F2p? I think their servers will get more activity. But not sure it'll help any. A guy who can't afford a game isn't going to afford it after it becomes f2p, either. It only works if he/she actually can. But I do think that F2p can make a game feel more active when it's in fact struggling to get by financially. And F2p is really a misnomer. The advantage of these micro-transaction systems is that you can fit the payment scheme to -you-. So if you only play in the first expansion then you only have to buy that single expansion. And if you want to level slow then you don't have to pay for experence boosts. There're choices. However, game companies can use these microtrnsaction schemes as an excuse to take in more money than $15 per month. In fact, they might be receiving hundreds of dollars per month for some players. And this is for non-boxxers too.
If they added a progression character or something it would be better, much better. But EQ is so old. So old. It does not have any life left for me. Too much time. But I would recommend to them to stop this progression server thing and evolve it to a progression character. This way, it can go on and on and will be available on all the servers. The idea is to progression through each expansion up to the highest just like on progression servers, except you do it as a character (possibly with others who're flagged as progression characters or some other mechanism to group with others to accomplish the tasks). This would use the available content more effectively. Right now, the content is mostly empty and not used, unless it's a hotzone or up-to-date.
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