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VG trial or something? =)
spirus7
Member UncommonPosts: 142
Hello peeps =D
There is any VG trial running ?i would like to give it a try thnx
There is any VG trial running ?i would like to give it a try thnx
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There is no free trial, which is telling. You will see people post here and suggest you try it and see if you like it. That means buy it.
You would think a game that touts its improvement over launch would want to have a free trial to show off its supposed better state.
That said, there are buddy keys you may be able to get from someone who bought it. There is a sticky thread about that in this forum.
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Ps. I never buy a game unless i trial it or beta it first =D And so far that tactic is going very smooth
Ps 2. Btw ...I believe that each [mmo] should have a test period so they could not induce people into a game that they wont like
The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?
Only being as defensive as I need to be as a fan of the game when someone posts in EVERY thread some negetive comment that is completely baseless and unwarranted.
Free trial, yes or no. What is the point in turning it into another negative mark on Sigils part?
Game needs more players, and I like to group. if I can assist in someone comming to a conclusion on playing the game based on the facts as they are today then I shall do so.
I am a fan of the game. I have a vested interest in others desire to play, because I like to play with others.
yeah... i'd play if i could try it out first, it looks pretty good, i'm also just not one to up and buy a game w/out trying it out first tho
The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?
Free trials this close to release are unusual for games of this caliber...but it's worth noting World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings had some pretty highly advertised and lengthy "true" open betas preceding their games. The Stress Test and Open Beta for World of Warcraft, and the World Tour for Lord of the Rings. The same goes for City of Heroes and Lineage 2. Any and everyone could sign up; Vanguard limited itself to pre-orders and paid Fileplanet accounts.Anyway, point is...if you figure hundreds of thousands of people flow into these Open Betas, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft at least, a real open beta is significant towards offsetting the need of having a free trial early on in a game's life. Vanguard doesn't have the benefit of holding off on a free trial as long as those titles did; especially considering other factors such as widespread bad word of mouth and the "newness" waning with each subsequent release of other new MMOs.
The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?
Free trials this close to release are unusual for games of this caliber...but it's worth noting World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings had some pretty highly advertised and lengthy "true" open betas preceding their games. The Stress Test and Open Beta for World of Warcraft, and the World Tour for Lord of the Rings. The same goes for City of Heroes and Lineage 2. Any and everyone could sign up; Vanguard limited itself to pre-orders and paid Fileplanet accounts.Anyway, point is...if you figure hundreds of thousands of people flow into these Open Betas, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft at least, a real open beta is significant towards offsetting the need of having a free trial early on in a game's life. Vanguard doesn't have the benefit of holding off on a free trial as long as those titles did; especially considering other factors such as widespread bad word of mouth and the "newness" waning with each subsequent release of other new MMOs.
VG did have an open beta though. Just wasn't long enough, for reasons already known.
I think LoTRO did a much better job of getting people to try before they buy. I was there for the start of CoH, L2, and WoW. All 3 on the day of release, if you didn't play beta, you had to buy before you could try it.
LoTRO didn't have the typical MMO release with the world tour I think. Especially because more people are familliar with MMO's now then they were 2 years ago. And I mean a LOT more people. Many millions more people playing MMO now, with games like WoW and L2 having the sub numbers those two games have. It's much more important I think today, for MMO's to be released with a try before you buy trial.
The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?
Free trials this close to release are unusual for games of this caliber...but it's worth noting World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings had some pretty highly advertised and lengthy "true" open betas preceding their games. The Stress Test and Open Beta for World of Warcraft, and the World Tour for Lord of the Rings. The same goes for City of Heroes and Lineage 2. Any and everyone could sign up; Vanguard limited itself to pre-orders and paid Fileplanet accounts.Anyway, point is...if you figure hundreds of thousands of people flow into these Open Betas, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft at least, a real open beta is significant towards offsetting the need of having a free trial early on in a game's life. Vanguard doesn't have the benefit of holding off on a free trial as long as those titles did; especially considering other factors such as widespread bad word of mouth and the "newness" waning with each subsequent release of other new MMOs.
VG did have an open beta though. Just wasn't long enough, for reasons already known.
I think LoTRO did a much better job of getting people to try before they buy. I was there for the start of CoH, L2, and WoW. All 3 on the day of release, if you didn't play beta, you had to buy before you could try it.
LoTRO didn't have the typical MMO release with the world tour I think. Especially because more people are familliar with MMO's now then they were 2 years ago. And I mean a LOT more people. Many millions more people playing MMO now, with games like WoW and L2 having the sub numbers those two games have. It's much more important I think today, for MMO's to be released with a try before you buy trial.
Vanguard's Open Beta was limited to paying Fileplanet subscribers and pre-order customers. So it wasn't really "open" considering it was closed to people who have paid one way or another. LOTRO was open to anyone who signed up, same goes for World of Warcraft (it went through Fileplanet, but through Fileplanet's free registrations). City of Heroes and Lineage 2 had true Open Betas as well. Vanguard is odd-man out in that it required people to have to pay.So that was my point. Let's say Turbine reached that one-million sign-up mark for Lord of the Rings Online (I actually signed up -after- the counter had reached one-million, so I'm assuming they allowed spill overs), that's one million potential people that could have already tried the game. I'm not saying that many people actually played the LOTRO's open beta, but even if only half of the amount of people that signed up actually logged in-game...that's 4-5 times the amount of people that have been exposed to Vanguard thus far.
So again, Vanguard has more incentive to offer free trials early on, its early life situation is different than those other games. Before those other mentioned games launched, they'd already satisfied the curiosity of folks en masse who were interested in the game. In contrast, there's been no such free opportunity to test out Vanguard by it's prospective players; so any pent up curiosity prior to release is still pent up.
The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?
Free trials this close to release are unusual for games of this caliber...but it's worth noting World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings had some pretty highly advertised and lengthy "true" open betas preceding their games. The Stress Test and Open Beta for World of Warcraft, and the World Tour for Lord of the Rings. The same goes for City of Heroes and Lineage 2. Any and everyone could sign up; Vanguard limited itself to pre-orders and paid Fileplanet accounts.
Anyway, point is...if you figure hundreds of thousands of people flow into these Open Betas, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft at least, a real open beta is significant towards offsetting the need of having a free trial early on in a game's life. Vanguard doesn't have the benefit of holding off on a free trial as long as those titles did; especially considering other factors such as widespread bad word of mouth and the "newness" waning with each subsequent release of other new MMOs.
As a note: The only reason Blizzard's OB lasted so long was because Blizzard's stress test went horribly and they needed to majorly tweak network info.
I will agree though, the VG open beta was bull**** in every way. I play VG now, but I didn't start playing until last month because of their stupid beta decisions. For me, I finally got the nerve to pick it up, and haven't regretted it since.