Free to play classic wow

WoW Classic WoW Classic General Discussion
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baseline classic wow is a dead game and its just sad to see many reasons and bad decisions that we got here that we can continue to debate but the fact is we are now here

just looking forward as to what next i think FTP would be so good for the community
and create so much hype and goodwill! classic FTP would get players back in to wow and push interest in to the current game

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This is actually a good idea as long as ftp players cant trade, mail, or use the AH, or are limited to other ftp players.

But it won’t happen, because goldfarmers would use it as free farm time, then pay one month of sub and cashout.
You’d have to severely limit profs, bank slots and add an extra tight gold cap.

That, and blizz loses the insta-70 boosts bought by the bots we all know they let run rampant.

Would be good for the game?
300% yes

Could be good long term?
Maybe

Is Tencent/Activision the videogame equivalent of a Fracking company mining, squeezing and destroying everything in their wake for the sake of fast money?
You tell me, I’m no fracking expert.

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Hmm. You think bots are a problem now?

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Read the whole post :stuck_out_tongue:

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I’d support this if it meant putting more people into the lower level zones, low level bgs, etc. The 15 a month price for a 15 year old game does turn a lot of people off who’d otherwise try it out.

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Classic is already free.

You’re paying for Retail.

Classic is just a “bonus item” you get access to with that fee.

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How is it free if you have to pay for retail?

Retail is free, you just have to give blizzard $15 every month. Makes as much sense.

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it is free if you can farm 200k or so gold on your retail main every month.

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That wouldn’t be free either because you’re still paying with your time by farming the gold.

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‘playing the game’ is hardly ‘paying with your time’.

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Some of you have no idea what free is. Free meaning you give nothing whatsoever to get it.

You don’t give money, you don’t give gold, you don’t give anything.

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why would they - or anyone - create that? sounds like a revenue loss.

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Yes it does. They likely never would. WoW servers cost money to run, they have staff to pay and shareholders that want a return on their investment.

So yeah, they aren’t likely to give people classic for free. Plus we all know what would happen if they did in regards to gold farmers.

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Noting that Retail has F2P up until level 20 (with trade and comms limitations), I am a little surprised Classic doesn’t do anything similar.

I’ve had many a friend who probably would have played and enjoyed Classic but didn’t want to spend the initial $20.00 on something they weren’t sold on.

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In free to play games there’s usually some kind of cash shop, ideally just for cosmetics. A business has to make money somehow.

I don’t know, I can see the classic player base having major issues with a shop, even if it’s just for cosmetics. “DERP WE MUST EARN EVERYTHING IN GAME!!!111one”

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dungeon passes.
cash shop-only enchants.
rez potions.
unlock your 4th bag slot now!