How much, if any, of your excitement might be due to "new MMO smell" that often wears off after a few weeks of playing?
I am assuming the 90 day patron pass is essentially a premium sub like you see in a lot of F2P games. Where you get some store currency every month + other little perks.
I think you misunderstood what I was asking. Are we going to have to buy a box/digital download and not have to pay a subscription, ala GW2, or is it entirely F2P?
There's no box/download you have to buy to play.
There is limited housing area in this game. To the point where no headstart may mean no house once game launches. Also, my understanding is that if you are not a patron (subscriber) you don't get a farm, house or labor points. They mentioned in a livestream that they were going to make is so that you can eventually get a house as a non-sub but good luck finding a place to put it once you workthrough whatever gateway you have to jump through to get it.
In the two streams I watched, it reminded me of WoW combat. With that said, the streamers were doing low level PVE content and only fighting 1-2 mobs at a time so I don't think they were pushing the envelope very much.
I watched a guy who was literally spamming his 3 key to victory. He didn't use a single ability other than the one that was mapped to 3. And this was over a multiple quest period.
The game is free. I'm sure the russian version had shit like that too at launch(or did it even launch, not sure if it's still open beta). It's shit you don't have to buy. It's packs for people who want to spend some money and get a better deal.
If this all ends up being true, forget it. These are the exact practices why I refuse to pay subscription fees/box costs for MMOs anymore. If you make a great game with a lower barrier to entry, not only do you keep people playing and encourage new players to join in, but you also entice former players to "try out" any new patches, content, etc. Restrictive access is a large part of why so many MMOs fail.
