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Elder Scrolls Online goes Free-to-Play on August 19
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Ravereth✭✭✭✭✭It already is free to play...?
Nope, it is free-trial, only.jainiadral wrote: »Urgh. Already? Thought I still had about 3 hours
Yep, it's almost 5 a.m. (or even 6 a.m.).
Edited by Ravereth on April 1, 2019 3:56AM0 -
jainiadral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭It's 9pm March 31 where I am. I swear, the worst thing about the web being 24/7/365 is that it's utterly unusable for 48 of those hours each year 0 -
Ravereth✭✭✭✭✭jainiadral wrote: »It's 9pm March 31 where I am. I swear, the worst thing about the web being 24/7/365 is that it's utterly unusable for 48 of those hours each year
That's ok. Adapt or come back in a few hours.
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jainiadral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭jainiadral wrote: »It's 9pm March 31 where I am. I swear, the worst thing about the web being 24/7/365 is that it's utterly unusable for 48 of those hours each year
That's ok. Adapt or come back in a few hours. Get off my xeriscape!
Just wait 'til the tables are turned tomorrow
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Vapirko✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭It already is free to play...?
Nope, it is free-trial, only.jainiadral wrote: »Urgh. Already? Thought I still had about 3 hours
Yep, it's almost 5 a.m. (or even 6 a.m.).
Well of course the base game costs something but the sub is optional, that typically qualifies as F2P.0 -
SFDB✭✭✭✭✭
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https://youtu.be/kXYXuXX48m8?t=39
"April Fools' Day is to comedy, as St. Patrick's Day is to Irish culture. That is, it is a mockery of the very concept."0 -
Universe✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Good one XD
Though I won't be surprised if ESO will go full F2P sometime in the next 3 months to 1 year.
I won't go into much detail here since this discussion is meant to be funny and related to April's Fools Day.Some videos I recorded for fun: Main character:
PC EU main: Universe - AD magicka Sorcerer, Former Emperor, Grand Overlord, The Merciless, Trial Bosses Solo Champion
Top alts: Genius(stamina/sagicka Dragonknight) The Force(stamina Nightblade) and other chars.
PC NA main: The Magic - AD magicka Sorcerer
Started playing ESO in beta & early access
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ManwithBeard9✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭It already is free to play...?
Nope, it is free-trial, only.jainiadral wrote: »Urgh. Already? Thought I still had about 3 hours
Yep, it's almost 5 a.m. (or even 6 a.m.).
Well of course the base game costs something but the sub is optional, that typically qualifies as F2P.
You tell someone that God of War is Free To Play and then tell them they gotta buy it first, tell me what their reaction is.3 -
wenchmore420b14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Happy April Fool's Day!!!
Huzzah!!!!
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Watchdog✭✭✭✭✭
✭It already is free to play...?
Nope, it is free-trial, only.jainiadral wrote: »Urgh. Already? Thought I still had about 3 hours
Yep, it's almost 5 a.m. (or even 6 a.m.).
Well of course the base game costs something but the sub is optional, that typically qualifies as F2P.
Actually, no. This model is called Buy to Play, not Free to Play.Member of Alith Legion: https://www.alithlegion.com1 -
Conduit0✭✭✭✭✭
✭It already is free to play...?
Nope, it is free-trial, only.jainiadral wrote: »Urgh. Already? Thought I still had about 3 hours
Yep, it's almost 5 a.m. (or even 6 a.m.).
Well of course the base game costs something but the sub is optional, that typically qualifies as F2P.
Not having a mandatory subscription does not make ESO free to play, free to play means exactly that, you can install the game and play it without ever spending any money what so ever. ESO is buy to play, you have to buy the game in order to play it.1 -
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✭I get this is April 1st and all, but, I wouldn't object to them releasing a free version where Stonefalls / Glenumbra / Auridon (and the starting zones just prior) are the only zones they can play. Possibly have a level cap.0 -
Watchdog✭✭✭✭✭
✭I get this is April 1st and all, but, I wouldn't object to them releasing a free version where Stonefalls / Glenumbra / Auridon (and the starting zones just prior) are the only zones they can play. Possibly have a level cap.
That is what the frequent trials are for.Member of Alith Legion: https://www.alithlegion.com0 -
Ravereth✭✭✭✭✭I get this is April 1st and all, but, I wouldn't object to them releasing a free version where Stonefalls / Glenumbra / Auridon (and the starting zones just prior) are the only zones they can play. Possibly have a level cap.
Yes, i think it is possible. Something like Anet did with their GW2.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Base version of the game is so cheap that game already may be considered free to play.0 -
Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I get this is April 1st and all, but, I wouldn't object to them releasing a free version where Stonefalls / Glenumbra / Auridon (and the starting zones just prior) are the only zones they can play. Possibly have a level cap.
Yes, i think it is possible. Something like Anet did with their GW2.
That's a bit more extensive - you can play the entire base game (including things like dungeons) and reach the maximum level, but you have no access to expansion or living world (DLC) maps, which at this point is about 1/2 the game, or masteries and the things they unlock.
There's also a bunch of restrictions which are mainly aimed at stopping people using free accounts for trolling, gold selling or farming but which also work to encourage free players to buy the game. For example they don't get login rewards and can't trade most items with other players. Oh and they can't talk in map (zone) chat.
I think it could be a good idea for ZOS to set something like that up. I know quite a few people who don't bother with the existing free trials because it takes too long to download the game, or it's never at a time when they can play much. But it would need careful planning to make sure it couldn't be abused and didn't give trolls and easy way to make trouble without worrying about the account getting banned.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"0 -
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✭It is free to play already once you buy the game, you don't have to pay to play... so???The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. ~Pablo Picasso0 -
Watchdog✭✭✭✭✭
✭Wildberryjack wrote: »It is free to play already once you buy the game, you don't have to pay to play... so???
That is exactly why it is called Buy to Play, not Free to Play.
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Ravereth✭✭✭✭✭I get this is April 1st and all, but, I wouldn't object to them releasing a free version where Stonefalls / Glenumbra / Auridon (and the starting zones just prior) are the only zones they can play. Possibly have a level cap.
Yes, i think it is possible. Something like Anet did with their GW2.
That's a bit more extensive - you can play the entire base game (including things like dungeons) and reach the maximum level, but you have no access to expansion or living world (DLC) maps, which at this point is about 1/2 the game, or masteries and the things they unlock.
There's also a bunch of restrictions (...)
I know that, ive played GW2 from the beginning (August, 2012).
That's why i said "something like Anet did".
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