116956-my-friends-would-try-this-game-if-you-offered-a-free-trial

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And I know... Knowing them and knowing wildstar... They would be hooked and would purchase the full game..
 
Wow had a trial feature... You could download and play the game for free up to level 20.
 
There would be limitations to prevent exploiting... For example you couldn't trade, use auction house or use zone wide chats.
 
Please consider releasing some kind of trial around the time of drop 3... That with a good promotional thing could really do wonders for the game.	
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Well, there's this from the 9/30 Nexus Report:
 
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pvdamme: Will there be free trials when the megaservers and/or drop 3 hit live? 
“It’s kind of a publishing marketing question. I’d like to say yes, but I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes.”
 
Tony - “I’m not saying yes for a fact. We don’t want to hand out free trials if we’re not secure with how the game performs. The worst thing would be to invite people into a buggy game.”
 
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			Do you by chance have any guest passes left? They could at least try those!	
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+1
 
My Girlfriend is dying to try WS but she wants to see what its like first before buying the box and subbing. If this happens I know she'll be right in and hooked and probably subbed up the same day lol	
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Do you by chance have any guest passes left? They could at least try those!
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Do you by chance have any guest passes left? They could at least try those!
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			The 3 free guest passes everyone gets are the Free Trial for your friends OP.For anyone that had trouble finding them or doesn't think they got them, file a ticket with Support.	
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Found mine :) Sweet!
 
GF is downloading it now. I'm pretty sure she will be hooked and we'll have another SUB :D	
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			Totally on board with this.  In fact, I'd like it to be a little more broad so that people can just show up and grab a seven day (or to level 15 or so) guest pass.  Especially after drop 3.	
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I used up all my guest passes pretty much in the first couple months xD
 
1 resubbed and is still subbing, and the other is waiting for drop 3 before he subs for real :)	
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			Chua still has one US Key left for trial purposes...	
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I skipped the free trial and cunningly hooked my fiancé by buying him the game as a surprise present for no other reason but that I love him........and could do with a miner to trade with.
 
Mwahaha haaaa!	
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+1
 
My Girlfriend is dying to try WS but she wants to see what its like first before buying the box and subbing. If this happens I know she'll be right in and hooked and probably subbed up the same day lol
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I skipped the free trial and cunningly hooked my fiancé by buying him the game as a surprise present for no other reason but that I love him........and could do with a miner to trade with.
 
Mwahaha haaaa!
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+1 this is needed a.s.a.p.
 
+1 on it improving also PvP queue times for early levels.
 
I can understand them not advertising it beforehand.. but drop 3 is a pretty ideal time to get it released.	
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Dumb question about the trial keys (if there is such a thing as a dumb question) :
 
Do they have the same string attached like the BETA key had, like if someone you sponsored does something bad then your account gets punished as well ?
 
Not that I want to create a circle of 3 gold farmers or hate speech spammers or whatever but if there is even a 0.00001% chance of me having a possible problem by handing out keys then I'm not handing any....	
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And I know... Knowing them and knowing wildstar... They would be hooked and would purchase the full game..
 
Wow had a trial feature... You could download and play the game for free up to level 20.
 
There would be limitations to prevent exploiting... For example you couldn't trade, use auction house or use zone wide chats.
 
Please consider releasing some kind of trial around the time of drop 3... That with a good promotional thing could really do wonders for the game.
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			It's not often that I agree with Evade, but there's a solid point here. Guest passes are way too much of a hassle and have far too many restrictions. I'd really like to see a 30 day trial. If the player decides to keep playing when their trial is over they can pay the box price and immediately pay their sub (since they already had their first 30 free). As for chat restrictions... giant pain in the ass, but understandable. We don't want RMTs making free accounts and non-stop spamming, do we?	
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I definitely agree, OP.
 
There are a lot of people out there who are skeptical of new MMO's and may be hesitant to pay the full box price without first trying the game out.
 
Once they experience the beautiful art style, glorious character design, and visceral combat (for an MMO :P) that Wildstar offers, I'm sure many of them will be too hooked not to sub. XD	
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And I know... Knowing them and knowing wildstar... They would be hooked and would purchase the full game..
 
