General Discussion

The folks at The Chronicles of Spellborn have posted a clarification of the payment model for their game, clearing up confusion stemming from the game's free-to-play starting zone.

Hi Spellborn Community,

Today, I'd like to address concerns you guys voiced after the press release from Acclaim.

So first, TCoS is NOT a Free2Play game.

There is indeed a Free2Play ZONE, ie the starting area. We, Devs, are still looking into the extent of said area. That means, that you, players, can test the game for free, and then have to go for a regular subscription to continue playing the game and level up your character. No subscription equals to being stuck in free2play zone.

Second, there are NO item malls, there is NO item selling.

To sum up:

You can play the beginning of the game for free. This allows you to see whether you like Spellborn or not. If you do like it (we hope so :)), then you go for a subscription and that's it! Nothing more, nothing less, just go ahead and continue playing.

Read more here.

Nice, thats the way i prefer it.

This is an excelent way for players to test a game before paying for it. I would have never bought some of them if i could test them like this first.

Saga of ryzom had the same payment model, but does this mean the actual client will be free?

Originally posted by jinxit

Saga of ryzom had the same payment model, but does this mean the actual client will be free?

No, but it should be cheaper than your standard AAA MMO.

I knew this all already but acclaim doesn't seem to me to be very intelligent in the way it presents itself. The acclaim page for TCoS looked like a beginners first try and making a fan site. The company really has me worried.

i hope they do their best to successfully keep the goldsellers out, the plague of free to play games.

 i dont know if acclaim changed their press release because that pr alreaddy speaks of a free to play zone and subscribed content. the fact that devs have to step forwared and make an additional statement either speaks against those ppl from acclaim or is another sign how people nowadays dont bother to read anything, pick up catchwords and start trolling...........

Originally posted by BlackBeck

i hope they do their best to successfully keep the goldsellers out, the plague of free to play games.

Well if they don't disable chat and the sending of tell abilities on these free accounts then they are clueless because Spellborn though less item centric than other MMOGs, still has "Sigils" to trade and sell that enhance your abilities, so there will be a market to buy/sell/trade for in-game coin and "Sigils".
 

Originally posted by BlackBeck

Nice, thats the way i prefer it.

Same here. Definitely going to try this one.