Star Wars: The Old Republic - Can it survive to F2P?

SW:TOR has been suffering a lot in its short life. Mass exodus of players, complaints about lack of content and other problems have really begun to take its toll on the game. Now, to boost server populations, they have moved people to other servers and have shut down about 75% of their servers. So with all these things happening within the games first year, I keep asking myself "will Star Wars:The Old Republic make it until it's subscription change to free to play (F2P)/pay to play (P2P) in November?"

So I put it to you, my readers. What do you think?

Will Star Wars: The Old Republic make it to its F2P/P2P change in November?
	Yes
	Barely
	No
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It would seem that ALL of WoW is under attack.....wait a minute.........

Ok, so yes, it seems that all of World of Warcraft is under attack......all of the private servers that is. Funny how it would seem that other gaming private servers seems to be fine from this mass of attacks of private servers.  So far at least it is only WoW private servers, and it seems to be hitting all of them. It started about 3 weeks ago and has been spreading like wildfire. Now wait a minute.  Isn't WoW:MoP (World of Warcraft: Mists of Panderia) launching this month? And someone seems to be trying to take out all of the free private wow servers?  Smells pretty damn fishy to me.

Personally, I think that Blizzard has gone all passive-aggressive on us and is trying to, at least temporarily, take out the competition before the launch of it's newest expansion for WoW.  If that is the case, I wish that Blizzard would wise up and realize that those that play on free servers, some of them do have retail accounts and will in fact be playing MoP. And those that are not playing on retail servers, will not be playing on them just because of a new expansion. The lines are pretty much drawn and attacking the private servers isn't going to get people to play to play. We are far more patient then they give us credit for. I've already seen several servers been "put out of commission" just to be back up and running 4 days later.  Now I hope that I'm wrong about it being Blizzard because that would look really bad if it got back that it was them in some way. They are already dealing with bad press with the whole screenshot embedded information thing. Plus they have been losing players for awhile now.  If this turns out to be them, I think it would be a bigger hit to them then they might think.

With all that being said, if you play on a private server, don't give up. You site will be back up and running soon if it's down. If it hasn't happened to yours yet, it probably will soon so just be ready for it. Remember, you account will still be there when the server you play on comes back online. It'll just mean you have to play a bit longer to get get rid of the shakes from not playing faster, lol.

Will, until next time...Game On!

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What will happen to Guild Wars when GW2 launches?

This is a question that many of us still playing Guild Wars are asking both ourselves and those ingame. There is a genuine concern for the possible drop in server population once Guild Wars 2 goes live. I don't think that the population will totally disappear, but I do think that saying that there will not be a noticeable difference is naive at best. Now they have come out and said that there will still be new content and events going on in the future for the original Guild Wars while they are still doing GW2. As one that can't afford to pick up any new game in the near future due to lack of available funds, it is nice to see that the game I'm currently playing does infact have a future.


A little bit to know about Guild Wars future:

The development team at ArenaNet realized, at the time they started work on the fourth Guild Wars campaign, that there were so many things they wanted to do but couldn't fit into the existing game. They decided that making Guild Wars 2 was the best way for them to do what they wanted to the game.

Can I keep on playing Guild Wars?

Yes. ArenaNet has stated that the Guild Wars servers will stay open after GW2 is released. There will continue to be special events and patches for players who stay playing Guild Wars.

Are there going to be any more expansions for Guild Wars?

ArenaNet has already released some small expansions that help bridge the gap in the story between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2; these do not require purchase to access. A third storyline has been plotted for development. Full, purchasable expansions haven't been entirely ruled out, but they seem unlikely. If they are created, it will not happen until after the release of Guild Wars 2

Can I transfer a Guild Wars character to Guild Wars 2?

No, character transfers between the games are not possible. However, you can reserve your existing Guild Wars character names for use in Guild Wars 2.

So at the very least, we do know that we will be able to enjoy our current incarnation, but the real concern is, will people come back to still play GW while still playing GW2. I think that the answer will be yes, and for a rather simple reason. Unlike many MMOs, there is no monthly fee to play, so you can freely play both games without any financial strain, which is why many people end up leaving a game in the first place. I will keep an update here as the game goes on after GW2s launch. So until then....Game On!

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Wizard 101: Is it really just for kids?

Put simply...no, it's not.  Although the game looks very child-like in appearance, the game does have quite a bit going for it. It take a lot of pieces from games and blends them in to an mmo that anyone can play and have fun with. The fighting style is that of a card game such as Pokemon.

Each person or enemy takes it's turn to attack or heal. You have a health and a mana globe that you have to watch carefully since you do not have an endless supply of either.  When you find yourself low on health or mana, you can either fund little sprites that will restore your levels slowly as you "capture" them or you can go to a fairgrounds like place and by playing mini games, you fill up your levels again. Simply put, the game is designed to be fun and not for the hardcore player at all. I was a bit hesitant to play when my 8yr old godson asked me to play with him.  But I downloaded it anyway and started running around with him. As he showed me more of the stuff, I saw first hand that this game actually has some depth to it. I still really only play the game with him, but if you are looking for a mmo style game that you can just play with very little pressure or stresses, this is your game. I recommend you try it, you might just be surprised to catch yourself enjoying it.

Until my next post....Game On!

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