As a ultra experienced Gamer.
( play too much game )
Monthly subscription is suitable to fresh gamer.
Reason :
They can "tahan" in a same game longer
For them, most features in game looked fresher to them
Reason not suitable for Old Gamer
- In pass 5 years, no 1 game can drag me more than 3 months before it bored out
- And every game run of fun quicker, year by year. (now gaming company just keep repeating the same gameplay with upgraded graphic.)
- Skyrim is really good. But ESO? Most RPG lose its fun when turned online.
Why? U no longer decide the fate of the world alone. it becomes a community...
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Last 5 AAA MMORPG that i paid and i learn the lesson :
SWTOR - Subscription, A Flop. (Luckily i join the free starter only)
The Secret World - Subscription, A Bigger Flop. (i pre-purchase, last for 40 days then bored out)
FF14-revive - JRPG + MMO? Even "bored"er, keep killing mobs... repeat the quest that share by all MMOs.
TERA - The graphic is really nice. Action Combat. Good. still, same gameplay, community kill the games.
Rift - Just ok, so so.
Some better memory :
Guild War 2 - at least it dont have the Subscription. Overall is ok.
What go so wrong for MMORPG?
- Impossible to be story driven. ( you no longer the only 1 player in the world. )
- Community features = Ladder, PVP, Guildwar... (i like PVP in MOBA, not MMORPGs, u really cant fight those who can 20hours/day sitting infront PC..)
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Its no longer you play the game. Its more like the Game Play You.
- MMORPG = Never Ending Boring Drama..
- Good RPG = A nice 120min movie
That's completely to you. Doesn't make it the same for everyone. I would never play F2P games anymore. Too much troll, lack quality. GW2 is boring as $%#&. Just repetitive content past 1 year, why? Because its free.
If you say P2P or MMO is bad, yeah tell that to those who still WoW up till now. LOL. And of course people play it for the community. If you want to 'play with yourself' (get the pun?) then buy offline game. Some enjoy it, some don't.
And your opinion about Veteran and new gamer doesn't hold up at all. I actually think new player are more inclined to free to play MMO then P2P. I myself is a veteran player, and I thoroughly enjoy MMO (both type of models) till now. That's just purely your own perspective of it. Pinch of salt buddy. Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it a fact, ok? hehe. No offense.
ESO so far is completely worth it for me. But then again, we are our own person and we have our own preferences. Doesn't make you, or me wrong. And couldn't be generalize to every single person.
Cheers.