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[theginganinja]

First, I should mention that if I play an F2P, I don't put real money into it - way I see it, I'm playing it so I don't have to spend money. So, whether I like them or not is based entirely on the non-paying experience

I used to play Combat Arms quite a bit. I stopped due to the frequent and ridiculously large updates, as well as the huge advantage given to those that paid actual money for the game. It was highly amusing to **** people off by using the default weapon (M16) with an ACOG to farm headshots, though

Nowadays, my F2P of choice is Team Fortress. It's a great game, the updates aren't insane, and the only advantage money can get you is get is better-looking hats - something I can live without lol

Edited by irishwarrior, 18 February 2012 - 01:51 PM.

[Elizander]

Let's see... F2P games...

Currenlty playing:

SD Gundam Online (SEA version is in beta)
KOS Secret Operations (Philippines version. Also known as Sting Online)
World of Tanks (Just to try it out. Realized it was a huge time sink beyond Tier 3 so I just made a bunch of Tier 3 tanks)

Played before:

Ragnarok Online
RF Online
Rose Online
Warrock
Gunbound

I've tried many more games than what is listed (way too many) but these are the ones I put a noticeable time and money invested in.

[Six6VI]

Maple Story for 2-3 months. Spent $50 then gave away the account.
Shaiya (RPG) for about 2 years. Spent more money than I care to admit.
Champions Online for 1 month. Spent no money as the game gets boring very quick.
World of Tanks 6 months. Spent $80 and currently playing and enjoying the game.

[ChuiKowalski]

LotRO, pretty mature players around, nice graphics and that Tolkienesque feeling. Great Game.
BUT have been not playing much else than WoT the past 10 months.
Great thing about WoT:

• start is easy (WASD plus Left Mouse Button for beginners is manageable)
  
• you always have people to play with as this is done by the MM
  
• one random battle lasts 15 minutes at most (not like some raids in other MMOG which can take hours)
  
• so far constant improvements of Content, Match-Maker and balancing of OP parts
  
• skill is more decisive than equipment (in comparable tiers and classes)
  
• Tactical Depth present (Terrain, Opposition, Team capabilities)
  
• Some hits can really do 0 damage
  
• No Head Shots (ok, you can destroy an Ammo Rack and one shot enemies, but this is relatively uncommon)

currently 130 tanks in 9 tiers that you can grind across 4 tank producing nations (Germany, France, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.)

What can sometimes be frustrating with WoT:

• Some tanks (IS-4 and IS-7 for example) and TDs are Dinginium from the front and somewhat from the sides, too. So you really need to know the areas where an enemy vehicle is reasonably vulnerable to your weapons. (Yes, this is the other side of the 0 point of damage medal)
  
• Spending a ton of money is really easy. Biggest bang for the buck is buying a premium account because you grind 50% faster (instead of 15 battles you can unlock a certain item in 10 battles for example),and get 50% more of in game non-premium money. And, buying at least one premium tank, helps you generate extra in game currency as they get a multiplier on credits and typically shoot inexpensive ammunition and repair reasonably cheap. You don't need to, but it helps progress faster if you like the game in the first place. I think I spent 360 $ so far.
  
• Waiting for the special event where extra garages cost less gold can take long
  
• Currently only one play mode: kill all enemies or hold enemy base 100 seconds long. I still learn new things after quite a lot of battles.

I hope MWO strikes an interesting balance between action and tactics as well.

[Morgana]

Invested 7 years into America's Army Online (FPS). It may have been (and still is) F2P, but it would probably scare me if I added the amount of cash I put into client servers and website hosting for our clan. Not to mention the computer upgrade in order to play it initially. I loved the game, the camaraderie, and the fact that they kept it fresh with plenty of DLC (ie. maps, patches). I'd still be playing it, but real-life kicked in, and I've been on hiatus for the past few years. The gaming itch is back, and I totally intend on getting imersed in yet another kick**** game that I know MWO will be!

