Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Removes Some Free-to-Play Restrictions
I am an optimist and like many other optimists, I prefer some good news rather then no good news. Needless to say when I heard SOE was lifting some of the Free-to-Play restrictions imposed on players in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes I nodded my head in quiet approval. According to SOE, the plan is to make both the F2P and monthly subscription avenue more attractive for new and old players alike.
Those choosing the F2P path will now find no class or race restrictions. In any other MMORPG this may not have been that big of a deal, but when you add up the 19 different races available along with 15 unique classes you've suddenly got quite a lot of extra customization options. Free players can also own a house now along with the ability to create guilds, something that was previously restricted to subscribers only. Speaking of subscribers, Vanguard subscribers will also now benefit from an added 50 percent boost to XP; a 20% discount on several fees; and an additional house which also receives a discount on upkeep.
Sadly F2P players are still gimped on the gear side of things, with Vanguard continuing to restrict access to rare and higher items. You can find the full producer's note with all the details here.
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yes, this can be a good title, but when you have a game like DCUO, Tera, Neverwinter coming with less restrictions (the 2 last ones with no restrictions), this game can't compete
if they want to survive, they will have to do better than that... also, is that hard to put some mounts. costumes and xp boost or something in a cash shop?
This has been remedied and I am now playing again.
It's got one of the best communities too.
Dev wont fix it
These last two years have been free-to-try for a lot of games.
if you want a playerbase to build up on a failing game - remove all restrictions! have a cash shop with cosmetic items or xp-like boosts.
restricting in game items... chat. etc.. its just frustrating.
Those choosing the F2P path will now find no class or race restrictions=Smart move i see only plus from this
Free players can also own a house now along with the ability to create guilds=Also a plus although i wouldnt mind being restricted on guilds personally not sure what owning a house benefits u cause never played this
Vanguard subscribers will also now benefit from an added 50 percent boost to XP; a 20% discount on several fees; and an additional house which also receives a discount on upkeep.=Totally disagree with this 50% is WAY too high in my opinion
Sadly F2P players are still gimped on the gear side of things, with Vanguard continuing to restrict access to rare and higher item=This is the one and only part where it made me say "i am not joining this game"
"Why did we decide to do this? Because we all believe that once you start playing the game without restrictions, you'll want to keep playing and will find our Membership option to be an even greater value!"
But then they keep items restricted to "Rare and higher items will have limited availability for Free members."
That's not "without restrictions". They're contradicting themselves. Besides, restricting items? Really? Classes I can understand, certain areas I can understand... but items?