Free 2 Play just screwed the paying people!

[heartbreak_courier]

I don't know. I feel like owners of the game actually benefited from the transition to F2P. A few bonuses, increased playerbase, a new set of improvements. We literally lost nothing in this deal. And I don't get this mentality that somehow people are owed something in a case like this. It's just like buying a game for $60 and being shocked to see it on sale for $5 the following year. And feeling the developer for some reason has to make up the difference.

[gotkrypto]

samuelsinn, you have many good points. All of the negatives I've read today while lurking are NOT unique to this game. They sound fairly unique to any game that had a decent fanbase of paying subscribers and is now F2P.

For example, I've only played one other MMO (Lord of the Rings Online) and I spent close to $300 on it. I'm being conservative, it was probably a lot more. It is now F2P, and has been for a while. You can now play a large, large portion of the material I paid dearly for with very little in the way of downsides....and with the added features over the years the experience is actually BETTER now (for free) than it was when I paid for it.

I still don't feel "cheated" just because others now get to do for free what I paid for.

[drackiller]

But u guys get extra slots of everything...keycode, inventory space, loadout space and ect

Just a little correction: we don`t get nothing extra, we get what we PAID for. The F2P players get less, that`s the difference.

[Bonehead]

Just a little correction: we don`t get nothing extra, we get what we PAID for. The F2P players get less, that`s the difference.

[drackiller]

LOL Bone, would`nt mind for chicken but i`m eating this today:

[Maida]

It's silly to feel cheated about a price drop. 1. it always happens so if you don't want to pay a certain price then wait for it to drop. 2. you were given the ability to play then and didn't have to wait so you did receive something. Do you get upset when a movie you paid 15 dollars to see in theatres goes to netflix can be rented for a few dollars? How bout when a game gets re-released as a greatest hits for 19.99?

I agree the game has lots of issues but it is more replayable then many higher quality games. It took me about 3 days to beat the last of us and dishonored. Once the story was told there wasn't a reason to go back to play either game. So even though defiance is the "lower quality" game I have played it many more hours than other games.

[Bonehead]

It's silly to feel cheated about a price drop. 1. it always happens so if you don't want to pay a certain price then wait for it to drop. 2. you were given the ability to play then and didn't have to wait so you did receive something. Do you get upset when a movie you paid 15 dollars to see in theatres goes to netflix can be rented for a few dollars? How bout when a game gets re-released as a greatest hits for 19.99?

I agree the game has lots of issues but it is more replayable then many higher quality games. It took me about 3 days to beat the last of us and dishonored. Once the story was told there wasn't a reason to go back to play either game. So even though defiance is the "lower quality" game I have played it many more hours than other games.

Agreed and well said.

[samuelsinn]

Do you get upset when a movie you paid 15 dollars to see in theatres goes to netflix can be rented for a few dollars? How bout when a game gets re-released as a greatest hits for 19.99?

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you still go to theaters and use netflix ? o.o i just rip all my movies. much much cheeper. sure the qualitys sometimes bad but you get what you payfor. if its free. you never know what youll get

back on topic. a few of you are right . we the payed players do have alot more going for us then the noobs of todays now F2P we get things thay will never have. we have things that thay will never see. and we know things that they will never learn.

the point of this thread i thought was to rag on the fact that some feel cheated out of the money thay spent . and yes my lovely PC fanboys we all know witch ones of you it is that feel cheated, but think of it in the long run.

how many hours did you spend playing this game none stop the first day you got it. how many of you spent hours on end working out stratagins to kill the WM . how many of you made clans that still thrive today. and are still packed full of loyal fanboys like you
how many of you stair at your female toons *** as she runs up a hill on her way to go blow up a hellbug matron, how many of you spent sleeplest nights dreaming of how you would beat nim only to be out done agine the next time you fought him.

its not the game that you feel cheated about. its not the devs or the team

what it all boils down to. is your voice was not heard you didnt get your say in what was to come. and are now mad becuse theres new faces every where. you feel cheated becuse every one of you that payed cash into the game beleave that it was going to be the VIP life for the rest of the games life. but failed to see that this was comeing befor it desided even by trion to do this. your mad angry and upset.

over haveing to buy a game. that you now look back on with found memorys and go " i wish i would of waited for it to become free. "

but think my friends. think my fanboy brothers and fangirls becuse i know theres a few. you spent all that money to play a game befor the rest of the world got to. to be part of the upbringing of this game. your voices where heard. the devs saw your rage posts. you angry outbursts and tryed there best to fix and ajust what thay could. and still now as we are now going into the new age of defiance. going forth into the unknown with thes new faces around us thes nooblits ( noob little bits ) we get to see where this child this game. this love affar of ours with trion and its mistakes and failers will lead us.

yes we have been here though the gernade gate. we where here when DLC 3? 4? was without a C we where standing on the front lines when the first WMs poped and his head droped and we all raged when the sniper gate hit we have all sweat bleed and cryed fought and died. over nad over and over agine in the arenas , we have become arkhunters that call down arks. we have become gunslingers. and samari from canada who still do not have there baccon. we watched nim die. we watched many others die. we have fought along side friends. and brothers. and sisters. and still we the fan boys and fan girls may complane. and cry and whine.

but your still here.

if you truly where as upset as you rage post. and truly where as mad as you make it out to be. you wouldnt waist the time to come on here and post. and reply. you would leave the game for good. and never return. but your still here. right here . with me. and all the other die heard fans.

that even if we wanted to say we feel cheated. got our moneys worth. out of this game

[MagellanD]

Well it's been a long time since I've come here. I was a Pre-Order Day one console player. Got the full package with Seasons pass.
Ended up getting so frustrated with the devs and this game that I quite literally put my disk in the microwave and burned it because gamestop wouldn't take much for it and it was quite crap.

I'm here checking out the state of the game and forums (which haven't changed much in a year) because I'm downloading the Free to play PC version.
Why? Cause now it's totally worth what they're charging.

[Atticus Batman]

Well it's been a long time since I've come here. I was a Pre-Order Day one console player. Got the full package with Seasons pass.
Ended up getting so frustrated with the devs and this game that I quite literally put my disk in the microwave and burned it because gamestop wouldn't take much for it and it was quite crap.

I'm here checking out the state of the game and forums (which haven't changed much in a year) because I'm downloading the Free to play PC version.
Why? Cause now it's totally worth what they're charging.

Welcome back. You may want to start here. http://www.defiancedata.com/page.php?id=195