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What F2P title did / do you spend a lot of time in and still consider(ed) it fun?
GeezerGamer
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Are there any titles out there that you have played a lot and felt the experience was worth it? P2W doesn't matter? In fact, I'd love to see examples of games that are considered P2W yet still fun for the free player. Small to moderate cash shop use is also good too. B2P titles are also fine to mention.
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Stopped for different reasons..
LoL: no natter how hard i tried i sucked.
NVW: because of time restrictions since my gaming hours are limited and mostly occupied by SW TOR (as a subber, never as f2p).
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By shear size of the game and ever changing battles there is away fun to be had.
They must find it difficult . . .
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Only good game in my experience is one I've paid for properly, "free" just doesn't sit well with me, especially as I feel it's more for game hoppers vs a person who plays long term like myself.
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BnS is my go to action game atm. I hate the story. Love the combat and the whole faction thing.
Wildstar because in my opinion those that dislike this game ...are totally valid in their complaints but the macho man humor makes me happy. I'm super simple.
Smite for my moba needs.
With exception to Aion end game cash shop need all of these games are legit free.
Marvel Heroes is another I have alot of hours in, maybe 600 or so.
Ive spent money in each, but less than I would have putting the same time into a sub mmo, which, granted neither of those are mmos.
No P2W, no necessary cash shop, you pay if you want to support the devs. I spent a decent amount of money on MH and to me was worth the time and money.
I ditched PoE for MH now that it has flawless gamepad support. I wish PoE added it too.
I played SWTOR for about 1 year.
F2P is ok by me, because I buy some of the convenience items. But if I had to grind for 12 hours to get a bag, or to be able to put more than an old apple core in my bank, I expect I would not like it.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
LotRO is f2p since 5+ years, and still is fun - though it has its bumps and rough edges (like the over-silencing of the Eu datacenter move, or the lag spikes / disconnects)
Same goes for STO and AoC, true, I used to resub for 1-2 months when I'm playing AoC as the main game. But yep, they're fun.
TSW is b2p since 3 years, and still fun. Today they revamped the subscription model (http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/new_membership_benefits ), but that doesn't affect the fun factor at all.
edit: Heck, it's not my main game and I skipped several years, but in the last couple months I've played plenty of CO and it's still a cool game, I definitely consider it fun
There are several others like Mechwarrior Online and Smite where I didn't quite spend "a lot of time" in them, but still enjoyed them.
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TERA was amazing for it's time, although I played the most when it was still sub based.
I enjoyed the heck out of Neverwinter until I hit the endgame and it was clear the only way to really be good was to p2w or exploit.
Currently playing B&S and having a great time.
You can see the common denominator in all these games is having an action combat system. I vastly prefer that to a tab-target system.
I do not like to take my MMOs too seriously. I like fun low-level gameplay, not deep end-game content. I guess I am an alt-oholic. I am a fan of Cryptic's games and of action-RPGs. SOE also did good work.
I still like EQ2 alot and check in now and then, but the game didn't age too well and the cash shop is too much for my taste.
Nowadays it's Wildstar which i love, but even with the things happening these days, it's future is still too uncertain to me to invest too much time or really attach myself to it.
Unless you count GW2 as F2P, it do gives you access to most of the game for free but since I paid for it I can't count it. I see it more as a free trial... I have been playing it since launch.
I played SW:TOR before and after F2P, though I always subscribed. F2P transition was horrendous. Actual shop was pure nickle-and-dime, aweful value for money. Community got worse. Content dried up. I quit.
I did pick up Wildstar after the F2P transition. This is the first and only game I've played purely for free. From what I saw in game and in the shop, this is the best game in terms of value for money. You can do virtually everything in game without needing to spend a single penny. However, the game itself wasn't very fun, so I only played it for 2 weeks, enough time to try out some group dungeons, 2 different pvp maps, a few pve zones and housing. Having tried all the major features, it became obvious that the game didn't offer what I wanted, so I moved on.
In general, I do try to avoid F2P games. I'm a "core" gamer, so if I find an MMO I like, I'll sink 15-20 hours a week into it. Virtually all F2P games require you to spend a lot of money if you want to get the most out of it as a core gamer, plus the money you spend is often for temporary gains/unlocks. I think the whole F2P business practice is unethical (not that i usually care about ethics) as it is essentially getting those few whales to pay for the mistakes of the game's designers. I'd rather wait for a genuinely good game to come out and then support that, rather than pissing away money on substandard games which encourages designers to keep churning out shit.