POE 2 - FREE TO PLAY?

[Lawtown-Italian]

OOOPS LOL ...thanks all for responding!

[Nilora]

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

[It's tough being beautiful]

It is free to play when it releases. The release is sometime after the early access. You have to wait 6 to 12 more months.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by Nilora:

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by Lawtown-Italian:

I thought this game was to be "FREE TO PLAY"....it literally says "Free to Play" yet I cannot download it without a $29.99 purchase???

It didn't say "Free to early access"

[Jester]

Yes, but early access requires that you purchase some points that you use to get stuff in the game. I use the upgraded inventories so its not a big deal for me.

[Ximoltrufia]

It's not free and you can't even play it. LOL. It's just a MENU simulator.

[Smufius]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

Originally posted by Nilora:

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

Man legit thinks they don't QA the game before releasing it into early access.

[It's tough being beautiful]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

Originally posted by Nilora:

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

Oh they do have internal staff that did paid QA during early phases. This is further beyond that.

[Positive Mental Hospitality]

People paying $30 to stare at a log in screen

[Warmanreaper]

It is free to play when 1.0(?) launches (Right now its 0.1.0)
People are paying for early access (We are making it better for you F2P players :D)

[Cap1]

Originally posted by Nilora:

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

so if I buy it I can play it for the full 6 months or is it only going to last a month?

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by Smufius:

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

Man legit thinks they don't QA the game before releasing it into early access.

You literally paid to access a 0.10 version of the game that is incomplete, full of bugs, and that 99% of people can't even log into right now despite being released.


Yes, you and the million other people trying to get in are the QA testers right now.

[snazzydrew]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

Originally posted by Nilora:

When its released, it will be free.
Now its early access, and that early access is paid.
Free release will prob be around 6 months from now +-

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

No I don't remember that time because it NEVER existed.

QA people have never been a bedrock of the games industry. You're just a simpleton who let QA losers convince you that their job meant something.

(btw I actually worked QA for a massive game company... we didn't do anything... I don't think QA people ever do anything but point out issue in a game that might get address or might not. QA teams have NEVER been large enough to pick up on the variety of ways that plays can break game. Moreover, Early Access is not QA... It's early access to a product that is currently being produced. It's much smarter for company to charge for this because people like you are too stupid and will hope into any free game and unfairly judge it. Early Access is not for whiny children. It's for people who want to try a game early before it's complete. It's for people who want to fund a project. It's for patient people.)

If you just want to play a finish game, how do you accept patches? How do you accept updates? You probably don't even think about anything. You probably just consume as much content as possible then complain that you feel unfulfilled. Be better.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by snazzydrew:

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

No I don't remember that time because it NEVER existed.

QA people have never been a bedrock of the games industry. You're just a simpleton who let QA losers convince you that their job meant something.

(btw I actually worked QA for a massive game company... we didn't do anything... I don't think QA people ever do anything but point out issue in a game that might get address or might not. QA teams have NEVER been large enough to pick up on the variety of ways that plays can break game. Moreover, Early Access is not QA... It's early access to a product that is currently being produced. It's much smarter for company to charge for this because people like you are too stupid and will hope into any free game and unfairly judge it. Early Access is not for whiny children. It's for people who want to try a game early before it's complete. It's for people who want to fund a project. It's for patient people.)

If you just want to play a finish game, how do you accept patches? How do you accept updates? You probably don't even think about anything. You probably just consume as much content as possible then complain that you feel unfulfilled. Be better.

You've known me for one post and then accuse a lot about how my life is and who I must be as a person to the point that you make a blog post about it. Maybe you're the one who needs to be better.


I'm not complaining, I'm just making an observation. People can do with their money what they want.

[Smufius]

Originally posted by It's tough being beautiful:

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

I remember when video game QA was a job you got paid for doing, rather than a job you paid to do. Man times have changed.

Oh they do have internal staff that did paid QA during early phases. This is further beyond that.

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