Champions Online goes F2P

[Mangala]

http://champions-online.com/node/595093

Extracted:

Subscriptions

First of all, you can (and should!) still subscribe to Champions Online. If you continue to subscribe (and become a "Gold Member"), then what you get doesn't change from what you get today. You still get all the zones, all the levels, all existing and future adventure packs, and all the costume parts available today (plus a bunch of new ones). You still have complete control over what powers your hero has (as well as their color), just like today. The only difference you'll see is that there will be more things in the C-Store to buy, if you are so inclined.

Current lifetime subscribers automatically become Gold Members for life and get all the same benefits.

Non-subscribers ("Silver Players") don't get all of that. Most importantly, they don't get complete control over what powers their heroes get. Instead, they can only create heroes by choosing an Archetype. Though the power progression is predefined, the player can tailor the powers with their choice of Advantages. Silver Players are also limited in other ways such as inventory, bank and marketplace space. Of course, Silver Players retain full control over how their character looks using the costume editor. They also get access to all the zones and levels.

If you decide to switch from Gold to Silver, your characters will still be there. However, you won't be able to play them until either you re-subscribe or you convert them into Silver characters. Exactly how this will work is still being determined.

Still I probably wont play it, wasnt exactly what i hoped it could be. Was so similar to CoH which didnt grab me either tbh.

[Caradir]

as weve spoken about before i see this as the future of MMOs tbh, Turbines has shown the F2P model works and it was only a matter of time until others started following suit, Sony have done so and now so have cryptic. Start Trek will soon follow and i forsee the D&D MMo Neverwinter Online launching a sF2P.