Well the game doesnt appear to be in a great state at the moment, and since it hasnt been out long a trial is a bad idea. They need to iron out the kinks, and get the game to an acceptable stage before releasing a trial. If you give out a free trial and the game is terrible, you can wave goodbye to any chance of anyone subscribing to the game
They do have a free trial actually. everyone who bought the game received an extra 14 day buddy-trial key. just contact someone who's already playing the game.
soon everyone who is playing will recieve 5 key's to distribute to ppl who wanne test the game. They will recieve extra credits for it if the person then actually pay's for atleast 1 month.
I think the mean reason why they don't giveout the free trails is because it would be to easy for sellers/botters to create a pointless ammount of accounts for 7-14 days and ruin the economy's, so it's a good thing that they will distibute it from mouth to mouth and personal key's instead of mass dealing trailkey's.
Originally posted by TheGhostlord they don't have a free trial because then people would realize how broken and unfinished the game is without wasting cash to buy it and then find out.
If i understand correctly, there is as many free trials as the number of people who bought a copy of the game. That aint exacly "free trial" for everyone. you can call it a free trial, but i wouldnt. a free trial should be unlimited for everyone to download og try...
it's already as i stated.. 90% of the games where u have unlimited free trails, those accounts are used by moneysellers and botters... If u wouldhave a 7-14 day's trail for unlimited ammount of ppl the game would be messed in a few months..
If u really wanne test the game, it's not that hard to get a key. Alot of people have key's to give away. U just need to ask them. U can't also just download the game via a legal way. U have to use torrents or newsgroups or whatever, so when u know someone who has the disks he has a trail key.
They seems to want to build up the playerbase slow but good, without haveing 10 million accounts not beeing used or used for moneyhunting
Sorry otta, but i must have unintentionally skipped your first post...
i agree and see why they wanna do it this way, but if someone out there is like me, they wont go here, or anywhere else to ask for a free trial. if im gonna try a game it has to be as simple as; go to offical homepage, download free trail and play.
not a big deal, just i wont bother trying a archlord "buddy key" trial
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AL had an open Beta....you missed it.
FFXI has never had a Trial ,has ~ 30 servers and has been around for about 3 years.
soon everyone who is playing will recieve 5 key's to distribute to ppl who wanne test the game. They will recieve extra credits for it if the person then actually pay's for atleast 1 month.
I think the mean reason why they don't giveout the free trails is because it would be to easy for sellers/botters to create a pointless ammount of accounts for 7-14 days and ruin the economy's, so it's a good thing that they will distibute it from mouth to mouth and personal key's instead of mass dealing trailkey's.
greetz
otta
If u really wanne test the game, it's not that hard to get a key. Alot of people have key's to give away. U just need to ask them. U can't also just download the game via a legal way. U have to use torrents or newsgroups or whatever, so when u know someone who has the disks he has a trail key.
They seems to want to build up the playerbase slow but good, without haveing 10 million accounts not beeing used or used for moneyhunting
greetz
otta
Sorry otta, but i must have unintentionally skipped your first post...
i agree and see why they wanna do it this way, but if someone out there is like me, they wont go here, or anywhere else to ask for a free trial. if im gonna try a game it has to be as simple as; go to offical homepage, download free trail and play.
not a big deal, just i wont bother trying a archlord "buddy key" trial