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Looks like AION is taking the same route many other reasonably successful MMOs went by going F2P: http://www.aionfreetoplay.com/website/faq/
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Thread: AION going "Free to Play"
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2011-12-14, 10:52 AM #1Deleted
AION going "Free to Play"
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2011-12-14, 10:54 AM #2Deleted
Post constructively.
Last edited by conscript; 2011-12-14 at 12:01 PM.
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2011-12-14, 10:54 AM #3Deleted
It does seem that they're taking a slightly different route though (for the better in my opinion), as many other F2P games use a model where you have access to a limited portion of the game, and unlock more by purchasing it separately, effectively assembling your own game. Aion doesn't seem to be wanting to make any limits content wise, only restricting chat and trading to combat gold sellers etc. The gold package looks like a cheap, one-time, upgrade to remove that restriction.
This is a huge contrast from games that offer 25% of the available races, classes or areas.
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2011-12-14, 10:55 AM #4Deleted
Might actually try out the game again then.
It was new and refreshing to wow, but never a wow killer.
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2011-12-14, 10:56 AM #5Deleted
Cool. Definitely gonna play. Tried it in the free week and liked it very much, but didn't want to pay as I am going through a very busy period, which wouldn't allow me to get my moneys worth out of it.
Thanks for the message!
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2011-12-14, 10:57 AM #6High Overlord
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<Mod edit: Post constructively>Last edited by Azuri; 2011-12-14 at 11:05 AM.
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2011-12-14, 10:57 AM #7Titan
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Tried it at the start, it was a nice break but i got incredibly bored with the amount of grinding you have to do
I'll give it a try again in the future when i have more free time
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2011-12-14, 10:57 AM #8I am Murloc!
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Aion is the second most successful MMO, it has 1 million subs. The only tard in here is you.
Originally Posted by BerndDasToastbrot
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2011-12-14, 10:59 AM #9Stood in the Fire
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It's changed ALOT in terms of the grinding aspect. However with that said i've tried to go back to it and i still couldent. Originally Posted by Frozenbeef
Tried it at the start, it was a nice break but i got incredibly bored with the amount of grinding you have to do I'll give it a try again in the future when i have more free time
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2011-12-14, 10:59 AM #10DeletedSWToR has 3 times those only on preorder,bro. Originally Posted by Cairhiin
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2011-12-14, 11:03 AM #11Field Marshal
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Loved the game but the grind killed me so I never went back.
Now I cant wait to log in again and give it a go. This is great news.
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2011-12-14, 11:04 AM #12DeletedAion has loads of subs still. Originally Posted by BerndDasToastbrot
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2011-12-14, 11:04 AM #13Warchief
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s/he never said that Aion was a failure over all. They just said that Aion failed to kill WoW. you might wanna go take a look back at that tard comment you made, homeh. Originally Posted by Cairhiin
Aion is the second most successful MMO, it has 1 million subs. The only tard in here is you. Originally Posted by BerndDasToastbrot
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2011-12-14, 11:14 AM #14Epic!
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now just need to wait for a Steam sale and pick this up at a nice discount so i can have a "Veteran" account wen it goes F2P in Feb
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2011-12-14, 11:26 AM #15Pit Lord
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Played AION a while back, grinding was just brutal and had a 1-month worth of free play-time. Might check it out again, hopefully the leveling is easier now =|
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2011-12-14, 11:35 AM #16Pandaren Monk
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they added like 3000 quests i heard ?
i will defo go back when it goes F2P if i have some free time
im still on lvl 45 or something with my templar.
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2011-12-14, 12:03 PM #17Deleted
F2P? Awesome! Now I can give it a go too! =D
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2011-12-14, 12:10 PM #18The Unstoppable Force
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Hm, I wonder why they would go free to play when they still have 2 mil subs.
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2011-12-14, 12:24 PM #19DeletedWell on "the west" it doesnt really have that much. Originally Posted by Chickat
And aint most asian games "pay for time"? So making F2P styled on the west is good business idea really...its our version of "pay for time" I guess so
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2011-12-14, 12:26 PM #20DeletedA large part of those subs might be located in Asia who won't be affected by the change/who might already have a different payment model. Originally Posted by Chickat
I'd guesstimate that roughly 25% of Aion's subs are located in Europe and North America.
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