hey guys! 🤍 i should mention that the free areas in krok are only the oasis and it’s side areas, not ALL of krok that will be free. Sorry for the mishap, but still a really big upgrade to pushing back the paywall :D
I agree with what you said in the video wizard city and krok should be free. Reason being is because a lot of stuff is unavailable for you to do events are harder when you get higher lvl, week assignments are sometimes impossible to do. i love this game and always will and i cant wait for more years with this game
I think making the entire first arc free eventually would be a really good thing for new player retention. Most other big mmos have very generous free to play trials nowadays, FFXIV has hundreds of hours of content before you need to pay membership, so does Guild Wars 2, the only one that's kind of lacking there is World of Warcraft (but they can get away with it, they're still the biggest).
Lord of the Rings Online has been very generous too, with all content up to level 95 being free (Max level is 150), and letting you adventure into future expansions without paying to do the deed challenges for currency so you can buy the expansions for your time played.
Push the paywall to right to Celestia, so when the player finishes Malistaire and feels really happy, he's saved the spiral, he gets to goto Celestia for another problem and then boom, you slap the paycheck there. And at that point they are too dedicated and hard to refuse.
If they actually did push for this in this update this would be the best update they have done This a step in the right direction, hopefully it's pushed to the entire first arc being free
Honestly it’s a good step but I don’t think it’s nearly enough if they want console to survive. People are not going to want to pay for Xbox live in addition to paying for access to Wizard101. If they had stayed on pc I would’ve applauded this change but again, it’s just not compatible when people would have to pay for two memberships just to play the game on consoles.
I wish they would sell the worlds where when you logged in you could go to the areas tab and view what you have should you want to actually buy everything instead of counting up the crowns.
This probably won’t ever happen, but if it were up to me, I’d make the whole game free, or at least the main quest areas. You could still get a membership and have all the membership bonuses like double pet xp and free energy fishing etc, and then include areas like waterworks and catacombs and stuff. I’m no marketing expert, but I feel like a lot more people would play the game this way. Plus KI probably still makes loads off packs anyway
I feel like making it the first arc is a pretty fair bargain, considering on how many expansions they've made over the years. Here's how I would do it: First option is to make the entire first arc is free (With the limited side areas that was mentioned early on in the video) Second option contain everything, including the side worlds up through Marleybone. By giving you access to Grizleheim, it also teases you a bit into wintertusk, which could incline people to purchase the membership at that point. Overall though, a larger free area is WWAAAYYYY long over due, it should have been added many years ago. It's been the same play time amount for 16 years... That's quite a long time of not encouraging ftp players from playing the game at all. They've been restricting themselves of a lot of memberships by not giving people enough play time early on.
I agree with the majority who think WC and Krok should be free to play. It's still not a whole lot of content, but it's better than not getting to experience anything past level 10.
In terms of Ark 1 being free, I would prefer them updating the graphics of the other worlds 1st and then make the change. However, I do hope this comes to fruition and Wiz City up until the Oasis in Krok is free. Also I hope this means the area im Krok that aren't free should have their prices reduced.
If you have the time, look up games like Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 4 and Final Fantasy 14. I know from personal experience that Elder Scrolls Online has a PC version that is the same as it's console play. The game has a huge base game called Tamriel Unlimited along with the chapter called Morrowind, that is free to play. This base game is as large or larger than all of Wiz. Younger people looking at both games want some sort of incentive, including price to sway them in order to buy the game. And honestly, if a person likes the game of Wiz; I would see making the first arc free with Grizzleheim and Wisteria a good pitch. Here's why. Offering the first arc free allows new people to experience the entire first arc, which leads to the 2nd. Now if they want to continue on with Celestia and the others during the Morgathe saga; they would have to pay for that access. People wanting to continue will be willing to pay or quit. It may seem odd or weird, but when someone gets addicted to playing Wiz, they will want to experience more of the game.
They’re doing this for consoles but imo the entire game should be free to play on console since it is still gonna be a gambling simulator. Console is gonna die after a couple months and it will probably be broken as well.
I personally don’t think the first arc is pushing it. The areas just look so cheaply made. I payed for those areas individually and I don’t mind if they make the first arc free
I been playing since day 1 this game came out the the money hunter really needs to tone down, I dont mind buying world the game has to make money some how, but then you have to pay for areas in said world. you gotta pay the dungeons with in that world. just so money hungry heavy I just got into mooshu cause yeah again I played it sicne day 1 but I cant chuck money at this game willy nilly I can when I will and that takes a lot of time to acually be able to, why cant we pay for one world then everything in that area is free play. making you pay for every little thing really slows you down. yeah you cna pay membership and get it all with out pay but membershop expires, rather buy and keep forever. but yeah idk. hate payiong for areas and dungeons just to finsh a story line and move on
going from 15 minutes of free content to 2 free worlds, that’s a big upgrade. going from 15 minutes to a full arc would 100% be pushing it. over 50% of KI’s revenue comes from membership, pushing it back to dragonspyre would lose them so much money.
