PlanetSide Next free to play?

[bkx]

For the first several months after release, P2P is definitely the way to go. Eventually, when subscription numbers begin dwindling, they could introduce F2P (maybe with a level cap) to balance things out

[Raymac]

I've said in other threads how we should all be prepared for a f2p / subscription / microtransaction type of system in PS:N just because of the way the gaming market is right now. 1 thing that I've really been adamant about is that the microtransactions should be primarily cosmetic or simply put: you can't buy power. I want a BR1 to be able to stand toe to toe with a BR20, just like in the original.

There is 1 line that Smed recently said that has me a little worried that you might be able to buy power in PS:N. He said, "Player skills ( as opposed to character skills) are always going to be the most important. That said we have some cool new things to offer in this department."

Now, we've had our fair share of picking apart things Smed has said and drawing premature conclusions, so I'll avoid that for now. Just seeing these words starts to worry me a little that we might see things that skew the level playing field that the original PS has.

[TRex]

Maybe keep 1 empire per server , but microtransactions allowed you to 'purchase' an extra empire slot. Still have a cd , but you would have to decide if it was worth buying empty space you might not use all the time.

[Senyu]

As amazing as F2P would be, its not realistic