HoT becoming free?
Free if you buy the next expansion sure so a free to play would get both hot and the new expansion.
Free if you buy the next expansion sure so a free to play would get both hot and the new expansion.
All we know for sure is that if you buy the most recent EP, you get any previous ones.
We do not know if they will add any content to Free to Play.
Back when HoT was revealed, they announced that their plan was to offer a single box which included all past expansions. The core game wasn’t free at that point, and being told to buy it again obviously caused a lot of complaints. As a counter, they offered veteran rewards, and the free client was released shortly after. The free client however failed to sell the game as expected.
The most you should expect is for HoT to be included with the next expansion. Surely ArenaNet isn’t going to want to go through the same thing all over again however, so expect a $10 to $20 discount or bonuses for owning HoT.
HoT could become free for everyone, but likely not until the 3rd expansion. The only reason to make it free would be to keep the population up, especially since HoT was designed for an active population.
I wouldn’t expect a discount, maybe some vet reward(s) for those who own HoT.
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RIP City of Heroes
I wouldn’t expect a discount, maybe some vet reward(s) for those who own HoT.
Either way, it’s going to cause complaints, more so if it’s not discounted.
Their 1 box model doesn’t really make much sense. They could simply sell the latest expansion by itself as “the game” and everything else separate, just like how the seasons are separate. Unlike vertical MMOs, you don’t actually need to play through HoT to move forward, so there’s no actual need to include it.