It is definitely “pushing it” lol. Kingsisle has done countless free membership periods as well as first arc free. If it made sense for the company to do this financially, trust me, they would. They are collecting data every time they do these periods. It’s clearly not worth it financially for them to make more areas of the game free
hey guys! 🤍 i should mention that the free areas in krok are only the oasis and it’s side areas, not ALL of krok that will be free. Sorry for the mishap, but still a really big upgrade to pushing back the paywall :D
The pay wall does hit ya in the face pretty early on. Making WC and Krok free to play at this point seems like a no brainer.
100%!!
So happy they’re doing this!! I love how everyone who plays agrees that they need to chill out with the pay walls in wizard city
💯!!
I agree with what you said in the video wizard city and krok should be free. Reason being is because a lot of stuff is unavailable for you to do events are harder when you get higher lvl, week assignments are sometimes impossible to do. i love this game and always will and i cant wait for more years with this game
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Great! I want my crowns back :)
😂💯
14 years ago I bought Wizard City 😂
I think making the entire first arc free eventually would be a really good thing for new player retention. Most other big mmos have very generous free to play trials nowadays, FFXIV has hundreds of hours of content before you need to pay membership, so does Guild Wars 2, the only one that's kind of lacking there is World of Warcraft (but they can get away with it, they're still the biggest).
Lord of the Rings Online has been very generous too, with all content up to level 95 being free (Max level is 150), and letting you adventure into future expansions without paying to do the deed challenges for currency so you can buy the expansions for your time played.
Push the paywall to right to Celestia, so when the player finishes Malistaire and feels really happy, he's saved the spiral, he gets to goto Celestia for another problem and then boom, you slap the paycheck there. And at that point they are too dedicated and hard to refuse.
Not me seeing Liahm in the background XD
hes in on it lmao
getting off wiz is the hard part XD
If they actually did push for this in this update this would be the best update they have done
This a step in the right direction, hopefully it's pushed to the entire first arc being free
absolutely!! 💯
I hope so too, it's a decade and a half old now. I remember buying entire PS2 games for £1 each a year after they released back in those days.
It would be so funny if you still couldn't access nightside but you can go to the oasis
LOL RIGHT
Damn i grinded trivia to buy wizard city with crowns. Now 7 years later i just bought like 80% of the game with crowns
I hope this happens really good video :D
me too!! 🤍
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In Wizard City and the Oasis, not the whole Krokotopia.
They should make Point respec free. People love to play around with their characters.
Honestly it’s a good step but I don’t think it’s nearly enough if they want console to survive. People are not going to want to pay for Xbox live in addition to paying for access to Wizard101. If they had stayed on pc I would’ve applauded this change but again, it’s just not compatible when people would have to pay for two memberships just to play the game on consoles.
this is crazy news omg
right?!
the dude from 0:00 to 1:17 in the back just vibing with his pet 😂
I recently purchased both of them with crowns so i'm a little sad...
I wish they would sell the worlds where when you logged in you could go to the areas tab and view what you have should you want to actually buy everything instead of counting up the crowns.
This probably won’t ever happen, but if it were up to me, I’d make the whole game free, or at least the main quest areas. You could still get a membership and have all the membership bonuses like double pet xp and free energy fishing etc, and then include areas like waterworks and catacombs and stuff. I’m no marketing expert, but I feel like a lot more people would play the game this way. Plus KI probably still makes loads off packs anyway
No library why lmao. And secret shop. That is so weird. Why not at least just up to the first zone. Royal Hall or whatever it is.
I feel like making it the first arc is a pretty fair bargain, considering on how many expansions they've made over the years. Here's how I would do it:
First option is to make the entire first arc is free (With the limited side areas that was mentioned early on in the video)
Second option contain everything, including the side worlds up through Marleybone. By giving you access to Grizleheim, it also teases you a bit into wintertusk, which could incline people to purchase the membership at that point.
Overall though, a larger free area is WWAAAYYYY long over due, it should have been added many years ago. It's been the same play time amount for 16 years... That's quite a long time of not encouraging ftp players from playing the game at all. They've been restricting themselves of a lot of memberships by not giving people enough play time early on.
