The Republic Ep110: Restrictive F2P?

Written by: (@garygannon) | October 23, 2012 7:00 am

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The Republic covers the weekly news surrounding the Bioware MMORPG Star Wars The Old Republic.  On this weeks show:

 

  • Free 2 Play Restrictions
  • A New F2P Trailer
  • Reverse Engineering Controversy
  • Rage & Focus Specced Knights & Warriors
The Republic Ep110: Restrictive F2P?

  • dragontheory42

    I dont understand SWTOR f2p model at all when you compare it to somthing like AION.  Aion is completely free to play even the expansion,  raiding and pvp.  They have a great cash shop and I think thats all you need, but restricting all this content that is just part of the game is wierd to me.  It really turns me off on even going back and trying the game.  

  • Damir Miric

    I guess swtor is just going to die. They have such stupid restrictions. Why would you restrict races? Somebody is going to pay just beacause you cant pick a different race that is simply same as all other just different color.

    Sprint? HAHAHAHAHA

    I think I know why so many people left BW its beacause of these stupid decisions.

    They are wasting their money making F2P. They wont earn anything from free to play players. And they will piss of their subscribers when they bring in 10000000 noobs and spamers.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XJPO766ZHS7KN4PBZTLPROBMPE M

    simple reaction to the free to play model now we have heard it 
    i wont bother
     

  • http://twitter.com/Dope_Danny Danny Smith

    swtor: an idea with potential run into the ground by people with no damn idea how to run an mmo.

  • http://www.facebook.com/inkogni.alex Inkogni Alex

    this model is RETAAARTEED, worst model iv seen our there and doubt some one will make a more SHAT model for an IP this popular. im fine with some unknown game having some crap model but Bioware having that on SWTOR = not worth space on my harddrive

    (not sure on this, does the game still have 15$ box price? )

    • matraque

       10 at a lot of retailers.

  • http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

    Lol, just finished watching Episode 1 of The Republic, it auto played after the latest episode. 

    • Revanhavoc

      Those were the days, eh?

      Oh the possibilities…

      • http://twitter.com/Luke_Malcolm Luke Malcolm

        Tell me about it

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=521152493 Kelly Michaels

    I’ve been subbed since launch and I finally decided to not renew it,but in order for me to get the Cartel Coins I’m entitled to,I have to renew my subscription before F2P goes live. I bought the CE,plus maintained an active sub all this time,even though I quit playing 3 months ago and they shaft me,as well as others who are owed Cartel Coins by forcing us to renew a sub to get them.

    • http://twitter.com/lifensoul Steven Whiting

      And from what I can tell on my account I’m only getting one month of Cartel coins from  one month, even though I was subbed since launch and in pre-launch.  All I was doing was subbing and then cancelling.  Playing for a month then resubbing when it would run out.  But from what I can see, it doesn’t seem to be counting.  It’s all messed up.  They clearly have not learnt from all the screw ups.

  • Revanhavoc

    I’m a bit more scared about F2P now after watching this. There was a time where the devs would have gotten the benefit of the doubt from me, but that time has long passed.

    I feel the cosmetic/XP boost route that many favour is a better idea than restriction on gameplay types. Maybe I’m just saying that since I want to be part of the F2P crowd.

  • http://www.facebook.com/davidallmighty David Cohen

    they are F’ed. Their F2P is Just there to get subs. that PR vid was all “HEY SUB OR IT WILL SUCK.” And I know they want subs over Free, but they can make lots of money with better pay to play options then this. People are not dumb, and the game is not that amazing that peopel will pay for small chunks…. pay to run… srsly?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/FPXO267IVAHL3MK4HRRNRQPNDA Bush Swanson, The American Dre

    SWTOR’s free to play model is really confusing. Its like if i run 3 dungeons im ok but if i run >4 its not ok anymore? and I dont know how many time I can fly my ship, what if i want to go to a different place… o_O

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Hargrave/100003202374593 Shawn Hargrave

    heres whats going to happen your going to see a large surge at f2p launch then the month after it will go back to where it is now or below. Even free the game is a pos with very little end game. f2p and all this stupid idiotic things there doing isnt going to keep players. Open world objective based pvp and a LOT more raids are whats going keep players interest not rerolling endless toons that sit at cap lvl.

    You know looking at everything that swtor has done its almost as bad the nge with swg lol its getting close hahaha.

    Cant wait to see james ohlens pitch for this lol.

    james ohlen: we found that people dont think swtor is worth 15 bucks a months so now you can play 3 warzones and your allowed to die 3 times and coming soon ammo clips as Ea ceo john ricatello said he thinks you should have to buy every 4th bullet for 1$ in battlefield we agree that in swtor you should have buy ammo clips with cartel coins! and youll need that lightsaber tuned every 4 swipes as well!

    james ohlen: f2p is exciting but subscribers get to die more 3 times and have unlimited ammo and get ready for exciting legacy features for all those toons youll roll to cap and experience staring at other people in the fleet as you all have nothing to do at cap! 

  • Mj Bhurst

    I’m not even renewing for November. After being subbed since launch. I’m just done. EA/BioWare can take my Cartel Coins and shove em where the sun doesn’t shine. Also, happy belated birthday Justin!

  • samhainous

    Gary has a look on his face of “Why am i still wasting time with this show?” Longest running gbtv show and zero enthusiasm. Hegard saw the writing on the wall a long time ago in terms of swtor. The only thing left to be disappointed in is how much room this damn ce box is taking up.
    Time to get the TESO hype machine cranked up!

  • http://twitter.com/Luke_Malcolm Luke Malcolm

    EA still wants to make money & suck BioWare dry. 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/Z36GPOU3Q2QIQYBIDVNQAVGNGE Raul

    Really?

    Does anyone here need any more proof 
    that the people making these decisions 
    have clearly never played an MMO 
    for more than a few hours?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Hargrave/100003202374593 Shawn Hargrave

      When i saw that bioware french guy at some game convention trying to showcase the group finder i started worry..Showcasing a group finder at a game convention is like going to a car show and seeing a car company showcase a steering wheel lol.

      How bout legacy is some of thier best stuff!!

      exciting new content group finder and custom ui!!

      Best pvp team!!

      100vs100 in ilum

      Id like to see a food staff at wendys/fast food franchise switch places with the bioware/ea staff and see the difference based on what i know the food staff would be more competent…..

  • http://twitter.com/lifensoul Steven Whiting

    Larry’s speaking has got A LOT better.  Much less stumbling and going back over himself.

  • neil loserro

    would be nice to have a show where the host actually plays the game and the expert pannel knew how stats in the game they cover for a living work. 82 expertise is like a 2-3% increase to dmg, is it fair? no, gambreaking god no.

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