DDO unlimited

Lalala · 06-09-2009, 12:14 PM

DDO will go as free to play with micro-transactions:

IGN: D&D Online: Eberron Unlimited

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etchazz · 06-09-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Lalala

DDO will go as free to play with micro-transactions:

IGN: D&D Online: Eberron Unlimited

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this should be great news for the 7 people still playing the game...

Suineg · 06-09-2009, 12:26 PM

Well F2P will bring more.

I might get this back up and running.

Talineth · 06-09-2009, 12:27 PM

Nice, this will be fun. It will be a lot easier convincing a few of your friends to join you in playing through the dungeons if it's free.

bitch are your retarded? · 06-09-2009, 12:35 PM

Now make Asheron's Call free to play

Hatorade · 06-09-2009, 12:50 PM

Sweet installing this tonight, I had fun when it came out but was short lived due to many many issues I hope to see fixed.

Damm not avail yet.

Current players who wish to continue their paid subscriptions will now be known as VIPs. Their fees will give them automatic access to many of the additions that other users have to purchase a la carte. VIPs will also have priority server access and a shared bank slot that can be used to transfer items from one character to another on the same account. Additionally, VIPs will receive a monthly allotment of store credits that they can use to buy whatever additional items the desire. Though the store's pricing structure is still being balanced, VIPs are likely to get a bit more for their money than a player who chooses to buy all the additions individually.

Geaux · 06-09-2009, 02:15 PM

has any other major MMORPG tried this yet? going from p2p to f2p with micro?

i know i go through a f2p binge every few months and sometimes play the typically lower quality games for a few weeks. would be nice to be able to have a quality game to fall back on during those times.

Cuppycake · 06-09-2009, 02:41 PM

I think Horizons did, or maybe it was Dark and Light. I don't know, one of those vaporware type of games tried it.

Smocca · 06-09-2009, 02:41 PM

Saw this in 1up and I'm definitely going to grab it when it goes gold. I played the free trial a few years back and it wasn't bad. The major issue for me was just lack of community. It shouldn't be hard to get some friends on board to play if the game is free though.

Twobit Whore · 06-09-2009, 04:54 PM

This is really a godsend. I'll be sure to play it. I thought the game had potential in beta and at launch, except it had no content and the design decisions around repeating instances with NO open world at all were just terribly shortsighted. Had this gone GW style from the beginning it would have been a hit imo.

Chanur · 06-09-2009, 05:00 PM

I'm going to try this now.

NativityInBlack · 06-09-2009, 05:21 PM

Great move, as a D&D nerd I was really sad on how the game came out, hope the good old D&D can survive from 2010 and beyond.

The game is trully bad for a subscription model in comparison to what we have today in the market, but will be certainly one of the best free to play out there.

Can't wait to get the folks together and do some runs.

On the question if any mainstream subscription MMO hit the F2P road - Anarchy Online is free to play now isn't it? Vanilla at least.

ruination · 06-09-2009, 06:39 PM

Fuck yeah! Let the floodgates open! ... Psyche.

This game fucking blows.

Grave · 06-09-2009, 06:44 PM

Kind of funny this is happening, I just did a trial of it a few months back and enjoyed it but thought to myself I'd only continue to play it if it had the Guild Wars model of being free to play with expansion packs. This is not exactly that, but it works. It's enough for me to keep the game installed and mess around on it from time to time. Some of the dungeon scenarios are pretty fun.

Prisonmsagro · 06-09-2009, 06:51 PM

I'll be trying this out whenever it goes f2p, looks alright.

