I played on Frostwolf, but moved to Frostmane because of stability issues...

Lvl 56 Tauren Shaman before I just decided the final level grind was too boring... But I went to Tanzania and got left behind in lvling by all the people I knew in my guild, leaving only new recruits I'd never played anything with before.

;p

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A lot of people complain about the monthly fees. Some people don't realize the costs involved with an MMORPG, they think they could just buy the game and play it the way it is. But the reason there are monthly fees is because the company has to maintain its servers, pay for bandwith (this eats up a huge chunk of their budget!), tech-support, customer reps, management positions, design of new levels with a team of PC techs, creation of new weapons, skills, armors, etc. etc. So these monthly fees ensure a continual upgrading and retooling process of the original games, making every player rejoice and be happy with the new stuff they get.

Snipeye...you going into business or perhaps public relations? I think Blizzard would hire you!

Yes but the company has enough money and still sell's they can just pay for it not all games have monthley and they have to pay too

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Actually, no they could not pay for it themselves. They're not selling the game to people so the company themselves can pay for all of the expenses needed to keep a MASSIVE community up and going. Bandwidth, New content, Server Maintainence, Server Upgrades, User Support.. these all take PEOPLE to provide, and people don't work for free.

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"Competition is natural to the ignorant; and cooperation is natural to the wise." - Manly Hall

ok i give up lol but i still wouldnt pay unless i was rich (which will never happen)

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gunz will most likely become pay to play as well remember what your playing is BETA they cant charge for a beta

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ummm no it wont become pay to play dude... its on the site... and most korean MMORPGs are free...

GunZ better not become pay they said on the site it will always be free

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most korean games f2p? what about ragnarok rose online final fantasy lineage 2 priston tales and various other korean games now as far as them staying free i missed that part

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dunno about them im just saying the most r free part is what i hear but dont know.... but i KNOW that gunz will stay free

it better not i dont think anoyone will pay for it anyway

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Thought I would let you know about how Guild Wars is free. Two methods: selling expansion packs, and maximizing proficiency, especially when it comes to BANDWITH. Bandwith is the great expense that eats up their profits. By minimizing overextension of their bandwith, they are able to keep their costs down. EQ is just so bloody huge that it'd be a nightmare to get to the level of proficiency GW is at. I'd estimate maybe 1 month of downtime, for all servers. JUST to maximize only half the game. A realistic goal would be 4, 5 months (testing, retooling, and whatnot). Hope this enlightens people as to why other MMORPGS are pay to play, and GW isn't.

More info available at PC Gamer: the designer and creator of GW himself tells how he manages to unleash an MMORPG with no monthly cost. (EFFICIENCY)

i play guild wars...anyone else?

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true, but its not like they are only breaking even when they collect everyone's $15 . Its a constant profit for them