119616-offer-a-free-trial-from-1-20

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I know a free unlimited trial is all it would take to get 3 real life friends of mine into WS permanently. It could work like this..
 
- 1 character slot
- Level 20 max
- Unlimited access (Forget 7 days, that's not enough time for busy people or people who play multiple games)
- Can only use /say and /reply (No zone chat etc)
- No access to CREDD, AH, or CX
- Once retail and sub is purchased, level 20 limit is lifted and full access to game is granted. (No need to start over)
 
Why unlimited access to level 20? It would allow new players a chance to experience most aspects of the game like the first adventure, housing, PvP, and the first dungeon. The problem with the current 7 day trial is this. I got my friend to give it a try. He got to lvl 8 in the first sitting and told me he really enjoyed it... then Dragon Age was released and he's a real fan of those single player RPG games so he played that. A week later he was done with it and ready to give wildstar another go.. but his 7 day trial had just expired. So without experiencing pretty much anything the game had to offer, he decided he'd go back to WoW. This was an easy sub to get. All he needed was to have seen the major selling features of the game before his trial expired and unfortunately a week isn't enough for a casual gamer.
 
Also consider tuning normal STL to be slightly more forgiving for the flood of super noobs that would come with a free trial (Nothing significant, something like increasing the cast time of the bosses to allow noobs to interrupt in time, or reduce all the bosses interrupt armor by 1.. This would go along way in making noobs feel strong and wanting more.
 
At that point you pretty much got a game purchase and sub.  I'm not sure what Carbine is waiting for.. the system for trials is in place already.. just remove the 7 day limit and you're good to go.	
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			I think what Evade outlined above is a good idea, but allowing unlimited access to disposable accounts is likely to increase the prevalence of illicit activities. What, I think, would work to counteract that would be if people who own the game could have a limited number of trial accounts. So, let's say you bought the game - you now have access to two/three trial invites, and you generate one each month or so. Also, there should be some incentive for players to 'take on' trial members and prospective trial members to become trial members. An exclusive mount, shared xp, whatever. Something that does not impact high level pvp or pve.	
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I think what Evade outlined above is a good idea, but allowing unlimited access to disposable accounts is likely to increase the prevalence of illicit activities. What, I think, would work to counteract that would be if people who own the game could have a limited number of trial accounts. So, let's say you bought the game - you now have access to two/three trial invites, and you generate one each month or so. Also, there should be some incentive for players to 'take on' trial members and prospective trial members to become trial members. An exclusive mount, shared xp, whatever. Something that does not impact high level pvp or pve.
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- 4 character slots
- Level 12 max
- Unlimited access (Forget 7 days, that's not enough time for busy people or people who play multiple games)
- Most chat options are available 
- No access to CREDD, AH, or CX
- Once retail and sub is purchased, level 20 limit is lifted and full access to game is granted. (No need to start over)	
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Wouldn't that require people who want to try wildstar to know someone who is currently playing wildstar?  I don't think that would be too helpful if the plan is to get as many people trying Wildstar as possible. Just make sure systems are in place to prevent abuse. If you're worried about bots then prevent trial accounts from using harvest skills and/or trading with other players for example
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- 4 character slots
- Level 12 max
- Unlimited access (Forget 7 days, that's not enough time for busy people or people who play multiple games)
- Most chat options are available 
- No access to CREDD, AH, or CX
- Once retail and sub is purchased, level 20 limit is lifted and full access to game is granted. (No need to start over)
 
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Level 12 isnt enough to experience housing or an adventure or a dungeon.
 
As much as I would like having chat options available I think having trial accounts which anyone can make for free with no sub, would just encourage plat farming spam.
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