Bioware looking at F2P for SWTOR

With games like Rift and now GW2 setting the benchmark why would anyone go for stock standard... Just look at the diversity of mmo genres gamers have and mostly f2p.

how does gw2 set standard without being released yet?

I havent given up on trying it one day, but I suspect it's similar to every other mmo gameplay wise: Grind grind grind so you can use centermeter perfect teamwork to bring down a big boss, when you're really just there to hang out and achieve somethng with friends. That's why so many players end up going back to their original mmo (if you keep playing one at all) - it's where they've got the most history.

It's seems a shame that this concept with great potential is on the way out already. Lotro didn't feel like midde-earth at all (though a couple of the early maps were really good) and I doubt swtor feels like a galaxy far, far away. If your goona make an rpg based on a pop-culture setting, the game should be built around the world, not the other way around. It feels like a blatant co-opt and cheapens the whole thing.

Dont copy and compete like virtually all game producers do, create something original that really utilises new technology. Or just re-create an old method that is currently under-utilised (like NWN - so many options in playing and always finding new ways to pwn other players). Enough with the cookie cutter gameplay!

Yeah, so anyway.... I'm not at all surprised swtor has gone f2p. Hopefully gw2 brings something new to the table.