free but costs money

[Sean2111]

Does it just cost money to play free early?

[WeaverDuck]

No, you pay to get access to the game before launch. Early access starts on dec 6th, full launch (ftp) 6-12 months later

[Charnel]

You can pay to be in early access or wait 6+ months to play for free

[Rogue]

Pay money to be their QA for about 6 months or so. If not, just wait til next year to play for "free".

Yes... I'm a sucker too since I paid but it's partly due to 300 coins and I expect it to be on par with a good non f2p indie early access game.

[󠀡󠀡]

It's worth to pay to play early since you get the full value in shop coins to buy stash tabs

[Caldrin]

You can play for free when the game is fully released..

IF you want in on early access then you either need to pay or have spent $500ish on their first game over the years its been around.

[Sean2111]

Will there be an Arachnophobia Mode like in Grounded?

[Apox]

Originally posted by Sean2111:

Does it just cost money to play free early?

u pay them to work for them isnt that nice of them xD

[Righteous-A]

You want it free then you’re waiting bro

[Hexion]

$30 for pack with $30 worth of currency and early access pass.

[Kurucz]

I wonder if these poeple are really this stupid or just pretending

[Jenzu]

Originally posted by Hexion:

$30 for pack with $30 worth of currency and early access pass.

u can just get the game when its out and pay the 30$ and get the currency lol

[Jenzu]

to the clowns saying its worth 30$ for 300 points only , go to the website Penance Series Supporter Packs for 30$ gives u 300 point and bunch of other accessories lol , but here 30$ just to "play the game and 300 points"

[Archbishop Desmond Calorie]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Pay money to be their QA for about 6 months or so. If not, just wait til next year to play for "free".

Yes... I'm a sucker too since I paid but it's partly due to 300 coins and I expect it to be on par with a good non f2p indie early access game.

It should be noted that the 300 coins are nothing to ignore. Instead of buying cosmetics you can also buy in-game stash tabs which are VERY important, and every person playing the game seriously will most likely buy those anyway.

So the people paying for Early Access are basically just paying upfront for something they'd eventually get anyway. In that sense, they're playing the game early without paying extra. Because they'd spend the money anyway. And $30 is really nothing for a game of this caliber.

Originally posted by Jenzu:

Originally posted by Hexion:

$30 for pack with $30 worth of currency and early access pass.

u can just get the game when its out and pay the 30$ and get the currency lol

But then they don't get to play the game 6-12 months early. Yes they can do what you say: get the game for free and then buy $30 worth of currency. OR they buy $30 of currency NOW and play the game almost a whole year before official release.


And if they'd pay the 30 anyway, then its really a no brainer to do it now.

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by Calorie Mate:

Originally posted by Rogue:

Pay money to be their QA for about 6 months or so. If not, just wait til next year to play for "free".

Yes... I'm a sucker too since I paid but it's partly due to 300 coins and I expect it to be on par with a good non f2p indie early access game.

It should be noted that the 300 coins are nothing to ignore. Instead of buying cosmetics you can also buy in-game stash tabs which are VERY important, and every person playing the game seriously will most likely buy those anyway.

So the people paying for Early Access are basically just paying upfront for something they'd eventually get anyway. In that sense, they're playing the game early without paying extra. Because they'd spend the money anyway. And $30 is really nothing for a game of this caliber.

Originally posted by Jenzu:

u can just get the game when its out and pay the 30$ and get the currency lol

But then they don't get to play the game 6-12 months early. Yes they can do what you say: get the game for free and then buy $30 worth of currency. OR they buy $30 of currency NOW and play the game almost a whole year before official release.


And if they'd pay the 30 anyway, then its really a no brainer to do it now.

The problem is that all of these people asking these questions or complaining are tourists, they never seriously played PoE before

Cant be mad at them not wanting to throw money at a f2p game they dont know they will enjoy.
if they play it f2p and end up enjoying it those 30 dollars are not wasted, if they buy it now and dont enjoy it, then its wasted money

I personally dont understand why some people complain about having to pay 30 dollars, because the EA already looks like it has more content than the current diablo 4, but to each their own, let them wait until its f2p

[InsaneBeing]

My advice to those people not sure if they want to spend 30 dollar/euro on poe2 early access is, install Path of exile 1, and try out the game play to see if that's something to enjoy before spending it on po2.