Nijia@Vox wrote:
Don't get me wrong: I think the recent news are GREAT and I wish it had been done sooner.
I think the new F2P pricing table is much better, with access to all races and classes for subscribers.
However there is still on glaring problem:
In EverQuest 2 nobody wants to log in after a break, as a F2P player, and find their character half naked because all the LEGENDARY/FABLED items are unusable and have been returned to bag slots.
This is a big deal breaker for me, as a subscriber.
The game remains pretty much PAY TO PLAY, because I can not do anything worthwhile with my character if I log while not being subscribed. And worse, it will actually mess up my character to log in when I am not subscribed.
Thus, there is no additional flexibility or options for a subscriber (seeing as the Marketplace is already on live).
Consider the spells: if you log in and were only able to cast Expert level of your spells, fine. THat's acceptable and does not stop me from enjoying the game until I decide to sub again for full benefits.
But logging in and finding that NONE of my gear is usable? No, thanks.
In Summary:
1) You need to find a way to unlock and legendary/fabled gear that the character ATTUNED while being subscribed and make sure that any equipped gear remains usable when the player logs in as Silver or Free.
2) Speaking of Silver, you need to make sure that anybody who pays a sub will never downgrade to Free, but only to Silver.
You dont lose it but it does become as you note, unuseable until you are at a subscription level. Easy solution ifyou are taking a break - downgrade to Free, re-sub on return and hit the macro you create to re-equip your gear and start playing.
Allowing people to circumvent the restrictions when they downgrade their sub is a bad thing. Ok, I have my top end gear time to downgrade and play for free until the next xpac? No, that would never happen. Plat farmers would love that one. Set up box sets all day long in good gear that didnt require any further upgrade to run effectively and then downgrade them all to free and farm with basically 1 subbed toon and an army of free ones? Nah...wouldnt happen.
