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[Nissui]

Quick side note in case this wasn't posted elsewhere.

ESO is B2P as of today. Not sure if there is any interest in this game anymore, but there you have it.

[Louella Dougans]

Quick side note in case this wasn't posted elsewhere.

ESO is B2P as of today. Not sure if there is any interest in this game anymore, but there you have it.

what does B2P mean ?

[Nissui]

Buy-to-play, a la Guild Wars. Pay for game client once, no sub fees.

[Lyn Farel]

No one definitely saw that coming. 

[Rin Kaelestria]

Subbed for one month on launch last year, haven't bothered with it after that month. But with my account activated as of today, I'll probably hop on a bit. So, I may be game.

[Morwen Lagann]

What it sounds like to me is that it's a little bit of a weird system.

Subscription players get some amount of currency each month as a stipend (similar to STO + Zen), and full access to any "DLC" zones that are added as part of expansions or w/e. If their sub lapses, they lose access to all of those zones.

B2P players get access to the primary zones, then have to pay to get access to the new zones. Apparently that access is permanent once paid for but it's a little weird when contrasted with the subscription system, to me.

Might pick it up again when I get home though.

[Nissui]

What it sounds like to me is that it's a little bit of a weird system.

Subscription players get some amount of currency each month as a stipend (similar to STO + Zen), and full access to any "DLC" zones that are added as part of expansions or w/e. If their sub lapses, they lose access to all of those zones.

B2P players get access to the primary zones, then have to pay to get access to the new zones. Apparently that access is permanent once paid for but it's a little weird when contrasted with the subscription system, to me.

Might pick it up again when I get home though.

That does sound weird. I feel like if I was subbed, I'd just let it drop once, then pay once and be done with it. Until the next expansion anyway.

Hopefully that shit ain't full price like Blizzard do.

[Morwen Lagann]

Talking to Turelus atm, the only real reasons to be subscribed are:
- Monthly Crown stipend
- 10% bonus to XP gained
- research is done like EVE skills in real time, and has a 10% reduction in time if you are subscribed

So right now, not being subbed is better if none of those matter to you.

[Jennifer Starfall]

Their sub model sounds a lot like the model Turbine uses for DDO and LotRO.

[Utari Onzo]

BRB, biomassing all my eve toons to play ES:O now its B2P

Jumping on the bandwagon late as always, me :''(

[Rin Kaelestria]

BRB, biomassing all my eve toons to play ES:O now its B2P

Jumping on the bandwagon late as always, me :''(

That's a bit hastey. >_>   And don't feel bad. It's not much of a bandwagon to hop onto in the first place. 

[Katrina Oniseki]

More like a rickshaw.

[Graelyn]

I hopped onto a rickshaw once. Had to pay for a new one. 

[Jace]

I'll be playing ESO again soon now that it has no sub. I enjoyed the game except for the lack of endgame. If I am subbing a regular-style MMO, there better be a decent progression. That didn't exist for ESO. But without a sub, just running around with friends bullshitting and RPing is good enough. I'll be done with graduate school in a month, so I should have buttloads more time to play games. Woot.