I agree with the majority who think WC and Krok should be free to play. It's still not a whole lot of content, but it's better than not getting to experience anything past level 10.
In terms of Ark 1 being free, I would prefer them updating the graphics of the other worlds 1st and then make the change. However, I do hope this comes to fruition and Wiz City up until the Oasis in Krok is free.
Also I hope this means the area im Krok that aren't free should have their prices reduced.
💯
If you have the time, look up games like Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 4 and Final Fantasy 14.
I know from personal experience that Elder Scrolls Online has a PC version that is the same as it's console play.
The game has a huge base game called Tamriel Unlimited along with the chapter called Morrowind, that is free to play. This base game is as large or larger than all of Wiz.
Younger people looking at both games want some sort of incentive, including price to sway them in order to buy the game.
And honestly, if a person likes the game of Wiz; I would see making the first arc free with Grizzleheim and Wisteria a good pitch.
Here's why. Offering the first arc free allows new people to experience the entire first arc, which leads to the 2nd.
Now if they want to continue on with Celestia and the others during the Morgathe saga; they would have to pay for that access.
People wanting to continue will be willing to pay or quit. It may seem odd or weird, but when someone gets addicted to playing Wiz, they will want to experience more of the game.
This is amazing news!!
I already purchased all of the areas, so this wouldn't affect me as much.
They’re doing this for consoles but imo the entire game should be free to play on console since it is still gonna be a gambling simulator. Console is gonna die after a couple months and it will probably be broken as well.
And my question is if they put Krokotopia on for free, is it just the oasis or can something else come in?
right now it seems like it’s only the oasis and side areas, not all of it! but we won’t know for sure until the update comes out!
I personally don’t think the first arc is pushing it. The areas just look so cheaply made. I payed for those areas individually and I don’t mind if they make the first arc free
all.of krok is not free cause you have to pay for the zones with crowns
yes. the point of this video is to talk about it becoming free!
I remember as a kid grinding everything I possibly could in free wiz cus my parents wouldn't pay for membership loll
I better get my damn crowns back... I just bought those... -_-
New player here. OMG I just bought Krok last night.
If it's gonna be free, I hope they give recent buyers some credit
even though that is fast for a paywall but i feel they need to make money, i dont wanna see the game shutdown cuz they cannot fund it
Wizard City and the Oasis Val, don’t spread misinformation.
the screenshot is in the video!! 😃
Which means, Zeke quests is still pay walled lmao
wizard city was free already minus crab alley and the other ones you have to.pay for
now ALL of it will be free
@@cheervalx woah
Tbh i would complete it under 3 to 4 hrs. I never bought a member still have a max strom a 100 life and 65 myth😂😂. I just wait on members lol
i just bought a new membership...
so do I get my crowns back for krok, firecat, and cyclops? because yeah ima need my crowns back..
no I still think there should be a refund...........
its just crowns. its not like they're giving their money back.
So they only made cyclops and fire at free?
I been playing since day 1 this game came out the the money hunter really needs to tone down, I dont mind buying world the game has to make money some how, but then you have to pay for areas in said world. you gotta pay the dungeons with in that world. just so money hungry heavy I just got into mooshu cause yeah again I played it sicne day 1 but I cant chuck money at this game willy nilly I can when I will and that takes a lot of time to acually be able to, why cant we pay for one world then everything in that area is free play. making you pay for every little thing really slows you down. yeah you cna pay membership and get it all with out pay but membershop expires, rather buy and keep forever. but yeah idk. hate payiong for areas and dungeons just to finsh a story line and move on
Theres literally 170 levels, no shot you just said making arc 1 free is "pushing it"
going from 15 minutes of free content to 2 free worlds, that’s a big upgrade. going from 15 minutes to a full arc would 100% be pushing it. over 50% of KI’s revenue comes from membership, pushing it back to dragonspyre would lose them so much money.
It is definitely “pushing it” lol. Kingsisle has done countless free membership periods as well as first arc free. If it made sense for the company to do this financially, trust me, they would. They are collecting data every time they do these periods. It’s clearly not worth it financially for them to make more areas of the game free
Weird I’m not a member but I’m sitting in marleybone rn 🤔
It's just less of a pay wall false advertisement smh
still rocking the glasses? W
that better then paywall now but not best spot as if i had to place it be end of krok or mooshu bu a way to see next world
I think the reason they're doing this is because of consoles
really good idea!!
First arc free is pushing it??? LOL cap.
It would just be a huge difference!!