Runic F2P?

[Zidders]

I hope runic game makes a similar game to world of warcraft, how ironic if that happends torchlight mmo would make me play so much, because i think max schaefer could pull off a epic mmo bettter than world of warcraft and the other MMO's that are out there.

If and when they come out with an mmo, it will be the same style of gameplay as Torchlight, just in a much larger setting and with a lot more content/features.

[Graeystone]

What will happen with modding with a TL MMO. Modding is a cornerstone of TL like Fishing, Pets, and Syl. Some people may not mind the loss of modding for the MMO. . .other people. . .not so much.

[Zidders]

What will happen with modding with a TL MMO. Modding is a cornerstone of TL like Fishing, Pets, and Syl. Some people may not mind the loss of modding for the MMO. . .other people. . .not so much.

Of course we won't be able to mod the mmo. The trade off will be that Runic will be able to incorporate a lot of the communities ideas into the mmo, and since it will be an ever evolving project on a much larger scale, there's a lot more chance that stuff that needs to be left out of the non-mmo games will get in and a lot of the things modders would normally be the ones to add would be added by the developers. They keep an eye on the community and i'm sure they're more than aware of what mods were popular and what ones weren't.

Since the MMO would be run by a few people from the dev team rather than the whole company, this also means that Runic would be in a much stronger position financially. It would mean even more money to put towards new ip's, as well as towards stuff like expansions. There are just as many good reasons to support their making games that might not be moddable as there are to support them making moddable games.

[Webbstre]

They've said before you won't be able to mod the MMO. That's one reason why they did TL2, so you can play mods with friends.

[Lathain]

First of all i was a fan, and i m still a fan if this is not true.

I hope they ll change there mind, doing a MMO will be a fail (player view, perhaps it's will be good for cash). And F2P is the badest model, it's like to sell your soul to the god of monay like Diablo 3/Blizzard have already done, dont matter how you do it a F2P model is bad.

A subscription with a part of free content as trial (until level XX with zone locked) is and still the only "good" way to do an MMO much better than X Days free, or you fall on the dark side....

I just learned this, and i wonder if i was right to give monay for this, not sure i ll buy Torchlight 2 if they really think to do this, even if i really like Torchlight 2.

Any company doing F2P model is on my black list.

Beside that i dont think MMO is good idea, they (runic) are too young for this doing several project in same time will end with more problem and more customer unhappy. You already cant deliver a single product in multiple language at launch.. insane.

But i know this day when you see how blizzard robed customers, there is definitively lots of monay to take. Take care to the dark side. What is your main priority quick cash or make great games (tips great game give lot of cash AND good mood for players)?

too young too young too young, F2P !!!! arrrrrg. dead.

sad sad sad.

NO to MMO, NO to F2P ! one billon times.

[Lathain]

Still no to MMO, and F2P 2 billion times !!!

What do the great force of an MMO is the moddings, if you cant set add on... And ALL MMO allow few mods, who is clearly not enough. The Mods on an MMO is the most important part.

Exemple, custom your UI add fonctionnality scan broker, order mail, keep track of your loot or dps, and so much more, when player can contribute to a game it make it so much more great.

Still no to MMO, and F2P 3 billion times !!!

[Numberz]

Honestly I can't stand F2P games. One of the reasons why is that you have to by items in most of them to be successful. I rather just pay for a game once and then have everything in game available to get for free. I would not want a F2P MMO at all. I would rather have an MMO like Guild Wars were you pay to buy the game and have no subscription fees. I think they could do it even if they have to charge around 30-50 dollars. I would buy it because I trust Runic Games would bring us a good quality game.

[birdbrain5]

I really like the idea of a F2P MMORPG for torchlight. Some of the other threads in this section have great class and race ideas as well as ways to prevent gold farming and hacking. I do believe that, despite some of the comments in this thread, we have the support of the forum community for this. (I hope)

[Graeystone]

All in all I would like Runic to do something that is on the scale of Hellgate - graphics, play style, customization, etc.
I think they can make that sort of game again without the mistakes that brought down Hellgate and Flagship.