06-09-2009, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lalala Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 391	DDO unlimited DDO will go as free to play with micro-transactions: IGN: D&D Online: Eberron Unlimited Home \| Dungeons & Dragons Online

06-09-2009, 12:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Suineg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,646 -98 Internets	Well F2P will bring more. I might get this back up and running. __________________

06-09-2009, 12:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Talineth Rock & Roll Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Frozen North Posts: 495 -2 Internets	Nice, this will be fun. It will be a lot easier convincing a few of your friends to join you in playing through the dungeons if it's free. __________________ Talineth - Asmodian Assassin - Lumiel --------------------------------- Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day; Set fire to him and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

06-09-2009, 12:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hatorade Cause it's better than water Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,220 +78 Internets	Sweet installing this tonight, I had fun when it came out but was short lived due to many many issues I hope to see fixed. Damm not avail yet. Current players who wish to continue their paid subscriptions will now be known as VIPs. Their fees will give them automatic access to many of the additions that other users have to purchase a la carte. VIPs will also have priority server access and a shared bank slot that can be used to transfer items from one character to another on the same account. Additionally, VIPs will receive a monthly allotment of store credits that they can use to buy whatever additional items the desire. Though the store's pricing structure is still being balanced, VIPs are likely to get a bit more for their money than a player who chooses to buy all the additions individually. __________________ Wii Friend Code 1729 2890 3780 7210 AION group Last edited by Hatorade; 06-09-2009 at 12:55 PM..

06-09-2009, 02:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cuppycake Plugged In Like Neo Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,372	I think Horizons did, or maybe it was Dark and Light. I don't know, one of those vaporware type of games tried it. __________________ Metaplace - Nothing I say here represents my employer, legalblahdiddyblah. twitter \| web \| blog

06-09-2009, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
bitch are your retarded? Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 177 -25 Internets	Now make Asheron's Call free to play

06-09-2009, 02:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
Geaux Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 466	has any other major MMORPG tried this yet? going from p2p to f2p with micro? i know i go through a f2p binge every few months and sometimes play the typically lower quality games for a few weeks. would be nice to be able to have a quality game to fall back on during those times.

06-09-2009, 02:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Smocca Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 873 +25 Internets	Saw this in 1up and I'm definitely going to grab it when it goes gold. I played the free trial a few years back and it wasn't bad. The major issue for me was just lack of community. It shouldn't be hard to get some friends on board to play if the game is free though. __________________ Wii Code: 4250 4436 6536 6872

06-09-2009, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,189 -14 Internets	This is really a godsend. I'll be sure to play it. I thought the game had potential in beta and at launch, except it had no content and the design decisions around repeating instances with NO open world at all were just terribly shortsighted. Had this gone GW style from the beginning it would have been a hit imo. __________________ I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hand. I ball my fists and you gonna know where I stand.

06-09-2009, 05:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
Chanur Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 1,355 -20 Internets	I'm going to try this now.

06-09-2009, 05:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
NativityInBlack Brazilian 0_o Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 391 +5 Internets	Great move, as a D&D nerd I was really sad on how the game came out, hope the good old D&D can survive from 2010 and beyond. The game is trully bad for a subscription model in comparison to what we have today in the market, but will be certainly one of the best free to play out there. Can't wait to get the folks together and do some runs. On the question if any mainstream subscription MMO hit the F2P road - Anarchy Online is free to play now isn't it? Vanilla at least.

06-09-2009, 06:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
ruination Made from bones and blueberry flavoring Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Marble, NC Posts: 665 -18 Internets	Fuck yeah! Let the floodgates open! ... Psyche. This game fucking blows. __________________

06-09-2009, 06:44 PM	#14 (permalink)
Grave Slightly OP Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,137 +38 Internets	Kind of funny this is happening, I just did a trial of it a few months back and enjoyed it but thought to myself I'd only continue to play it if it had the Guild Wars model of being free to play with expansion packs. This is not exactly that, but it works. It's enough for me to keep the game installed and mess around on it from time to time. Some of the dungeon scenarios are pretty fun.

06-09-2009, 06:51 PM	#15 (permalink)
Prisonmsagro Has balls of steel. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Misery Posts: 365	I'll be trying this out whenever it goes f2p, looks alright.

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