Will you quit if ESO goes F2P?

Phantax · July 2014

Yes

spinedoc wrote: »

The_Sadist wrote: »

Probably.

However GW2 is relatively decent despite being F2P once the box has been purchased.. so who knows.

Yes, GW2 seems to be the exception. Very nice people in that game even though it's F2P.

GW2 was always intended to be a AAA game on a F2P model and as such didnt inherit all the problems associated with games that start as sub then go to F2P.
Even so with any F2P game u still get that crowd of players with no investment in the game (emotional or financial) and that is always evident

CptnDrunk · July 2014

No

If they follow the cosmetic model / gem system from GW2 i think it would be a wonderful F2P game. Especially with the disguise slot... could make good money that way. Not to mention have a gold to gem (w/e currency) system such as guild wars would be a nice add in. As stated the RIFT & GW2 F2P models are the ideal route. I just pray they don't pull a SWTOR....

Pele · July 2014

No

spinedoc wrote: »

F2P seems to attract a certain type of player IMO. I don't mean to generalize as not all F2P players are bad, I play a lot of F2P MMO's. But I've seen several MMO's transition from paid to F2P and you see a VERY sharp decline in the playerbase maturity for some reason.

I'd stick to TESO, but if the playerbase took a nose dive I'd have to say goodbye. I've been nothing but impressed with TESO's population so far, very mature and you don't see a lot of crap going on in world chat.

I have toons of various levels from beginner to veteran in all three factions. From what I've experienced, zone chat in ESO can be extremely immature, offensive, disgusting, and downright perverted.

I also play an F2P MMO that once required a subscription. The player base is one of the most helpful and mature I've come across in any game. It may be due to the general age of the game's population or the game itself: many of its quests challenge you intellectually, requiring you to think and solve instead of brute forcing your way through or running about fetching X number of items.

TheVindelator wrote: »

If they do it like GW2, Rift or The Secret World, no, I won't quit.

This.

Sengra · July 2014

No

I had a good time playing GW2, so I don't have a general problem with sub-free games.
And since I'm spending my time in ESO mostly roleplaying, I could keep on doing that even when I'm no longer interested in the other aspects of the game.

So, no, if it's done well.

JamilaRaj · July 2014

Yes

Pele wrote: »

I also play an F2P MMO that once required a subscription. The player base is one of the most helpful and mature I've come across in any game. It may be due to the general age of the game's population or the game itself: many of its quests challenge you intellectually, requiring you to think and solve instead of brute forcing your way through or running about fetching X number of items.

Then it is really strange F2P game, as those more typically only challange player to open wallet.

nerevarine1138 · July 2014

I refuse to answer a deliberately inflammatory poll.

ESO isn't going free-to-play. Quit stoking that ridiculous fire.

gcalex5 · July 2014

No

Free to play doesn't have to be bad. But I wouldn't expect the same pace of major patches and content. I'd also expect those to be less frequent but bigger and behind pay walls. So I guess it just depends the model they go with. But in all seriousness this will never happen anytime soon.

Omnevolus · July 2014

Yes

Prince_Edward wrote: »

Quit posting this kind of crap. Thank you.

Obscure · July 2014

No

I'm expecting a drop of the sub model simply due to the console version. It's just plain foreign to console gamers who are accustomed to paying for XBLIVE or PS+. To also tack on a $15 a month sub, which costs more than the services of XBLIVE or PS+, I'm not seeing any sort of success on console with the current business model. I would be legitimatly awe struck if they could retain more than 300k console sub's after the first two-three months.

It's all about DLC. ZOS needs to make content people will want to buy, and they need to do it every 4-6 weeks. They make content, we buy content, simple. They stand to make much more when they drop the sub model (yes, it's a matter of when, not if), but they need to maintain the sub fee for now to afford to finish the obviously incomplete game. Once it's done, stable, and feature complete, they can drop the sub model, launch on console, and make money by selling DLC and cute little micro-transaction nick-nacks. It'll be much more profitable than the sub model and it'll increase online population once they aren't charging admission anymore.

It's 2014 folks...the crap that used to work in 2001 doesn't fly anymore. We can buy way more content with $15 a month off of Steam than any single developer could hope to produce in a month. That sub fee is a hindrance to the game, and anyone who thinks it somehow screens out crappy annoying players, you really haven't been paying much attention to people playing this game. Exploiters, botters, and trolls everywhere, and the sub fee isn't stopping them.

Divinius · July 2014

No

Normally I quit games when they go F2P, because the quality of the playerbase, development, everything really, seems to go into the crapper when that happens.

But I voted No, only because in this case, I'd stay to play with all of my friends who I couldn't talk into playing ESO. Four of them who tried it in beta and didn't want to pay to play, said they would gladly play if it went F2P. So I'd stay simply because I'd get to play with people I know again.

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

ESO isn't going free-to-play.

...anytime soon.

Never say never...

AlexDougherty · July 2014

IF you vote yes, does that count as a quitting thread?? O:)

steveb16_ESO46 · July 2014

No. if the game was/continiung to fail I'd have left long before. F2P might well bring me back if done well like with STO.

Sabbatus · July 2014

Yes

F2P kills games - suddenly everything (including new development) revolves around the cash shop. I absolutely refuse to play a F2P game.

steveb16_ESO46 · July 2014

fromtesonlineb16_ESO wrote: »

My 'no' simply means I won't have a knee-jerk reaction as some of the 'yes' voters no doubt will and I'll wait to see how it affects the game. In the case of LoTRO the game design went downhill fast and is now focused on driving 'Store' sales

Yes. LOTRO is the 'bad' example. If a game is F2P I want it to be brazenly honest about it. Trion do things fine. Perfect World make no bones about selling advantages while making it possible to have a perfectly good time without paying a cent. I really enjoy Star Trek Online as FTP.

Turbine take the dishonest chiseller approach. Contemptuous company.

eventide03b14a_ESO · July 2014

Yes

This game is riddled with bugs and imbalances and miscellaneous other issues. How bad would it be without the sub fee to keep their staff at least the level it currently is?

eventide03b14a_ESO · July 2014

Yes

WhitePawPrints wrote: »

Free to Play or Pay to Play, I already quit ESO. Zenimax has proven incapable of fixing the game. There's no reason to play it.

I'm going to ask the same question many others have. Why are you trolling the forums if you have already quit the game? Move on.

pitdemon_ESO · July 2014

With Zenimax's megaserver technology, it might work pretty good. Just keep the F2P "customers" in different instances using a slightly different client with access to the cash shop.

As long as I didn't have to see or put up with them and had no contact with any form of cash shop I would be just fine with it.

hk11 · July 2014

No

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