Sub cost?!

@TimberIIII

I'm an aussie and think the price is acceptable, I pay more then the subscription cost for a burger and a drink , you have the option not to sub and play as preferred , it is a choice

not much else to say really

Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

As i have explained on the SWTOR forums, there are some big issues with current f2pain system.

In some EU countries, the monthly cost of subbing is the equivalent of 1 week of food resources.

Crippling F2Ps with absurdities like 350k credits limit while an ops pass is 2-3 times that only reduces the number of SUB players because they will be unable to play along with their f2p friends, Seen guilds disband due to this. The main thing that could bring back players is increasing the credit limit access for f2p/pref. At least 1mil is the minimum necessary for basics. Other MMOs offer 10 times that for free players and unlocks to 1 billion with just a cc-equivalent purchaseable unlock.

And instead of taking everything from 2fp/prefs, maybe the game should award subs more, not cripple the other ones. Good and better is way more nicer than crippled and not crippled.

There are many things that can be detailed here, which of most have been talked about on the official forums, but the situation remains overall a very sad one.

Wait, you have to pay conversion rates and whatnot? ^_- 

They don't just let you pay in your own valuta?

I pay 12.99 euros a month, which is about 18 CAD....just like they pay 12.99 dollars in the US (I guess)

How can they ask more?

By the single month, subscription is 14.99 USD, the 12.99 USD/month rate is how it breaks down if you pay 6 months at a time. That does sound odd that it would be that much, may want to give them a call and let them sort it out, they can be contacted via Skype at no cost, but I don't recall the details.

As for f2p/preferred/sub, I do agree that it should be base game for f2p with a healthy credit cap, a few more features for preferred, and then nice bonuses for subs, but then that would encourage people to stay f2p. I play another game that give their subs bonuses, and the preferred status there is decent enough that I stay at that level, because I can really only do one sub. As for Ops passes costing so much, that is the market, someone charged that much, some one was willing to pay it, and so the price stuck at a stupid level. On the other hand, I have a guildie that made millions selling them at 350k each when he had a glut of Cartel Coins. But, those prices are not set by the game, they are set by the players, game cost is 240 CC, the rest is buyers and sellers.

Ferengi are buying the 350k ones, x2 the price and resell them.