Kincaide
Legend
I've given this a lot of thought, and really considered a lot of the points that many of you have brought up during discussions about the new veteran account status. Just a refresher in case anyone's reading this and doesn't know yet what that means, in 6.1 Blizzard is implementing a new feature for paid accounts, wherein, instead of being locked or frozen when they are out of game time or subscription, they instead will remain open with all the same Starter Account restrictions, including the chat, gold, and level 20 restrictions. There has been conversation that an F2P can upgrade to the Battlechest for five dollars, spend the free month earning additional benefits for their F2P, and then lapse back into Starter Account status again, known colloquially as "Veteran F2P" status.
So now that we're up to speed on that, I would like everyone to think about the repercussions of that, and simply reply to this post with what you intend to do with your accounts. There is no need to respond to or judge other people's decisions, nor is there a need to exceedingly explain or justify your own decisions. I want to use this to begin to gauge which way the community as a whole is leaning, so that we can better prepare for how this is going to affect the community going forward into this new future.
For myself, I've thought about this for a long time, and I've decided that I'm not upgrading my Starter Edition accounts. Kincaide and all my regular characters are going to remain Traditional F2Ps. I'm linked to an inactive P2P account, and if I really want to play veteran status, I'll start new characters on there. And if so, since I would have to buy game time at $15 per month in order to get those fancy gear pieces, I'll probably not get the full BIS enchants and stuff for quite a while. I can't justify the money and the time it would take to do that, when I'm already struggling in school due to the amount of time my moderation job is taking up.
So there you have it. One vote for remaining Traditional F2P. Go ahead and post your own personal plan when you've decided, and let's collect some sample data on how the TI F2P community wants to handle this.
So now that we're up to speed on that, I would like everyone to think about the repercussions of that, and simply reply to this post with what you intend to do with your accounts. There is no need to respond to or judge other people's decisions, nor is there a need to exceedingly explain or justify your own decisions. I want to use this to begin to gauge which way the community as a whole is leaning, so that we can better prepare for how this is going to affect the community going forward into this new future.
For myself, I've thought about this for a long time, and I've decided that I'm not upgrading my Starter Edition accounts. Kincaide and all my regular characters are going to remain Traditional F2Ps. I'm linked to an inactive P2P account, and if I really want to play veteran status, I'll start new characters on there. And if so, since I would have to buy game time at $15 per month in order to get those fancy gear pieces, I'll probably not get the full BIS enchants and stuff for quite a while. I can't justify the money and the time it would take to do that, when I'm already struggling in school due to the amount of time my moderation job is taking up.
So there you have it. One vote for remaining Traditional F2P. Go ahead and post your own personal plan when you've decided, and let's collect some sample data on how the TI F2P community wants to handle this.
