30-08-2015 10:29
Pues eso.
En inglés:
Fuentes: https://welcome.guildwars2.com/en/play-for-free
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1103647
En inglés:
Cita:The core Guild Wars 2 game is now available for free, details and download link can be found here; https://welcome.guildwars2.com/en/play-for-free
Also announced:Free-to-Play FAQ available here: https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/95982157
- Heart of Thorns expansion will release on October 23rd 2015. Details here: https://heartofthorns.guildwars2.com/
- 10-player Raids will be added with the expansion, details here; https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/r...-guild-wars-2/
- Legendary Armor
Restrictions on free accounts:
- 2 Character slots (upgrade to 5 with purchase).
- 3 Bag slots (upgrade to 5 with purchase).
- In-game mail to friends only, no gold / item attachments.
- Except for mutual friends, can only whisper (direct message) players within the same zone, and new players once every 30 seconds.
- Restricted Trading Post (player-to-player sales exchange).
- No Guild Bank Access.
- No Daily Login bonus.
- No Gold to Gem conversion.
- No Forum access.
- A few other minor content restrictions, see the FAQ.
Today weÔÇÖre happy to announce that the Guild Wars 2 core game is available for everyone to play for free. With Guild Wars 2: Heart of ThornsÔäó launching soon, thereÔÇÖs no better time to introduce the game to your friends.Our Business ModelGuild Wars 2 has the simplest of business models: buy the game and play it as long as you want with no monthly fees. WeÔÇÖve been championing this as a great business model for MMOs since launching the first Guild Wars┬« a decade ago. We continue to believe in buy-to-play. ItÔÇÖs good for gamers and good for developers.This business model has been fantastic for Guild Wars 2 and our fans. Since launching three years agoÔÇöalmost to the day, todayÔÇöweÔÇÖve sold more than 5 million copies of the game. And weÔÇÖve delivered more than 40 major content releases, with world-changing events, Living World episodes, and feature packs, all free of charge.Expansions are the one place where the buy-to-play model gets a little tricky. When youÔÇÖre coming in as a new player to a game that has a bunch of expansions, what exactly should you buy in order to play with your friends? The base game and also every single expansion? WeÔÇÖve seen examples in the industry where that kind of thing has gotten out of control. It doesnÔÇÖt seem right, and we want to do better. As we get ready to ship our first expansion for Guild Wars 2, we want to ensure that we keep the business model friendly and simple. So letÔÇÖs be clear that when we say Guild Wars 2 is buy-to-play, weÔÇÖre only asking you to buy one thing: the current release, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.To accomplish that, weÔÇÖve already included the core game as a free bundle for anyone who buys Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. And today weÔÇÖll go a step further: weÔÇÖre making the core game free for everyone. For anyone whoÔÇÖs been curious about Guild Wars 2, now you can just go to guildwars2.com, download the game, and start playing.If anyone can play Guild Wars 2 for free now, does that mean weÔÇÖre switching business models to free-to-play? Are we going to be one of those games that aggressively monetizes free players through microtransactions? Absolutely not. Guild Wars 2 remains the same game it always has been. WeÔÇÖre making the core game experience free because weÔÇÖre confident that anyone who loves Guild Wars 2 will buy Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.Getting the Details RightA game like Guild Wars 2 lives and dies by its community. Our goal is to protect our current community but also to make it as easy as possible for you to introduce the game to your friends, to recruit new players into your guilds, to challenge new players to Player vs. Player matches, and so on.ItÔÇÖs trickier than youÔÇÖd think to accomplish both objectives. We have to ensure that free accounts canÔÇÖt be used to abuse the game or its current players (through botting, cheating, spamming, or RMT) while still making sure that free accounts get the authentic Guild Wars 2 experience.Here are the changes we made for free accounts.First, free accounts start with fewer character slots and bag slots than the paid version of the game. But they still get the full complement of slots as soon as they buy Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.Second, free accounts have some chat restrictions and economy restrictions so that they canÔÇÖt be used to disrupt the game for other players. Free accounts can use local chat and whispers, but not map chat. With whispers, they can both start new conversations and reply to existing conversations but are limited to starting new conversations no more than once every 30 seconds. Free accounts can buy and sell common goods on the trading post. They canÔÇÖt mail gold or items directly to other players, trade gold for gems, or access guild vaults.Third, free accounts have some restrictions to prevent them from skipping ahead to places where they could be used to disrupt the game. They must play to level 10 before leaving the starter zones, to level 30 before using LFG, and to level 60 before using World vs. World. They can play PvP immediately but must get to rank 20 before using custom and unranked arenas.WeÔÇÖve found in testing that itÔÇÖs hard to read a list like this and know how itÔÇÖs going to feel in action. All these changes are live today, so we invite you to see for yourself. Test with a free account and see that itÔÇÖs the same Guild Wars 2 you know and love; test with a veteran account and confirm that the community is protected.We have an exhaustive┬áFAQ┬ácovering these changes and other topics related to the free game, so check it out if you have additional questions.
Fuentes: https://welcome.guildwars2.com/en/play-for-free
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1103647