Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if this has been discussed before, but in the likes of League of Legends and Dota 2, how about releasing a free to play version of the GW2 PvP?

“ANet won’t make money if it’s F2P.”
F2P isn’t a charity, it’s a business model that games use to bring the most amount of people to try their game while still making money. Riot Games and Valve are making WAY more money than they spend on the production of their games, and ANet already has a well implemented microtransaction system. Adjusting it for PvP for things like buying your armor and weapon skins with real money, but still having the option of unlocking through gameplay like LoL does it.
ANet wants the PvP to be seen as a legit, competitive eSports title in its own right, but since it’s attached to the PvE (as in you have to buy the PvE to play th PvP), most people just see it as just another PvP of some other MMO, or want to try it but don’t want to pay the full price.
If you look at some of the most popular competitive eSports title out there: League of Legends, Dota 2, World of Tanks… They are f2p and make a TON of money, and I think going the same route could give GW2 PvP the shot it deserves as a competitive game.

“Do you even play LoL or Dota? Their communities are horrible because of f2p.”
The same can be said for any community. The Starcraft and Counter-Strike communities are arguably worst, and they’re not f2p titles. This is about bringing the most amount of people to notice and ultimately play your game.

There’s plenty of arguments for and against f2p. What do you guys think?

I like the idea of a free pvp version where the bought game has certain advantages.

For example the free version could be locked into starter skins and stuff like that.

I would wait a couple months though untill the game is more advanced. Otherwise I feel that even if it were free it wouldn’t give the staying power.

Agree, but even that would not bring more people if the game mode is still conquest and we dont get new game modes.

This has been brought up before (but basically a much cheaper pvp client) and I would support this idea.

Never saw a good F2P game (my oppinion). DoTa and LoL for me still just WarCraft3 maps. TF2 is one of the worst shooters i ever try’d.
I like model they had in Gw1 and I hope to see it here.
On the other hand, PvP have not much to offer a player (honestly) and could ruing game reputation.
If they will make F2P, then what advatige will we have ?