Guild Wars 2

Is a free trial for GW2 in the works or coming in the near future now that the servers have stabilized a bit? I have many friends who want to try the game but aren’t willing to shell out $60 up front for it, even though it has no subscription fees.

I think it should have one… but, it should have limitations.

This always strikes me as an odd mentality, because I would be willing to bet they buy other games all the time without playing them.

I dislike the concept of free trials in MMO’s.

Mostly because it becomes a vehicle for the RMT/Botters to bypass the issue of account bans without having to shell out money for new accounts.

Neutered accounts for trials also have people saying “How can I possibly get a feel of the game if I cannot talk in chat channels or buy/sell on the trading post, or send mails” and so on.

In this day and age where you can watch live streams of the game for hours on end, read a billion reviews, read a facebook page (Ugh.), watch a twitter feed (Ugh.), or discuss everything to DEATH on forums and talk to friends who play to get almost 100% accurate opinion on whether you will like the game or not…

I feel that trials are obsolete for the most part.

Out of curiosity, did the original Guild Wars have a free trial? I don’t think it did.

It did, it just gave you 14 days of prophecies gameplay iirc

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/02/19/guild-wars-free-trialified/

It did, but a few years after release.