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It'll probably be free to play from launch, but entice you to subscribe for a traditional $15/m model with perks (faster 'leveling' is probably the simplest, and that exact kind of system takes place in PS2 currently, so it's a safe bet altogether) or buy in-game shit from the Station Store wank-a-thon. As long as what's for sale doesn't infringe upon the immersion of the game, I'm happy - but I can't imagine SOE not oversteppng their bounds at some point and monumentally fucking this one up.Thread is going to go berserk whenever an update is released, can't wait.
I'm leaning towards definitely picking it up, even just to get to max level and not miss out on an EQ game launch.
Whether or not they hold my sub or I buy xpacs is another matter.
As for the game itself, at this point I'm not entirely sure there will evenbelevels. Everyone keeps bitching about using the EQ IP without focusing on what made EQ great, but the truth is we know little else than what Smedley has told us. Which essentially translates to, we know nothing.
The only thing I can say about that? The EQ IP ensures the game world is Norrath. And with that knowledge, I couldn't give two fucks how much different the focus is - as long as said focus is fun to play, has a genuine risk/reward element attached, and has legitimate consequences (immediate or cumulative, justconsequences) for player actions. Those were the four core elements of EQ to me (at least initially), so if the heart of the IP maintains and it does so without noticeable Station Store consequences, color me giddy.