Champions Online - Free to Play

[Tbone]

Hmm, looks like it's gone live, but I still can log into my character. I guess Jeyk preordered and they didn't delete Beta accounts.

[Subb]

I'm in - it's really good fun. My alias is Dark Wolf.

[Jeyk]

You can still log in to the account?  I suppose it's a head start bonus...I wonder how much time is left, then?

[Tbone]

I dunno. You preordered, right? Did you actually purchase the game?

[Subb]

I got mine through Steam, if that helps.

[Jeyk]

Based on what I read today, the preorder should last until the 4th - beyond that, the game must be purchased to continue play.

[Subb]

This game is much more fun than I thought it would be - at level 12 now. The instancing make you feel like the hero and how you effect the world around you.

[Tecknik]

Amazon.com's Video Game Deal of the Day today.  $29.98, free shipping, no tax.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000208101&tag=wootalyzer-20

[Tbone]

This game is now free to play! I actually enjoyed my time in Beta, so I figured I'd download it and see how it is a year and a half later. This time I've rolled as melee swords (I think I get dual at some point...not sure) in order to try and get as close to the Jedi Sentinel as possible. It even has something similar to Force Leap!

I'm not sure what's locked out of the free version, but apparently all the leveling and core content is free. I'm having fun so far, and I think it might do well to serve my MMO kick in between LoL and BFBC2 sessions. It's obviously no SWTOR, but after playing DCUO beta, this game feels a lot better...lol.

Feel free to download it and join me. I have no idea what the group play is like. I managed to snag the name Tbone, so let me know if you get in game!

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

I'm downloading it right now, but I probably won't be able to play it until tomorrow.

[Saint]

Downloading as well

[ArchNemesis]

I'll hop on some time during the week. this weekend has been kicking the shit out of me.

[Tbone]

Friends:

Tbone@TheTbone
Broin@Broin
Ragnarok@.Ragnarok.
Erathaol@Me_Like_Pie

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

ghisteslwchlohm@ghisteslwchlohm i believe...

[Erathaol]

I enjoy the game well enough, but the restriction of being a Silver member are a little grating (yes yes, they need to make money so they withhold the cool stuff for the subscribers).
Honestly though, I prefer City of Heroes to Champions Online, and if I were to pay to play either of them it'd be CoH.  In fact, I may just resubscribe to CoH for a while until SW:TOR lets us into Beta (oh they'll let us in; they just might not know it yet).