Jun 15 2009
Dungeons & Dragons Online Free To Play
Dungeons & Dragons Online announced a bit of a shock last week about the future of the game. And that is that D&D is to become a free to play MMORPG, and will instead concentrate on garnering cash through micro transactions opposed to monthly subscription fees. The game will be receiving a complete reboot this summer to accommodate the changes, undergoing a name change to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, and will be given the addition of premium dungeons and items that will cost real world money to purchase.
The transactions are planned to be set up so that you can play and pay on the fly, like clicking a few onscreen links at a pay dungeon to open up instant access, and to automatically withdraw the funds from your account. Of course you will be able to play through the game and achieve the highest level possible by playing completely for free, the road will just be faster and easier should you choose to spend a little money.
I don’t know how this will pay off, and I don’t know that I’m for this sort of thing in the future for other MMOs. I don’t like the idea of paying real money for digital money or digital items, when the whole point of the game should be to earn them, or work for them. Otherwise the value is completely taken away.
Like what World of Warcraft has become, where most people just buy gold instead of making the money through a well trained profession.