[ChuiKowalski]

Morgana, on 03 March 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

Invested 7 years into America's Army Online (FPS). It may have been (and still is) F2P, but it would probably scare me if I added the amount of cash I put into client servers and website hosting for our clan. Not to mention the computer upgrade in order to play it initially. I loved the game, the camaraderie, and the fact that they kept it fresh with plenty of DLC (ie. maps, patches). I'd still be playing it, but real-life kicked in, and I've been on hiatus for the past few years. The gaming itch is back, and I totally intend on getting imersed in yet another kick**** game that I know MWO will be!

Ok, I did not include such things like CPU and Graphics Card upgrade. OtoH, if you compare the investment to the amount of time spent enjoying a hobby, then other numbers come around.

[LordKelvin]

I used to invest a fair amount of time in a WWII ship combat game called NavyField, back when my computer sucked and I had no expendable income. Sadly, it was a Pay 2 Win game in pretty much the purest form, combined with tons of microtransactions, an unresponsive dev team (or worse, a dev team that seemed to actively work against the best wishes of the players, depending on your perspective), a very fractured and immature player base, the list goes on. I quit it about 3 years ago, and have happily not looked back. Last I heard they were making a 3D version of the game (the original was sprite-based with literally no optimization).

Nowadays, I sink most of my time into Team Fortress 2 (which, as has been mentioned, started out as a paying game back in '07 but became F2P back in June 2011). I enjoy it far more, since you don't have to pay a dime to get full enjoyment of the gameplay (well, except for backpack space, but you only have to pay $0.49 to unlock everything), Valve adds everything for free, they support and give back to the community, and so on. I actually used to be a moderator on the wiki as well, until I became too busy.

My backpack for the interested.

Edited by LordKelvin, 06 March 2012 - 06:43 PM.

[LackofCertainty]

I've played countless free to play games in my time, so I'll just list the top three.

League of Legends (I reference it in almost every post it seems. ) I play it a ton, and have put 20$ into the game.

Atlantica Online: I played the game a lot, but once you get into the meat of the game it slowly becomes more and more of a P2W game. I refuse to support games that pretend to be free, so I put 0$ into it.

America's Army Operations. Played it just after beta. loved the heck out of that game, right up until they changed it to America's Army operations 3.0 and completely ruined the fun of it. It was 100% free (because it's basically a giant advertisment for the US Army) but if they had put an option to pay for some aethetic items I would've put money down in a heartbeat.


Also, WoW isn't free to play, they're just pretending it is. All they did was turn their 14 day trial into an untimed trial. You can't get past level 20, and you're super limited in what you can gather in game (I think you're capped at 4 gold and super-hefty restrictions on chat)


Edit: Oh wow! Navy field. Totally forgot about that one. (really it should be #2 in my list) Loved playing as a carrier in that game. Another game I put 0$ in, but I still had a lot of fun with that one as far as I got in it.

Edited by LackofCertainty, 06 March 2012 - 07:04 PM.

[GrimRATS]

Well, I play several F2P games such as AVA, Battlefield Heros, Battlefield P4F (Play 4 Free) and many more and to be honest never spent any chash or any . However I still do enjoy these games, though as F2P games go, I tire of them sooner than later. MW:O however seems like something I might enjoy for a long time and due to that, may be the first F2P games I would invest $$$ in. ^^

P.S. there was a game AA3 (America's Army 3) its fun and free and there is no "Cash Shop" or anything like that so it was fair to all players.

Edited by GrimRATS, 08 March 2012 - 02:18 PM.

[Jumbo Machine]

GrimRATS, on 08 March 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

Well, I play several F2P Battlefield P4F (Play 4 Free)

yeah? i play that game too, if you want to add me i'm col_cruton.

i used to play warrock, combat arms, WoW (i got bored waaay too quickly).

i'm actually waiting for:
-ghost recon online
-World of battleships/warplanes/planes (warplanes and planes are differents games)