I think we can all agree that a free trial would bring in more players, but would also upset the delicate balance of world pvp and economy that established. Depending on how long the trial would be.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
I think we can all agree that a free trial would bring in more players, but would also upset the delicate balance of world pvp and economy that established. Depending on how long the trial would be.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
a free trial wouldn't be in the best interest of this game. Why have a free trial and then the majority in the trial wouldn't buy the game due to most reason that can be found on these forums. Its basically better for business with no trial and those who wanna try the game have to purchase it. This way they at least get $50 from you instead of nothing. Its just good business.
I said it before and I will say it again. There is no way you can make a FFA full loot pvp game work with a trial. You will get a multitude of paying account people making free 50+ accounts and all harvesting and depositing into their guild bank or just go over and kill them and take their stuff.
In games like WoW you prevent trial accounts from trading.
So I say to you people sitting on the fence, this is a great game IMO and you should buy it.
You will experience high high's and low low's. One thing that is for certain in Darkfall is you will start to feel again. Whether it was narrowly escaping with some good loot, losing something valuable, making new friends in your darkest hour you will have some of the meaningful memories just like your games of old.
I think we can all agree that a free trial would bring in more players, but would also upset the delicate balance of world pvp and economy that established. Depending on how long the trial would be.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
And here i thought all this time that the British won that war......
I went ahead and took the plunge and paid the $87 for the game with 6-month subscription. I love the game, but you have to look past the dated graphics and lackluster animations. If you can do that, this game will outshine anything else that is out now IMO. Like someone stated above, it brings back the memories of the old games (Like pre-botched UO) where they weren't all care-bear games like all the MMOs now.
Originally posted by Agricola1 Originally posted by ghoul31 Originally posted by xanphia I think we can all agree that a free trial would bring in more players, but would also upset the delicate balance of world pvp and economy that established. Depending on how long the trial would be.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
LOL! Classic!
Current: None Played: WoW, CoX, SWG, LotRO, EVE, AoC, VG, CO, Ryzom, DF, WAR Tried: Lineage2, Dofus, EQ2, CoS, FE, UO, Wurm, Wakfu Future: The Repopulation, ArcheAge, Black Desert, EQN
I think we can all agree that a free trial would bring in more players, but would also upset the delicate balance of world pvp and economy that established. Depending on how long the trial would be.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
And here i thought all this time that the British won that war......
We did but you know what I mean!!!!!! Who wants to have to deal with a sea of naked tribesmen alts brandishing starter weapons everytime there's a siege? I guess if they impose some limits on a trial it would be possible, not sure what those limits would be.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
This game needs a trial, nuff said. A trial *should* significantly boost the player base if pulled of correctly.
Agreed. Why wouldn't a gaming company offer a free trial, just incase their game sucks and players won't like it?
The problem is, Darkfall is not a game you can get a good opinion on in, lets say, 10 days. You need at least a month to join a clan, now how everything works and be able to compete in PvP. And i don't think Adventurine is ever going to release a 30 day trial, no MMO company would.
Then how come so many posts praising DF in these forums have been by people playing DF only a few days? On the contrary, if DF had a 7 day trial they probably would get many new paying customers. I'm not the only one who will never try DF unless there is a free trial. That's a pool of potential customers that DF will never see.
mmm... Good point, i guess a trial coudn't hurt after all, although it should be at least a 12-day trial. 7 days just isn't enough.
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I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
a free trial wouldn't be in the best interest of this game. Why have a free trial and then the majority in the trial wouldn't buy the game due to most reason that can be found on these forums. Its basically better for business with no trial and those who wanna try the game have to purchase it. This way they at least get $50 from you instead of nothing. Its just good business.
I said it before and I will say it again. There is no way you can make a FFA full loot pvp game work with a trial. You will get a multitude of paying account people making free 50+ accounts and all harvesting and depositing into their guild bank or just go over and kill them and take their stuff.
In games like WoW you prevent trial accounts from trading.
So I say to you people sitting on the fence, this is a great game IMO and you should buy it.
You will experience high high's and low low's. One thing that is for certain in Darkfall is you will start to feel again. Whether it was narrowly escaping with some good loot, losing something valuable, making new friends in your darkest hour you will have some of the meaningful memories just like your games of old.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
And here i thought all this time that the British won that war......
Iiii-iiiiiit's.... me!!! *Hooray*
I went ahead and took the plunge and paid the $87 for the game with 6-month subscription. I love the game, but you have to look past the dated graphics and lackluster animations. If you can do that, this game will outshine anything else that is out now IMO. Like someone stated above, it brings back the memories of the old games (Like pre-botched UO) where they weren't all care-bear games like all the MMOs now.
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
LOL! Classic!
Current: None
Played: WoW, CoX, SWG, LotRO, EVE, AoC, VG, CO, Ryzom, DF, WAR
Tried: Lineage2, Dofus, EQ2, CoS, FE, UO, Wurm, Wakfu
Future: The Repopulation, ArcheAge, Black Desert, EQN
I don't see how a bunch of naked people with no skills would upset anything.
That's what they said about the Zulu!
And here i thought all this time that the British won that war......
We did but you know what I mean!!!!!! Who wants to have to deal with a sea of naked tribesmen alts brandishing starter weapons everytime there's a siege? I guess if they impose some limits on a trial it would be possible, not sure what those limits would be.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
Agreed. Why wouldn't a gaming company offer a free trial, just incase their game sucks and players won't like it?
The problem is, Darkfall is not a game you can get a good opinion on in, lets say, 10 days. You need at least a month to join a clan, now how everything works and be able to compete in PvP. And i don't think Adventurine is ever going to release a 30 day trial, no MMO company would.
Then how come so many posts praising DF in these forums have been by people playing DF only a few days? On the contrary, if DF had a 7 day trial they probably would get many new paying customers. I'm not the only one who will never try DF unless there is a free trial. That's a pool of potential customers that DF will never see.
mmm... Good point, i guess a trial coudn't hurt after all, although it should be at least a 12-day trial. 7 days just isn't enough.