ok I haven’t been doing much on the forum so don’t get mad at me if this has already been up hear but das anyone know how much the game is going to cost and if there is going to be a monthly fee to play

Nothing is set yet, but it's planned to be one box price and one monthly fee. Both after industry standard.

They will probably still make it available for download, just box will be alot easier.

JohnBarny wrote:

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They will probably still make it available for download, just box will be alot easier.

Hopefully, if they do a digital download prior to launch like Age of Conan did, they'll use a better system. For AoC, Funcom used a torrent system, but never really explained that it was important for people to leave the downloader open even after they finished. As a result, many people had download times of 2-3 days or more to get the game. Many paid extra for Early Access a few days before the official launch, but then were unable to get the software in time to use the time they'd bought.

Worse still, when Funcom finally activated the trial "buddy key" passes two months after launch, the people who tried to download the game found that because almost nobody with a complete copy of the game had the torrent downloader running, they had 8-10 day download times. Funcom's solution: "you should loan your buddies your installation DVDs."

The lesson here is that any MMO is going to be a very large download, and distributing it to thousands to people at once is not fast nor is it easy. Whatever system they choose, I hope they allow plenty of time for it to work prior to launch. Perhaps the easiest way would be for the box to be on sale one week before launch. People would then be able to install early without having to do a digital download (other than last minute patches). Then on launch day, there would be thousands of people ready to go when the servers open.

That would be fun indeed!

Whiteout49 wrote:

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ok I haven’t been doing much on the forum so don’t get mad at me if this has already been up hear but das anyone know how much the game is going to cost and if there is going to be a monthly fee to play

They have not yet announced a payment model but you can expect it to be similar to MMORPGs like WoW, LotrO and AoC.

I agree it will be something like wow does.

Not exactly sure of the box price or download price or if they sell a special edition box that is more expensive yet. But I'm sure the monthly fee will be near ,if not at, $15 a month.

Will you have to buy cards like wow, or like EVE where you pay with credit card?