I walked into this interview and demo with the assumption that the game is going to be free-to-play with microtransactions. But I was actually surprised to find out that this game will be using a subscription model. I was caught so off guard that it didn’t register until the drive home. Having had time to think about it, I guess it kind of makes sense; what exactly would they be able to sell had they gone with an F2P model w/ microtransactions? Cosmetics wouldn’t exactly work, and neither would P2W materials. Plus, veterans often say they’d rather just pay a sub and be done with it.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Gotcha, that’s disappointing. I assumed it was just buy it and keep it, not free to play.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I figured it would be like regular EQ is now, F2P with perks if you subscribe.