Uhm why is this game showing up under the list of Free Games to download and play right now on the front page of mmorpg?
Because Trion pays the site to put it there.
Its been there constant for about 6 months now. I have *never* seen EQ2 there and LOTRO and DDO were very rare to see up there until lately. For most of 2011 it was Rift and a bunch of games no one gives a damn about.
yeah, good call OP. it's pretty deceiving if it was trion. free trial isn't a F2P. i'd consider something like WAR and the endless trial to be F2Pish. you're stuck at level 10, but then just can't level any more. that's about as far as i would go though. free trial =/= free game.
yeah, good call OP. it's pretty deceiving if it was trion.
I just dont see how it couldnt be trion.
Its clearly not done at random, because Rift is *always* in the top 3 slots and many games never see the list. Especially the bigger F2P games like RoM, which shows up very sporadically.
Its not done because games are trending in activity. That Drakensong game always seems to be htere, theres no surge in popularity for that one, or even interest
So how is it done then? $$$ seems to be the only logical answer.
Its not like Trion is beyond a little harmless deceit (Your server is turning into a trial server...yeah we surely need to add more to the 50 we already have...)
for sure. each company is out to make a profit. i love trion but anything is possible. Rift is a pretty hot topic in 2011, and there's no way the staff here wouldn't know that it's a P2P game.
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Because Trion pays the site to put it there.
Its been there constant for about 6 months now. I have *never* seen EQ2 there and LOTRO and DDO were very rare to see up there until lately. For most of 2011 it was Rift and a bunch of games no one gives a damn about.
yeah, good call OP. it's pretty deceiving if it was trion. free trial isn't a F2P. i'd consider something like WAR and the endless trial to be F2Pish. you're stuck at level 10, but then just can't level any more. that's about as far as i would go though. free trial =/= free game.
I just dont see how it couldnt be trion.
Its clearly not done at random, because Rift is *always* in the top 3 slots and many games never see the list. Especially the bigger F2P games like RoM, which shows up very sporadically.
Its not done because games are trending in activity. That Drakensong game always seems to be htere, theres no surge in popularity for that one, or even interest
So how is it done then? $$$ seems to be the only logical answer.
Its not like Trion is beyond a little harmless deceit (Your server is turning into a trial server...yeah we surely need to add more to the 50 we already have...)
for sure. each company is out to make a profit. i love trion but anything is possible. Rift is a pretty hot topic in 2011, and there's no way the staff here wouldn't know that it's a P2P game.