#mmo subscriptions

Back at the start of the month we got the news that LOTRO was going to have something of a price increase when it came to some of their subscription plans.  SSG was really easing their way into the whole thing, but it still caused a few people to lose their minds. I covered this with my usual dive into “Hey, everything costs more how can we expect prices to stay the same?” routine that gets no…

We got a bit of a surprise announcement from SSG last week about LOTRO getting an increase in some of the available subscription options.  The base monthly price will still be $15 a month, but there will be less of a discount for multi month plans. Lord of the Rings Online Here is the price increase in US dollars. Old per Month New Per Month Old Total New Total % increase 3 Month…

Up front I am going to admit that my knowledge of Ship of Heroes is cursory at best. I see no ship, only heroes For example, I could not tell you if the game takes place on an actual ship, or if the heroes live on ships or sail around on them, or if you’re supposed to “ship” characters (which is to envision them in romantic relationships), or if the ship in the title is a metaphor, like the “ship…

Wasn’t I just complaining earlier this week about how much longer Cataclysm Classic had left and how much of a drag that seemed?  Well, Blizz has come out and has… I don’t know… given us some mixed news.  Maybe it won’t be quite as long as last Novembers 2025 roadmap indicated. Blizzard WoW Classic 2025 Roadmap We’re not getting anything in spring despite the placement of the MoP logo, but…

Life is Feudal was a sandbox MMO that came out of the Life is Feudal series of games back in 2017 and then shut down in January of 2021. Life is very much that at times I really did not pay that much attention to it as a game.  I mentioned it as an outlier possibility in my gaming outlook for 2017, but by the time the year closed and I did my review of 2017, it did not make the cut.  I wasn’t…

Last Day Before the EVE Online Price Increase

As announced about a month back, 5omorrow the base EVE Online subscription price will jump by 33%. Where “update” means “increase” This will be the pricing on Tuesday. New Prices as of May 17, 2022 One month is going from $14.95 to $19.99, with other currencies getting price bumps to keep them in line with the US dollar and Euro. Likewise, PLEX will be getting its own price increase, it being…

CCP Raising the EVE Online Subscription Price to $20 a Month Starting May 17th

About a year back I was on about how the subscription model for MMORPGs had basically been static the early 2000s, wondering how long it could hold out?  $15 a month had been the default for so long and none dare change it, lest they alienate their customer base, lest the press the question as to how much the players value the game. And so the industry has treated the whole topic by falling back…

On Perks and Paying More

While I was away last week I saw a dev post come up in the EverQuest forums (I subscribe to the dev post feed in Feedly and, while it delivers a lot of garbage… you get every reply to a dev started topic… it does pop up something interesting now and then) about a new monetization scheme for the game. Not being able to write about them at the time, I forwarded a link over to Bhagpuss who put…