Gold Membership?
Written by Feldon on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 9:30 am

Early birds trying out Game Update 57 on the Test and Test Copy servers have encountered an intriguing error message when they try to purchase something from the Broker. (don't be alarmed by my ProfitUI broker window, it's the message in the lower right that is worth a second look):

You must upgrade to at least a Gold membership in order to purchase items from the broker.

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AlienShine
July 27, 2010 @ 10:04 am

A hint to F2P ?!

Starseeker
July 27, 2010 @ 10:26 am

That is interesting. We'll see hopefully later today when the big "announcement" happens.

jasonmicron
July 27, 2010 @ 10:39 am

Certainly looks like F2P to me. Either that or they forgot to turn that off for GU57... Interesting that they're playing with that internally.

I doubt the "big announcement" would be concerning this.

brammator
July 27, 2010 @ 10:43 am

http://twitpic.com/296c16 if you don't mind using your pictures.

jasonmicron
July 27, 2010 @ 10:46 am

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=483422

Thread LOCKED, this mentioned by Amnerys:

Hey everybody! I need to politely ask you to hold tight for a short time. We've got some info coming very soon. SMILEY

Locking this thread so we can get our ducks gathered on this end a bit before our original plan. Please don't start any new threads just yet... stand by. SMILEY

jasonmicron
July 27, 2010 @ 10:50 am

And this:

Hey everyone! We've got some new stuff going up on out Test environment today. Please hang tight for an official announcement later this morning (Pacific Time). SMILEY

Any new threads created will be promptly removed until we're ready to make the official announcement.

Thanks!

jasonmicron
July 27, 2010 @ 10:51 am

What kind of idiot is running this? Who decided to push stuff to test that hasn't been announced yet and when feedback is given from the test environment the official stance is "kindly shut up please"???????

Blockhead
July 27, 2010 @ 11:11 am

F2P, I really hope that's the big announcement!

Paill
July 27, 2010 @ 11:17 am

This is exactly a FTP feature.

Just like the trial accounts cant trade items or talk in chat until they upgrade the membership, this is the exact same thing.

They will copy Warhammer and make the 1st 10 or 20 levels FTP.

abitterbeing
July 27, 2010 @ 11:19 am

I knew it, i think this is going to ruin the game. soe didnt make him new SP for any reason other than they wanted him to lead the game while it goes F2P.

Blockhead
July 27, 2010 @ 11:29 am

WOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREE TO PLAY BABY, F2P, its happening. Best thing to happen to this game in years!!!! and i don't have to cancel anymore, woot, as there wont be anything to cancel. lol

jasonmicron you are right i just tried to reply to post and when i went to submit it was locked down by Kiara. WOOOOOTTT! Good sign!!!!

brammator
July 27, 2010 @ 12:22 pm

I think "f2p (or whatever) surprize" was saved for fanfaire. Secret strip dancer in a cake, you doing it wrong!

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