If you haven’t heard by now then you are just not paying attention. Of course this would be true if you are an avid gamer, a follower of the “Whats New”, one who has their pulse on the industry or simply a player of Everquest II. The inter-webs were flowing with the Free to play announcement by SOE. Yes it's true...cows do fly...
Now I don’t have a real strong opinion on a FTP service. For that type of debate, rant, zerg, you would need to head over to the EQII forums for a solid serving from both camps. However I do have one small thought just from the many people I have met over the years. Through many adventures in the on line gaming world, in a pay to play MMO environment, I have seen the extremes of how people play the game.
I know there are many levels but there are only 2 ends of the spectrum. The 60 hour a week energy boosted, king of all that he surveys and the Saturday night 3 hour lifer, who is still level 26. Of course the bottom line is, regardless of how a gamer games, “is it fun”.. .this brings me to my point. This would be for all those people I've met who gave up the game, because the 3 hours a week didn’t make sense at $15.00 a month. I don’t know anything that is worth doing for $5 an hour.....and be legal.
Free to Play is a great option for those with limited time and what I have seen so far, there is enough to keep “Mr 3 hours a week” busy gaming for a long time.
I give this latest endeavor of SOE 3.5 stars, 4 stars if they would move that damn “Upgrade Pop-Up” from the center of the screen.
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