As far as I can see, if you have an existing paid account. Nothing changes for you.
You get all the bells and whistles, all the new toys, everything you've always known.
In other words, its City as usual.
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It's just a name change, you don't need to buy anything. It's common in the MMO market that when an MMO goes F2P it's renamed to something with "Free" in it, i.e:|
Originally Posted by Dreaming_Shadow
1) Am I going to have to buy Freedom like, is this an expansion or do you automatically get updated to CoH Freedom if you're an active subscriber on/after July 1st.
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Freedom
Free For All
Free Agent
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| 2) Is Freedom VIP going to be $15 a month or more? |
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Examples? I can see if it started as a F2P game, but LotR, DDO, and CO all kept their name.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
It's common in the MMO market that when an MMO goes F2P it's renamed to something with "Free" in it, i.e:
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Well big honking, merged from multiple threads up in the announcements board.
For the current subscriber, as long as you subscribe nothing significant changes plus there are a few more benefits.
Major changes include 400 pts for the pay store and one free transfer per month for subscribers plus access to a subscriber only server.
Other changes include no new vet rewards, instead there is a new mechanism to unlock vet rewards you hadn't gotten yet and possibly other minor goodies. You still keep all your old ones.
No more direct buy for booster packs. Those items will be bought with pts. I expect that you can pick and choose some of those items separately for less pts.
Everything you ever bought before you keep. If your subscription lapse and you go to the free plan then access to bought boosters and GR (now free for new subscribers when Freedom is launched) you keep access to. You get 2 "global" character slots plus any that you purchased that you can use to unlock existing characters for free play. If you resubscribe then all your characters are accessible again.
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Actually only LotrO kept the same name. CO renamed itself CO:Free For All and DDO re-branded itself as DDO: Eberron Unlimited when it went F2P (using Unlimited in place of Free). As another example, Global Agenda renamed itself Global Agenda: Free Agent.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Examples? I can see if it started as a F2P game, but LotR, DDO, and CO all kept their name.
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I'd like to pile on with a similar bit that I was having some trouble figuring out from the verbiage and the comparison chart.
What if I'm a long standing paid vet player since beta who would like to take advantage of this opportunity after investing a small house worth of subscription fees (i have multiple accounts) into CoH and now go free?
Is there an option to keep (or have access to) all of the content I have as is - untouched - and just move forward with no further VIP perks as a free player?
If not...
do I lose my dozens of alts i have on each server? - if so how does it choose which ones I keep?
do i lose previously unlocked costume pieces/content?
do i lose currently built and running architect missions I've created?
do I get natural claws?
You don't lose anything you've unlocked, and you choose which characters to use while in a free account state.
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I guess because all of those games get referenced by the same acronym, it's hard for me to accept it as an actual named change. CoH Freedom to me is still CoH.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Actually only LotrO kept the same name. CO renamed itself CO:Free For All and DDO re-branded itself as DDO: Eberron Unlimited when it went F2P (using Unlimited in place of Free). As another example, Global Agenda renamed itself Global Agenda: Free Agent.
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Sure, as I said, it's mostly a marketing thing. Seeing Paragon Studios Announces City of Heroes: Freedom on the front of a gaming magazine or on an internet site looks better than Paragon Studios Announces new Subscription Model for City of Heroes.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
I guess because all of those games get referenced by the same acronym, it's hard for me to accept it as an actual named change. CoH Freedom to me is still CoH.
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Any of you know if I'll be getting my 400 points and Time Manipulation power set even though I just re-subbed today after not being subbed for a week?
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How often can I change the selections for the free account state... or do you just get one initial pick (of two) and you're locked on those two forever while in free state?|
Originally Posted by Kailure
You don't lose anything you've unlocked, and you choose which characters to use while in a free account state.
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can i still trade with inactive alts via email? are their assets frozen?
What if I renew payment and then stop payment again - can I choose another 2? So could I choose my 2 alts - level them - and then somehow retire them for a bit and focus on another two for a few months... without paying?
Sorry just really trying to understand this.
And is it literally 2 alts over all servers - so i can say pick one hero on virtue and one hero on guardian and I'm done?
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The only wording we have now seems to show that yes, you can only unlock a limited number of slots. If you delete the character that was in one of them, you can use it to create a new character, but you can't shift it around from one character to the next.|
Originally Posted by LastLeprechaun
How often can I change the selections for the free account state... or do you just get one initial pick (of two) and you're locked on those two forever while in free state?
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But otherwise, yes, you unlock your slots on any combination of servers (other than the VIP server) and that's all you get unless you purchase more slots or upgrade to a VIP account again.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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400 points? That's for billing in July, so no. You'll get your 400 pts in one month if you pay again (or if you paid a multi-month subscription).|
Originally Posted by End Sinister
Any of you know if I'll be getting my 400 points and Time Manipulation power set even though I just re-subbed today after not being subbed for a week?
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You'll get the Time Manipulation powerset if you're still subscribed when Issue 21 launches (probably in September or October).
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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So... this is "The Coming Storm?"
Way to break the fourth wall, guys!
Does no one realize that if they have had an account at any point in the last 7 years they won't be a Free player? Instead they will be a Premium player with more benefits.
Thanks for that clarification, Forbin. I was a bit confused on that. 
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For further clarification according to the dev posts up in the discussion thread, if a free player buys anything in the new ingame store they will automatically become a premium player as well.|
Originally Posted by Philly_Guy
Thanks for that clarification, Forbin. I was a bit confused on that.
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The only people who will be Free Players will be the ones that never spend a single dime on anything in the game.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Does no one realize that if they have had an account at any point in the last 7 years they won't be a Free player? Instead they will be a Premium player with more benefits.
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Stupid work
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
Hadn't seen that chart. Well it's certainly good to see that GMs will only be available to VIP accounts.
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that is all
My main worry is--if they have a VIP server and I want to move a toon there, what another toon with the same name from different servers wants to go there too? Who "wins" and gets the name? I wouldn't mind so much if another toon had my toon's name on that server, but would that be possible?
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Whoever gets there first, just like any server.
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Originally Posted by herotoonefan
Who "wins" and gets the name?
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Wow, that's going to be one hell of a day when they open it.
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Well, there are some disadvantages to moving as well--potential name conflicts as you mentioned, at at this point it also looks like you won't be able to move your SG base with you. I'm hoping that current players won't rush to move to the VIP server, I know I'm not, at least not right away.
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Originally Posted by herotoonefan
Wow, that's going to be one hell of a day when they open it.
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Okay so maybe I am not reading it right or I just can not find the information but I have two questions about this.
1) Am I going to have to buy Freedom like, is this an expansion or do you automatically get updated to CoH Freedom if you're an active subscriber on/after July 1st.
2) Is Freedom VIP going to be $15 a month or more?
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