Free to Play?

[knytul]

So does that mean that EQ is really 100% free to play and all you pay for is Expansions and the (i cant remember their name for it) store crap?

[Brohg]

You really ought to follow all the links to full descriptions, because the answer isn't a simple yes or no. I'll sum up a little, but this run-down is NOT comprehensive:

EQ is 100% free up to the penultimate expansion, with limits on extras like wealth, inventory, AA, available classes, guild formation. So entirely without paying, someone can download & install the game, make a core-class character (cle/war/rog/wiz), play in the real zones up through House of Thule including all the awesome old content of Basic/Kunark(+addons)/Velious/Luclin/PoP/LDoY/LoY/GoD/OoW/DoN/DoD/PoR/TSS/TBS/SoF/SoD/UF (for those keeping track at home, this was a decade of content for paying players), with all the paid subscribers, advancing to 90 with a handful of AA.

A one-time, permanent $5 upgrade to "Silver" (given automatically at no cost to everyone who has ever paid anything for EQ ever in the past) upgrades the account to allow more characters, more wealth, quadruple AA cap, more classes, looser guild rules, etc.

"Gold" membership (all current subscriptions became this today) is entirely equivalent to how EQ has been played & paid for in the past, with a toss-on benefit of 500SC per month included in the subscription price. That 500SC/month that they now get without paying any more is the only difference current payers/players will see in EQ, besides, hopefully, a boatload of n00bs to play EQ with

[varutia]

Personally I think of it as up to 80, pretty much free with a few exceptions. Above 80 to have an enjoyable experience I'd personally subscribe, but each to their own.

[knytul]

links to full descriptions? i got a message on my facebook sayin it was free to pay, thus seeking clarification.

Yeah i figured it wasnt 100% free to play, but just wanted to make sure. Kind of gave me a chuckle

[varutia]

I loved them revive the old address

http://www.everquest.com

Under the tab "Game info" called "free to play"