Massively does a little mythbusting RE: F2P CoH

[Warp Factor]

Obviously, everyone has a right to their opinion, but I get the sense that there's a bit of confusion and excessive fear about F2P/freemium games and how they work. If you're worried about the future of CoH, this is a worthwhile read. If you still think it sucks, fair enough.

[gothicshark]

my biggest grip is that I usually can't afford to play more than one MMO at a time, which seems like f2p would make it so I could always log in to the game, but now I here if I don't pay the monthly fee, only some of my characters will be playable. I have full character slots on all servers.

And I am sad I will no longer be getting veteran rewards, I'm behind everyone because I'll play 2-3 months at a time, and then raid for a few months on WOW.

So yah I'm sad about this. Also if everyone isn't playing anymore why bother?

p.s. on a side note SWtOR ... just saying, I'll be there.

[ghostveil]

Jul 6, 2011 17:45:28 GMT -5 gothicshark said:

my biggest grip is that I usually can't afford to play more than one MMO at a time, which seems like f2p would make it so I could always log in to the game, but now I here if I don't pay the monthly fee, only some of my characters will be playable. I have full character slots on all servers.

And I am sad I will no longer be getting veteran rewards, I'm behind everyone because I'll play 2-3 months at a time, and then raid for a few months on WOW.

So yah I'm sad about this. Also if everyone isn't playing anymore why bother?

p.s. on a side note SWtOR ... just saying, I'll be there.

This is a good thing though, isn't it? If you can't afford to play more than one subscription MMO at a time, then this means that you'll be able to at least play City of Heroes now while subscribed to WoW. Sure, you'll only have two characters, but that's two more characters than what you would have otherwise!

[Warp Factor]

Actually, you'll have two slots plus all the slots you got from veteran rewards. Being that you've been around since the beginning you'll likely still have access to all or almost all of the characters you regularly play.

[evilbenfranklin]

I'm still largely indifferent. I've maintained my subscription almost constantly since a month after launch, and I plan to continue doing so in the future unless personal finances dictate that I get rid of it. I think that they've got a better idea, as far as F2P plans go, than say Champions where if you're not a premium subscriber, you can't really do jack in terms of character creativity.