Wow had a trial feature... You could download and play the game for free up to level 20.
 
There would be limitations to prevent exploiting... For example you couldn't trade, use auction house or use zone wide chats.
 
Please consider releasing some kind of trial around the time of drop 3... That with a good promotional thing could really do wonders for the game.
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I definitely agree, OP. I'm not entirely certain why such a thing has not been implemented yet.
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Look at the very first reply to the OP, and there is your answer.
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There is no effective "trial" of an MMO. You either dig it by looking at the web site, watching videos, or talking to friends, or you're not into it. A free trial means nothing for an MMO.
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There is no effective "trial" of an MMO. You either dig it by looking at the web site, watching videos, or talking to friends, or you're not into it. A free trial means nothing for an MMO.
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People don't get hooked on games by trying them? What a wonderfully baseless assertion. Guess somebody ought to send Mojang and Blizzard a memo.
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No. Players cannot effectively judge an MMO, all its systems, all of its progression it the time of a typical free trial. It's meaningless. Players know enough about the game to buy it, or not, without a demo.
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No. Players cannot effectively judge an MMO, all its systems, all of its progression it the time of a typical free trial. It's meaningless. Players know enough about the game to buy it, or not, without a demo.
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			I got in on the free trial back in August.  I never would have bought the game without the trial.	
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If you haven't figured a game out by level 15 or 20 maybe you should go back to checkers.
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You don't even have access to all of the game by then.
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You don't even have access to all of the game by then. 
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No. Players cannot effectively judge an MMO, all its systems, all of its progression it the time of a typical free trial. It's meaningless. Players know enough about the game to buy it, or not, without a demo.
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I may go a little further than everyone else in the thread.  I'm on board with more free trials.  What I'd LIKE to see is the box price being wiped down to 20 dollars (otherwise known as killing the box price, charging the first month for non-CREDD accounts, and tacking on a five dollar surcharge to activate the account after lapses; or the EVE Online style).
 
Nothing would give people an excuse to try this game quite as much as taking down that sixty dollar initial hurdle after a seven day trial.	
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And I know... Knowing them and knowing wildstar... They would be hooked and would purchase the full game..
 
Wow had a trial feature... You could download and play the game for free up to level 20.
 
There would be limitations to prevent exploiting... For example you couldn't trade, use auction house or use zone wide chats.
 
Please consider releasing some kind of trial around the time of drop 3... That with a good promotional thing could really do wonders for the game.
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Honestly though I still don't know why anyone continues to respond to that one person in this thread. A lot of people bought game and/or sub/bought credd due to the trials of this game.
To be honest with a bunch of the people on these forums telling people who are subbed that MMOs or wildstar is not for them and the news about 60 people being let go from Carbine being turned into a flame war thread I don't hold a lot of hope for the community of this game.	
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			There is always hope :D	
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Ummm scratch that.
 
Just had my first go at a low level dungeon....and the tank and healer quit because 'OH MY GOD NOOBS YOU CUPCAKING MISSED THAT INTERRUPT'
 
It was all of the dps's first time in that dungeon and we were near the end, everything had been going fine. I'd read the tactics beforehand and it looked like everyone was doing the right thing to me.
 
One mistake and they threw a major strop.
 
But the people I've met in quest zones/ forums seem nice. I think I'll stick to those from now on :D	
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Honestly though I still don't know why anyone continues to respond to that one person in this thread. A lot of people bought game and/or sub/bought credd due to the trials of this game.
To be honest with a bunch of the people on these forums telling people who are subbed that MMOs or wildstar is not for them and the news about 60 people being let go from Carbine being turned into a flame war thread I don't hold a lot of hope for the community of this game.
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Ummm scratch that.
 
Just had my first go at a low level dungeon....and the tank and healer quit because 'OH MY GOD NOOBS YOU CUPCAKING MISSED THAT INTERRUPT'
 
It was all of the dps's first time in that dungeon and we were near the end, everything had been going fine. I'd read the tactics beforehand and it looked like everyone was doing the right thing to me.
 
One mistake and they threw a major strop.
 
But the people I've met in quest zones/ forums seem nice. I think I'll stick to those from now on :D
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