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Re:Free-to-Play Games: Three Key Trade-Offs by Fnoord on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:13AM (#20938297)
GW2 base is F2P. At release, it was paid. So they changed model. However, the latest expansion and the additional content (living story content; sortof like a DLC) costs money. If you look at it from that PoV then it remained the same as GW1 (as during release, the complete game was the latest content).

Which, I believe, is fair enough. I'd prefer they not have convenience items up for sale, but compared to a WoW sub (which also makes you feel guilty when you don't use it) it feels fair and less stressful.

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Re:Free-to-Play Games: Three Key Trade-Offs by Insanity on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:47AM (#20938552)
Yeah I always disliked the WoW model. It's quite amazing that they still make money this way. I played WoW during a time of really casual playing, at some point I would only play during weekends. As you mentioned, you just start feeling guilty for paying something you hardly use. So I quit entirely and played a lot more GW1.
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