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Daredevil-
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I am just curious.
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
Why woudnt it be P2P. It is a big name MMO that has been in production quite a while. I even consider Guildwars P2P, because if you spend $50 every 6 months, it comes out to be the same as the others. I know they are optional, but if you want to keep up with the lemmings, you must buy them.
Lets say you do buy the new campaigns that come out once every six months. thats $50 over 6 months...
($50)/(6 months) = $8.3 per month
$8.3 is still less than most MMORPGs. That isnt even taking into account all the expansions that most MMORPGs put out. Plus unlike some MMORPGs where you have to buy the expansions because the expansions raise the level cap or give you uber items, ANet has had a pretty strict policy of keeping skills, items, and level even across all campaigns.
In fact, just to make things more accurate, lets add in expansions. Everquest 2 has been out for 25 months now. Over that time, it has released 3 expansions ($40 each) and 3 adventure packs ($8 each). That is:
(3*$40+3*$8)/(25 months) + $15/(1 month)= $20.75 more per month
So where Everquest 2 has cost its followers (those who buy all expansions) $20.75 per month, Guild Wars has cost its followers (those who buy all campaigns) only $8.30 per month.
Of course, this is ridiculous, because EQ2 adds more content to its game per month than GW does, so maybe it all evens out, or at least it becomes extremely subjective once youve added in the factors of customer services and quality of the game.
But still, hehe... I forgot what I was ranting about now. Oh well.
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I reckon it will be P2P... I rather hope so really.
The world is going to be pretty persistant right? Not a ton of instancing? So it will require servers that can handle large amounts of players engaging in complex actions (combat) at the same time. This alone could warrent a monthly fee.
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It is just hard if they don't release gamecards like WoW 'cos it is hard for a student to get a credit card and sometimes they don't even work too well.
"Lick My Weapons"
Unless by "student" you mean somone who is in Junior High or HighSchool .....
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You really need to read more. Where do you get that a "major" part of the game will be singleplayer?
The first 20 levels are a single player storyline, out of a max level of 80. Higher levels, like in all MMORPGs, take a longer time to achieve than the lower, so its not even the 1/4 straight up math gets you.
Additionally, While the storyline for levels 1-20 and the quests involved theiren are single player, the game itself is not. You can in fact play with others on the startup islands.
So all in all, its an extremely minor portion of the game that can remotely be considered SP. And you don't even have to pay the monthly fees till you hit level 20 for the first time.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
How is it hard to get a credit card?
1. Ask your parents.
2. Pay them 15$ every month.
I've been playing mmos since I was 8, it isn't hard to do.
P2P really helps games not only for the dev's to keep updating and
shtuff... but it keeps away a lot of UNWANTED players who's mommy and
daddy won't let them use their credit card.
whenever billing would start) with purchase. P2P, a Mature
Rating, and the continuing success of the overly-simple WoW will
hopefully keep the kiddies at bay.
This question comes up all the time, but other than Guild Wars are there ANY AAA MMOs that don't have a monthly fee?
Yes, two.
Shadowbane went 100% free a while ago, it was considered a triple A, I do not know if it still qualifies
Anarchy Online has a f2p version, which includes the classic game and one expansion, upgrading to the rest of the expansions requires payment though.
However, none of them have the same payment plan for GW, triple A game or not
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
Even to myself I'm a genius
You really need to read more. Where do you get that a "major" part of the game will be singleplayer?
what the hell are u talking about ??? so they are going to make u pay when u are play in the single player lvls??? well thats messed up... w/e only time will tell
garuntee you wont be billed for it, unless they decide to make it
pseudo-multiplayer down the road. For the first 20 levels you
develop your character. At level 5 you pick a Class, and at 20
you pick an Archtype, at which point, your realeased into the game
world of Hyboria. It dosent mean single play like you
traditionally know it. There is just an emphasis on doing your
own gaming to complete your characters basic abilites. Level cap
is 80 and you "start" the game at 20.