Will you still play ESO if it goes F2P?

ereboz

Lot of conspiracy theories floating around the forum today after the 'third party marketing' announcement. If this game goes 100% F2P, will you continue to play?

ifDoubtNerfIt

ereboz wrote: »

Lot of conspiracy theories floating around the forum today after the 'third party marketing' announcement. If this game goes 100% F2P, will you continue to play?

Tbh you and another guy are the only ones that belive ZoS is even thinking of F2P (not including the trolls).

ereboz

ifDoubtNerfIt wrote: »

ereboz wrote: »

Lot of conspiracy theories floating around the forum today after the 'third party marketing' announcement. If this game goes 100% F2P, will you continue to play?

Tbh you and another guy are the only ones that belive ZoS is even thinking of F2P (not including the trolls).

I never said I thought the game was going f2p. I'm just asking if people will continue to play IF it does

Katahdin

Not going to happen so I'm not going to worry about it.

kyle.wilson

ESO will never be a F2P game. Most F2P games are pay2Win, because f2p games need a revenue stream.
Before someone says BDO is f2p, it's really pay2win at later stages.
And, Zos Has frequently said they will never be a pay2win game.

KingKush

I highly doubt it goes F2P any time soon, if at all.

They just had their most successful year. This forum just makes it seems like the game is doing much worse than it actually is.

But to answer the hypothetical question, Yes.

d0e1ow

The game is going great me thinks, but if they did go F2P then I'd be gone. SWTOR was my giving a chance to F2P MMO's and it was a mistake and a waste of time. Never again.

Turelus

Sure, doesn't effect my gameplay at all.

theher0not

Depends on how they handle the F2P.

kevlarto_ESO

you need a not sure button up there, would depend on how they did it and how much they nickel and dimed us anything like the f2p model of swtor, STO, never winter, then no I would not play it, if it was more on the lines of DDO or lotro most likely for a little while, I don't care for f2p games they end up costing more that a sub, if you want a descent gaming experience.

JiKama

Why free2play when Buy once play forever is great for what the game has to offer. I gladly pay my sub fee and enjoy my benefits

DaveMoeDee

That doesn't matter to me. What matters is the content. If I enjoy the content they keep putting out, I'll keep playing.

ereboz

kevlarto_ESO wrote: »

you need a not sure button up there, would depend on how they did it and how much they nickel and dimed us anything like the f2p model of swtor, STO, never winter, then no I would not play it, if it was more on the lines of DDO or lotro most likely for a little while, I don't care for f2p games they end up costing more that a sub, if you want a descent gaming experience.

This is true. Some f2p models aren't too terrible, but locking mounts behind a pay wall has me thinking that they might get a little too carried away with f2p. I personally don't think they will go f2p. Just interested to see the general players options

Syntse

Most likely I will continue playing as before. The game is already almost f2p you can get the base game for like 10eur for PC at least.

It would not surprise me at all if it went totally f2p and all the future extra content would be new chapters.

Shardaxx

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

JarlUlfric

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

You still had to buy it. F2P implies no purchase necessary. B2P is what you're thinking of.

ereboz

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

No. It's never been f2p. You still had to buy the game

Acrolas

It's never going free to play.

Even having the slightest entry charge removes 99% of the potential troublemakers. Because, surprise surprise, trolls don't like trolling as much if they have to pay to do it.

And I think we can all live without people from all reaches of the planet begging for crown codes in zone chat and beyond. More than anything else, F2P regularly produces a sub-community of beggars who not only won't pay for services, but due to various security restrictions cannot pay in the first place.

We don't have time for any of that ***.

Blackt00thGrim

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

It's buy to play. Especially if you want the digital download, where you pay full price. PC can get it for next to nothing.

Giraffon

I would be annoyed and it might shorten the time I continue to play the game, but initially I would keep playing.

Deadfinger6

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

Erh...My thoughts exactly,. I really don't understand 80% of the posts on this forum

Shardaxx

Blackt00thGrim wrote: »

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

It's buy to play. Especially if you want the digital download, where you pay full price. PC can get it for next to nothing.

Well ok you have to get a disk from somewhere to play it, but you can play free with no monthly subs which is I assume what this thread is about.

ereboz

Shardaxx wrote: »

Blackt00thGrim wrote: »

Shardaxx wrote: »

errrrrr its always been F2P on console.

It's buy to play. Especially if you want the digital download, where you pay full price. PC can get it for next to nothing.

Well ok you have to get a disk from somewhere to play it, but you can play free with no monthly subs which is I assume what this thread is about.

No. That's not what this thread is about. I asked if it was f2p. Which means go to the website, download game and play, no purchase necessary.

LiquidSchwartz

... it already is free to play lol

ThePaleItalian

I miss sub only...

RinaldoGandolphi

It already is

Sometime after Morrowind they will announce the base game will be free

ESO + will get you DLC for base game and perks

Morrowind will be the buy option

The base game being free at this point will get more folks in the dirt and the crown store in people's faces hence why the price of Morrowind is pretty much the same as the base game.

Acrolas

RinaldoGandolphi wrote: »

It already is

Sometime after Morrowind they will announce the base game will be free

You do realize those statements logically conflict, right?


I don't know why console users constantly confuse ongoing payments with initial payments. F2P/B2P refers to origin of access. If I let one of my friends borrow a single player game, they can't go around saying lol this game is F2P because it's not. It's B2P because I had to buy access to it. And if they lose the game they're *** well going to have to buy me a new copy.

For ESO, somebody had to pay something to somebody at some point in time to receive the initial access code even if multiple users have access to that copy of the game.

ESO has the occasional free weekend where you can register an account and download a basic game client without any purchase necessary. If ESO were like that every single day of the year, it would be F2P. But no, after those free weekends are over you are prompted to purchase ESO or GTFO. Basically.

Evergnar

The base game is practically F2P already so honestly I don't think matters. What matters to me is the current state of the game on a month to month basis regardless if it's sub/B2P/F2P. And the question is not if it will go F2P (base game that is) but when.

Bouldercleave

As long as I'm personally enjoying it, I'll play.

B2P, F2P, XYZ2P - who cares as long as you're having fun?

Spacemonkey

the way I see it:
P2P = Pay to play = Sub (EVE online)
B2P = Buy game to play = current ESO
F2P = no charge necessary whatsoever for game = Tera
P2W = games with no apparent original costs but that lock features and progression behind pay walls ; LOTR Online

Might not be best examples but I tried to keep it in realm of mmos and havent played much others since ESO came out :P ; So ESO used to be P2P, and went B2P after the first year or so. It is not F2P at all. And thats a good thing. P2P is generally the best option for those invested in and expecting AAA content/experience from an MMO, but it has its downside. (I cant play Eve regularly enough for it to be worth the sub so I dont and no longer play). F2P automatically means millions of fluff shoved in your face in hopes of getting you to pay, something we are already seeing in ESO, but it is NOT F2P, you have to buy the game to play. P2W is the stereotypical asian mmorpg that allows people to dish out money endlessly in order to be the strongest etc...

KerinKor

Spacemonkey wrote: »

P2W = games with no apparent original costs but that lock features and progression behind pay walls ; LOTR Online

Er, no, LoTRO doesn't lock progression behind paywalls, all progression content can be earned in-game, my friend with 6 level 100s (he stopped before the cap was raised to 105) with all zones unlocked and who never gave Turbine a cent (he's American) is proof of that.