, until someone mentioned the possiblity of spamming for other games in Spellborn.

Originally posted by severius

To be perfectly fair, with the amount of fun that I have been having in war lately, probably would have never even paid attention to this one's release.  Now, at least, I will give it a try.  Free is good, yes, very very good.

Is that wise? You run the risk of having to play a better game than WAR. Better not touch it.

Originally posted by severius

To be perfectly fair, with the amount of fun that I have been having in war lately, probably would have never even paid attention to this one's release.  Now, at least, I will give it a try.  Free is good, yes, very very good.

but it wont be f2p, it will have a free starter area, the rest will be p2p =)

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/207/view/news/read/11817

Apparently they are going to have 3 free months for you to play the game though. So theres plenty of time for people to decide if they want to play the game long term or not.

Originally posted by Delanor

That is what I always thought, until someone mentioned the possiblity of spamming for other games in Spellborn.

Hmm ... indeed ... valid point :)

There are too many games coming out for them not to offer a f2p "trial" bit to their game. People are getting sick of paying for a new MMORPG just to have it be another EQ1 clone.

For the life of me, I cannot think of ANYTHING bad about this.

So the makers feel confident enough in their game that they are willing to let it sell itself. They aren't promising the world, only for you to get angry and dissapointed when in fact they dont deliver.

You play it, if you like it, you pay for it. If you dont, buh-bye.

Too many of you are just whining for the sake of whining.

Originally posted by Consequence

For the life of me, I cannot think of ANYTHING bad about this.

So the makers feel confident enough in their game that they are willing to let it sell itself. They aren't promising the world, only for you to get angry and dissapointed when in fact they dont deliver.

You play it, if you like it, you pay for it. If you dont, buh-bye.

Too many of you are just whining for the sake of whining.

Agree!!!

I don't "get" the whining either... most of the complaints seem to be that f2p means gold spammers will start cluttering the newbie areas.

Boo hoo? That just screams for more admin / GM involvement... I hate all these companies which basically just abandon their servers to spammers and botters. Acclaim can surely afford to devote a person or two to go around stomping them out. In shifts (remember many of these could be azn sweatshop "gamers"). As repetitive jobs go, it's a darn sight more cushy than, say, menial labouring work.

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Can't be about money either. I've played a couple of fp2 games: on average, people spend WAY MORE in those games compared to subscriptions. In one game alone, upgrading one item to the "best" levels costs on average USD$300. You don't notice since you do it over time. That's easily 20 months' worth of $15 subscriptions, close to two years. That's just ONE item. On AVERAGE. Players have admitted to spending way more, thousands even.

If I were a publisher I'd be freaking demanding f2p. The minor costs of hiring a couple of goons to remove spammers from the game would be inconsequential in comparison. Hell, throw in a "report this person because he's (1) a bot (2) spamming" option, and you'd literally have the players doing most of the work for you. It's pathetic how most MMOs don't even have as basic a function as that.