You can now play The Old Republic as much as you please... just don't hit the level cap.
When Star Wars: The Old Republic (SW: TOR) first launched late last year, there was speculation that the MMO would become popular enough to be a World of Warcraft-killer.
Unfortunately, SW: TOR doesn't seem to be living up to that hype. The MMO peaked at 1.7 million subscribers in February. Since SW: TOR is primarily story-driven, not enough new content was being pumped out to hold subscriber interest, leaving SW:TOR with 400,000 less subscriptions by May.
Perhaps in an attempt to rekindle the fire of subscription numbers, BioWare and EA announced that SW:TOR would be free up to level 15, mimicking the trial period that Blizzard implemented with WoW back in June 2011.
SW: TOR has had free weekends before, where non-subscribers could sign up to get a taste of the game. Now, players can experience SW: TOR whenever they please. The new trial gives them enough time to experience the origin stories of the numerous classes and experience PvP -- just enough of a taste to get a non-subscriber hooked.
The free up to level 15 trial began yesterday. You can participate by signing up and downloading the game client at SW: TOR's free trial page.
All we wanted was KOTOR III
Fanaticism never ceases to amuse me.
All we wanted was KOTOR III
Fanaticism never ceases to amuse me.
and the same won't happen to GW2?
Isn't GW2 free, i.e. no subscription?
No, because GW2 DOESN'T HAVE SUBS.
Amen
Free to play is a plague, stop feeding this virus.
"The MMO peaked at 1.7 million subscribers in February. Since SW: TOR is primarily story-driven, not enough new content was being pumped out to hold subscriber interest, leaving SW:TOR with 400,000 less subscriptions by May."
The last reported subscriber count is 1.3 million, not 400k. 400k was the number of subs lost in the last quarter.