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[Column] General: 5 Awesome Buy-to-Play MMOs

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  • MargraveMargrave Member RarePosts: 1,371
    +1 for TESO, and +1 for GW2
  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    Originally posted by Thane
    Originally posted by rodingo
    Originally posted by achesoma
    It's an easy enough list. Those are the only B2P MMOs I can think of lol. 

    Lol, that's what I was thinking.

    * archeage

    * aion

    * rift

    * APB (If defiance qualifies as mmo, so does APB)

    * champions online

    * age of wulin / wushu

    * age of conan

    * star trek online

    * cabal

    * planetside 2

    * lord of the rings online

     

     

    and i even left out most of the asian stuff.... so yea, they are totaly the only 5 f2p games out there...........

     

    B2P dude,....B2P.....

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  • hallucigenocidehallucigenocide Member RarePosts: 1,015

    i wish more mmo's would try being a bit more original like TSW.. even though the combat drags it down a bit it's awesome setting makes it one of my faves.

    if i liked car games i'd definitely try out the crew. i'm desperate for anything non fantasy based.

     

    I had fun once, it was terrible.

  • LacedOpiumLacedOpium Member EpicPosts: 2,327
    Originally posted by DevilSeph
    Originally posted by MoreOfTheSame

    Errrm.. aren´t these the ONLY buy2play MMOs?

     

    Oh wait, Defiance. but I think that´s it

    Exactly man this is just a stupid way to advertise it in my opinion, very lame, i hate this stuff , I'm angry because this was the only game where i tottaly regreted my money spent , after  5-10 hours of playing it. I fall in to the hype for this i really hate this website i never trust them again,i come here only for other ppl comments. This was like 3 years ago but I'm still angry how idiot i was to jump and buy it without any conclusion because of the hype. It was my worst experience in gaming

     

    If you are still angry over an expenditure of $50 dollars three years ago, you have bigger problems, my friend.

  • ThaneThane Member EpicPosts: 3,534
    Originally posted by WikkidNinja
    BUY to play, not FREE to play. The B is the important part, big difference between the two

    oops, valid point, always mind the B!

     

    björn out.   :P

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  • djrifuldjriful Member CommonPosts: 11

    I call it full of balloon, because it has no subs means best MMO. There is other MMO worth the money to me with sub and that MMO deliver mega mini expansion every 3 months with 2 patches of contents updates every 2months.

    That is the best MMO, you want to know? FFXIV.

    GuildWars 2 after 2 years of playing, the amount contents is still not up par. I finished everything under 1 hr on new patch bi-weekly update. Zzzzz nothing else to do.
     
    I got both legendaries + other decked out. Only play 4 hrs per day.
  • syberghostsyberghost Member UncommonPosts: 17

    Worst of both worlds model. Eventually box sales peter out, and then the developer has to monetize just like F2P, but the barrier to entry remains. So you limit your number of players, but still end up with the monetization pressure on your devs.

    Blech.

    That said, TSW is a freakin' awesome game. Closest thing currently to a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.

     

  • DevilSephDevilSeph Member UncommonPosts: 147
    Originally posted by LacedOpium
    Originally posted by DevilSeph
    Originally posted by MoreOfTheSame

    Errrm.. aren´t these the ONLY buy2play MMOs?

     

    Oh wait, Defiance. but I think that´s it

    Exactly man this is just a stupid way to advertise it in my opinion, very lame, i hate this stuff , I'm angry because this was the only game where i tottaly regreted my money spent , after  5-10 hours of playing it. I fall in to the hype for this i really hate this website i never trust them again,i come here only for other ppl comments. This was like 3 years ago but I'm still angry how idiot i was to jump and buy it without any conclusion because of the hype. It was my worst experience in gaming

     

    If you are still angry over an expenditure of $50 dollars three years ago, you have bigger problems, my friend.

    Well I am because usually i avoid scams but not this

  • IkedaIkeda Member RarePosts: 2,751

    Wow, this post has shown me that a majority of people are idiots.

    They either don't read or they just don't inform themselves before talking about a topic.

    BUY - TO - PLAY

    So don't bring up WOW or Eve... that's P2P

    Don't bring up LOTRO or Rift... don't bring up DCUO... those are F2P...

    God.. people annoy me.

  • observerobserver Member RarePosts: 3,685
    Originally posted by syberghost

    Worst of both worlds model. Eventually box sales peter out, and then the developer has to monetize just like F2P, but the barrier to entry remains. So you limit your number of players, but still end up with the monetization pressure on your devs.

    Blech.

    That said, TSW is a freakin' awesome game. Closest thing currently to a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.

     

    In my opinion it's a good compromise.  The devs get paid, and the players still have access.  The monetization can still be non-intrusive, as it's done in GW2, or in f2p games such as Rift, or even in WoW.  Not all cash shops require mandatory purchases, contrary to popular belief.

  • observerobserver Member RarePosts: 3,685
    Originally posted by Ikeda

    Wow, this post has shown me that a majority of people are idiots.

    They either don't read or they just don't inform themselves before talking about a topic.

    BUY - TO - PLAY

    So don't bring up WOW or Eve... that's P2P

    Don't bring up LOTRO or Rift... don't bring up DCUO... those are F2P...

    God.. people annoy me.

     

    lol, yeah.  It still amazes me how people interchangeably use B2P and F2P.   I think it's due to the cash shops.

  • RemyVorenderRemyVorender Member RarePosts: 4,006

    1. The Secret World

    2. Guild Wars 2

    3 - 5. Steaming turds

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  • AmjocoAmjoco Member UncommonPosts: 4,860
    Originally posted by syberghost

    Worst of both worlds model. Eventually box sales peter out, and then the developer has to monetize just like F2P, but the barrier to entry remains. So you limit your number of players, but still end up with the monetization pressure on your devs.

