Wildstar going free to play
11 years ago
General
For those of you interested in the game, but turned off by monthly subscriptions, you may be interested to know that Wildstar will be going free to play in the fall.
Specific details can be found here
But the short version is:
- No money required. The client will be free to download, and there will be no required subscription.
- Content will not be restricted. Free players will be able to see and do everything that paid players will have access to.
- Free players will have limited character slots, costume slots, auction house & commodity exchange listing slots, and bank slots.
- A subscription service will be available, which will provide various cosmetic and convenience perks
- Subscribed players will have access to current numbers of character, auction & bank slots.
- An in-game cash shop will be available for account upgrades, convenience & cosmetic items
- There will be an in-game currency which will give free players the opportunity to purchase cash-shop items through alternate (albeit slower) means
- If you have previously purchased a copy of the game, as long as your subscription is active when the game goes free-to-play, you will keep the full number of character slots. These will remain, even if you decide to revert to a free account later.
- Accounts which are active before the F2P launch will also receive a few cosmetic items.
If you're thinking about returning to, or starting with the game, feel free to get in touch with one of our contact people if you'd like to hook up with our in-game communities!
Specific details can be found here
But the short version is:
- No money required. The client will be free to download, and there will be no required subscription.
- Content will not be restricted. Free players will be able to see and do everything that paid players will have access to.
- Free players will have limited character slots, costume slots, auction house & commodity exchange listing slots, and bank slots.
- A subscription service will be available, which will provide various cosmetic and convenience perks
- Subscribed players will have access to current numbers of character, auction & bank slots.
- An in-game cash shop will be available for account upgrades, convenience & cosmetic items
- There will be an in-game currency which will give free players the opportunity to purchase cash-shop items through alternate (albeit slower) means
- If you have previously purchased a copy of the game, as long as your subscription is active when the game goes free-to-play, you will keep the full number of character slots. These will remain, even if you decide to revert to a free account later.
- Accounts which are active before the F2P launch will also receive a few cosmetic items.
If you're thinking about returning to, or starting with the game, feel free to get in touch with one of our contact people if you'd like to hook up with our in-game communities!
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The game itself wasn't why I left, I just honestly couldn't truly keep both subscriptions up, and WoW kinda trumped Wildstar so I could be with my fraaands! :) I will def. have to get in contact with someone to find the in-game communities.
Sounds like we'll be seeing ya come Fall! :D
I just want to cut down wait time, get Renown, fill my contracts and get loot because unlike some MMOs this one is not "Lone Wolf" friendly. Im not even remotely interested in RAIDS unless the guild is good at them or something.
We do raid, but "good" is pretty subjective. Some days we do great, other days it's derps a plenty.
Feel free to send a note here if you'd like further info. :)