Oh, let's hope so. Lord of the Rings Online is considering improving its business model.
https://massivelyop.com/2021/07/15/lotro-considers-improving-its-business-model-as-players-present-weatherstock-xiii/
When the game was still subscription-based, the storyline was good and the gameplay challenging.
After the release of Mines of Moria expansion, the game became free-to-play and quality dwindled with every new expansion. Their Store was very aggressively marketed, it really got annoying. It was sad to see the decline.
I hope they manage to fix that shit and improve the storyline and quests which was my major reason to stop playing. Nobody wants to muck stables or fetch simple stuff anymore near endgame.
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@freemo It's probably way too late for Standing Stone Games to go back to a subscription model in this day and age. But if they can actually tackle the things that Turbine started slacking on once they switched to a 'Freemium' model, they might stand a chance.
The base game (all up until and with Mines of Moria) is still decent and enjoyable. It's just after Moria that you can see that the storyline starts to suck. Especially Rohan.. oh gods...
Freemium is not a reason to make the game suck. Guild Wars 2 tackles it nicely.
I can only hope SSG knows what they're doing. They did also let this fester on for too long.
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@trinsec I dunno, most people I know will not touch a game if its free-to-play with a 10 foot pole.. My guess would be if they went back to a subscription model it would significantly improve their appeal
@freemo Probably depends on whether they have a fair amount of whales. 99% crap players, 1% rich players that pay for everything. Then a subscription model will be far away.
I wouldn't mind subscription model coming back... I'm a lifetimer so it wouldn't affect me much. ;)
@trinsec I'd probably give them another try if they went back to a subscription model.