    Blech.

    That said, TSW is a freakin' awesome game. Closest thing currently to a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.

     

    You mean like GW had to?

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  • MoiraeMoirae Member RarePosts: 3,318
    Wow, I don't agree with any of them. I can't imagine anything more boring than driving a car all the time. I don't play MMO's on console. The Secret World is just a copy of Vampire Bloodlines expanded and called something different but VB is better. ESO looks good until you play it for a while, then it gets boring quick since its all been done before except for the "loot almost everything" stuff and the utterly ridiculous "no broker" garbage. And GW2 is so boring there aren't even words because you never have to talk to anyone, even an npc unless you want to buy something, its all autogroup and autoquest. 
     
     
  • AmjocoAmjoco Member UncommonPosts: 4,860
    Originally posted by Moirae
    Wow, I don't agree with any of them. I can't imagine anything more boring than driving a car all the time. I don't play MMO's on console. The Secret World is just a copy of Vampire Bloodlines expanded and called something different but VB is better. ESO looks good until you play it for a while, then it gets boring quick since its all been done before except for the "loot almost everything" stuff and the utterly ridiculous "no broker" garbage. And GW2 is so boring there aren't even words because you never have to talk to anyone, even an npc unless you want to buy something, its all autogroup and autoquest. 
     
     

    So you wouldn't have a top 5!?  Those are about the only ones to agree on.

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  • syberghostsyberghost Member UncommonPosts: 17


    Originally posted by Amjoco
    Originally posted by syberghost Worst of both worlds model. Eventually box sales peter out, and then the developer has to monetize just like F2P, but the barrier to entry remains. So you limit your number of players, but still end up with the monetization pressure on your devs. Blech. That said, TSW is a freakin' awesome game. Closest thing currently to a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.  
    You mean like GW had to?

    Hasn't even been out three years yet, and it's had the most box sales of any B2P MMO yet. Give it time, the shift will come.

  • AmjocoAmjoco Member UncommonPosts: 4,860
    Originally posted by syberghost

     


    Originally posted by Amjoco

    Originally posted by syberghost Worst of both worlds model. Eventually box sales peter out, and then the developer has to monetize just like F2P, but the barrier to entry remains. So you limit your number of players, but still end up with the monetization pressure on your devs. Blech. That said, TSW is a freakin' awesome game. Closest thing currently to a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.  
    You mean like GW had to?

     

    Hasn't even been out three years yet, and it's had the most box sales of any B2P MMO yet. Give it time, the shift will come.

    Guild Wars which has been out for about 10 years now.

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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    Replace The Crew and Destiny with Guild Wars 1 and its three separate campaigns and you have a much better list full of games that are totally worth purchasing.




  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Originally posted by DevilSeph
    Originally posted by CrazKanuk
    Originally posted by DevilSeph
    Another advert to Gw2 ... here it starts again

    Hmmmmmmm, so you are saying that GW2 does NOT warrant a place on the top 5 B2P games? I find it really difficult to think of any other, more worthy B2P games, but feel free to make an argument on how GW2 doesn't deserve to be on the list. An argument other than, "here we go again"

    Well if we look at from that angle than we could also advertise the top 5 biggest fails in mmo industry and maybe gw2 would have a place in it :)

     

    Based on my own knowledge, you may not be wrong, lol.

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  • x3cutoRx3cutoR Member UncommonPosts: 37

    If I had to choose, that would be Guild Wars 2. An MMO that has almost everything in it. Rich storyline, fast gameplay, interesting 'questing' system etc. Although, there's one MMO that is slightly better than GW2. Final Fantasy XIV. It's not b2p but I would recommend everyone to give it a try.

  • Konner920Konner920 Member UncommonPosts: 295
    Wait TSW has a new player experience?! I gotta try it again, I couldn't get into it with how it was. Sweet
  • HeraseHerase Member RarePosts: 993

    I know this is personal preference, but Destiny really? If anyone had been keeping up-to-date you would know once HoW drops, and nothings changed players will be leaving en masse. It may have all the staples but it executes them in the most horrid way Imho. On top of that the games been out 7 months they still haven't added vault space or bother to listen to the most simple requests from their community. Promise after promise and the players still wait. The game had potential to be one of the best B2P games, but Activ$ion got their claws into it. Again this is my view based on what I've experienced and read.

     

    Still trying to find the EPIC story they promised 7 months later.

     

  • LekyiiLekyii Member Posts: 2
    Calling MMO to Destiny is an insult to the MMO genre, how can a game without in game chat, in game guild/party support, call itself Massive Multiplayer Online
  • LunarpacLunarpac Member UncommonPosts: 57
    B2P, a.k.a F2P with a box price. Also, The Crew? What? xD
  • observerobserver Member RarePosts: 3,685
    Originally posted by Torval
    Originally posted by rojoArcueid
    Replace The Crew and Destiny with Guild Wars 1 and its three separate campaigns and you have a much better list full of games that are totally worth purchasing.

    Agreed. I think GW1 deserves a place on the list for setting the trend in mmos so long ago and proving the concept works. It still has a lot of charm and some of its mechanics are unique in the implementation (shutdown, interrupt, and the like as class roles). Classes like mesmer that brought a whole new dimension to crowd control.

    I love 1 - 3, but right now ESO and LotRO are the main games I'm playing.

    The hater posts are hilarious. I love watching them twist in their skin. They say nerd rage is the funniest rage.

     

    The problem is, GW1 is so old now, and it's practically in maintenance mode now.  

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