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Tired of themeparks? AC F2P coming soon
azzamasin
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If you've never played and are looking for a challenging game with ZERO handholding and huge seamless world to explore and have $10 then Asheron's Call will be transitioning to F2P soon. The graphics are bad and the combat is monotonous (at times) but the rest of the gameplay is 2nd to none.
As of August 2014, Asherons Call and Asheron's Call 2 will no longer charge a subscription fee for players. The last payments will be processed on June 31st, making July the final paid month. Note that this means some players will technically receive some portion of July free as a result, as we have decided to absorb the cost and not run partial payments to cover it. Other important information for the transition:
~ After the transition, new accounts can be created with a one-time $10 purchase through our normal sign-up page
~ We will no longer be performing MSN Zone migrations after May 31st (click here for more information regarding MSN Zone Migrations)
~ Any inactive subscriptions that players wish to access after the transition will require a one-time activation fee of $10 via the myaccount website
~ Note that after the transition, help requests will only be available regarding harassment issues or account assistance with the $10 one-time activation purchase.
~ The AC forums will remain up and available
We also wanted to provide an update regarding community servers. Our current plan is to offer the first player run server packages and to open up our player run server sub-forums by the end of the year. Our first offering will be a basic AC1 server and client download. We expect the first offering to be light on documentation, as it is intended for enthusiasts with experience in setting up servers and dealing with networking. While set up instructions will be offered on these new sub-forums, this initial offering will be intended to be used in conjunction with the forums to allow the community to begin the process of running servers and creating documentation for that process.
Sandbox means open world, non-linear gaming PERIOD!
Subscription Gaming, especially MMO gaming is a Cash grab bigger then the most P2W cash shop!
Bring Back Exploration and lengthy progression times. RPG's have always been about the Journey not the destination!!!
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When they reopened AC2 last year they allowed anyone with a current sub to AC1 to play AC2 for free.
Sandbox means open world, non-linear gaming PERIOD!
Subscription Gaming, especially MMO gaming is a Cash grab bigger then the most P2W cash shop!
Bring Back Exploration and lengthy progression times. RPG's have always been about the Journey not the destination!!!
It turns F2P for people who have an active account at the time of the change. It will cost $10 for those who wish to create/activate one and nothing after (the game is going in sustained mode like GW1 is now).
You wrote the same what Robokapp tried to point out...
Thread title is "AC F2P coming soon", which is not precise, it will be f2p only those few folks who have an active subscription at the end of June. For everybody else it will be b2p with a $10 entry fee.
(don't get me wrong, I think it will easily worth the $10 especially after the private server project goes live. Just let's stick to the facts... it's b2p for the vast majority of players
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It's worth dropping $10 on the wild west of morporgers, just to experience the freedom, when all the modern games are bloody themeparks.
I know I'm going to be playing Darktide.
Asheron's Call (3 Years)
Asheron's Call 2 (3 Months)
SWG (3 Months)
FFXI (1 Day)
WoW (6 Months)
DDO (1 Month)
Vanguard (off & on)
Crossfire
LotRO (3 months)
Warhammer (3 days)
GW2 (1 month)
CIV I-IV (20 Years)
I just wish they made a modern version (modern in graphics and maybe with a new UI, not in difficulty or hand holding). The game do offer a type of gameplay that makes us oldtimers really happy, and while a new version never could be Wow large it still could be doing pretty well from an economical standpoint.