MxO free to play

Like PlanetSide or Anarchy Online

My idea is that people can play for free up to level 30. They can continue to get levels of course, but their abilities will not level past 30.
Someone posted something about MxO not having a soul and it made me think. It is true that it is lacking the fresh blood to keep the game and community interesting for everyone. So my suggestion is to make MxO free to a certain extent. Free to download, no subscription and little more content for lower levels (mostly leveling methods and more pvp options)

The lacking content doesnt matter so much if there are enough people around, because players play online for the online experience. Why play when you can't find players for a mission team or fight the same people over and over?

I can hear people thinking how bad this idea could be for mxo revenues, but it wont . Simply because it gives a chance for new players to see more of mxo. I estimate that 70-80% of people trying this game are gone before level 20. At this pace the game will not survive, SOE chose not to invest in this game, fair enough. At least give it a chance, and do something to attract more players! Being on GMT and not finding more than 10 people to play with, isnt fun. No matter what online game you pay and play.

Free to play made me try an FPS (planetSide) which I found nice. When I would never consider trying such game with subscription or trial period.


This is probably my last suggestion as my account ran out of time yesterday, been a great time I will miss many of you.

peace.

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LostProphet]...



This would never work, and WOULD be bad for revenue.



Right now we have X amount of players who sign up for a month or two, get to Level 20, then leave.

Having more or the same playing to Level 30 then leaving would simply harm what little income the game DOES get.



You're right about the game lacking content, but the only way to improve that is a drastic improvement in finances that will allow the employment of more staff. Cutting revenue is no way to do that.

Have you studied the market of Free MMO's out there. I can name a dozen games, many of them korean in much better shape than Mxo. They offer free and pay content and doing well. And SOE has done it with Planet Side as well. And to improve content you need funds from SOE, more devs or more subscriptions, and we aint getting any of these.

I believe MxO will actually get more income because of all the negative press around the game, people dont even bother trying it. It has elements to attract much more players. Players who would leave at level 30 arent those who would subscribe anyways.

Players influx works this way:  Advertising campaign, Good media coverage and word to mouth. Mxo doesnt have the first two and relying on friends to save a game from extinction is unrealistic.
It's a shame numbers in mxo arent made public, but we had 9 pretty busy servers now we can fit all 3 into one and it is not getting better.
It may look like I am bashing mxo but I am not I love this game and want it to be the best, you can't bury your head in the sand.