PW looks like an awesome game, is it really free?

rattfan · November 2009

This game looks to awesome to be free to play online. I am downloading right now. I have 3 hours left before I can play PW. I read items in the game a person might have to pay for. This game looks cooler than another role playing game I used play, that I prob can't mention here. I still can't believe a game this cool looking, and looks so much fun to play is free. For real?

Wow! this game really looks amazing.

Vitenka - Dreamweaver · November 2009

Yes, you can play entirely for free.

You'll have a hard time competing on the PVP servers, and be less effective on the PVE servers than those who pay - but you can.

Once upon a two-months-ago you could even reasonably expect to be able to buy the 'nice-to-have' cash shop items (you can buy the currency from other players for in-game cash) but inflation has recently gone through the roof and this has ceased to be a particularly viable option. (You can still do it, but you need to save up for much longer than before)

But yes, yes you can. Enjoy!

rattfan · November 2009

Vitenka - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Yes, you can play entirely for free.

You'll have a hard time competing on the PVP servers, and be less effective on the PVE servers than those who pay - but you can.

Once upon a two-months-ago you could even reasonably expect to be able to buy the 'nice-to-have' cash shop items (you can buy the currency from other players for in-game cash) but inflation has recently gone through the roof and this has ceased to be a particularly viable option. (You can still do it, but you need to save up for much longer than before)

But yes, yes you can. Enjoy!

I am new, so I am wondering if you know how much it cost to play the paid version, and is there a monthly fee, and how much does it cost? Anyway it is still awesome I can play for free if I don't have the cash, but once I get paid again I would like to know about the paid version, if that is ok to ask. Thanks.

Vitenka - Dreamweaver · November 2009

You can pay as much or as little as you want.
(You need to do some extra confirmation email stuff if, for some reason, you want to put in more than $50 a day)

Each $1 you put in turns into 1 'gold' which you then use for in-game items.

Not sure how much this will mean to you until you've played the game a bit, but a list of the items you can buy and their costs is here:
http://pwi-wiki.perfectworld.com/index.php/Cash_Shop

The 'vital' items that most people want are:
Bank and inventory expansion. (And cage if you're a venomancer)
A ground mount.
Later on in the game, Charms. (And on a PVP server, possibly, guardian angels and binding charms)

Dynaskid_MM - Dreamweaver · November 2009

Vitenka - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Yes, you can play entirely for free.

You'll have a hard time competing on the PVP servers, and be less effective on the PVE servers than those who pay - but you can.

Once upon a two-months-ago you could even reasonably expect to be able to buy the 'nice-to-have' cash shop items (you can buy the currency from other players for in-game cash) but inflation has recently gone through the roof and this has ceased to be a particularly viable option. (You can still do it, but you need to save up for much longer than before)

But yes, yes you can. Enjoy!

yeah gold is too expensive now -_-
i remember when it was only 100-200k cheap times lol

Helpinz_you - Sanctuary · November 2009

Dynaskid_MM - Dreamweaver wrote: »

yeah gold is too expensive now -_-
i remember when it was only 100-200k cheap times lol

yeah, now its over 500k every server
(supposedly 1000k on one server, not sure if thats true or not)

_Aphrael_ - Sanctuary · November 2009

you can play perfectly well and be just as effective in pve without spending anything in the cash shop. it just takes a little more time and skill. pvp servers are a different so if like me you want to play without spending any real life cash i wuold suggest you play a pve server. if you decide to join the sanctuary server pm in game and i'l give you a few tips on getting started

MagicHamsta - Lost City · November 2009

b:chuckle
lols me play just fine in a PvP server.
b:victory
and me don't cash shop at all lols~
but then again me gear is about 10-20 levels behind.
b:shocked

rattfan · November 2009

_Aphrael_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

you can play perfectly well and be just as effective in pve without spending anything in the cash shop. it just takes a little more time and skill. pvp servers are a different so if like me you want to play without spending any real life cash i wuold suggest you play a pve server. if you decide to join the sanctuary server pm in game and i'l give you a few tips on getting started

Right now I am re-downloading the game because the first time it took like about 7 hours. I thought it was 3 hours but I went to sleep..I woke up thinking I could play. Nope. Today I got the message some files were corrupt, so I am downloading again. And I started downloading at 1PM and it is now 5PM.. It's at 64 percent done in part 2..LOL

So anyway if I can get this game to work I would like a few tips, but I don't know if I can get the game to work, or not. I'll let you know if I will be joining the game. I really want to play but hopefully this time I can get the download to work. I don't have a disk and it was like it was asking for a disk. Then I get the files have been corrupted. If i get the message again, there will be nothing more I can do because I don't have the pw disk.

If I do get on and play you said to join the pve server, ok I will do that, if I am able to make this pw download work. bTW I am 66 percent done with the file upload and still counting. LOL.

rattfan · November 2009

I am now 70 percent done in part 2 of Pwi game Client. I have 18.6 Gb of free space. I have to talk about something while I wait this out. I hope this is enough space to download the next set of files, because the first time I got that far, it said not enough disk space. However I did clear out some space after that message. If I do get the game to work I could see something freezing, or locking up. lol. Nothing like a dell pc. cough, cough.

This is like new years day. I am doing a countdown of this big file..Yea it only took 6 to 7 hours. Still I sit and wait it out. I am waiting for 80 percent next.
This could take 30 minutes. LOL.

rattfan · November 2009

My current time is not set right on this message board. It reads 4 something but really it is almost 6pm where I live in IL. Anyway I am now 80 percent done and I started at 1pm..

I am just counting down this download. Yay! I am almost done, then one more download to go through and I pray it works this time.

80 percent completed...b:pleased

Helpinz_you - Sanctuary · November 2009

i downloaded it fine without a disk
i dont think there actually is a disk...
there better not be supposed to be a disk

maybe thats why i dc so much...

P.S. - I'm on the sanctuary server as well, so feel free to pm me ingame once you get it working if you need help with anything, or want something explained.
(only if you choose sanctuary server of course b:victory)

Reardon - Heavens Tear · November 2009

It really is free. You don't have to spend any money out of pocket to play. You purchase "premium" items from either the boutique (online store) or from other players (catshops). If it sounds weird, once you get in game you'll understand what I mean about catshop.

You can do perfectly well in any class without buying any of the premium items, although having the premium items makes the game much easier. But, as someone has already mentioned, the items you may want to consider purchasing are the safe, cage and inventory extension stones. I'd suggest getting the super-stones since they max out your bank/cage/inventory in one shot rather than doing it bit by bit.

I think the game is worth the long download time because the graphics are incredible and the people you meet and interact with only make the gameplay more memorable.

Pettygil - Heavens Tear · November 2009

Reardon - Heavens Tear wrote: »

It really is free. You don't have to spend any money out of pocket to play. You purchase "premium" items from either the boutique (online store) or from other players (catshops). If it sounds weird, once you get in game you'll understand what I mean about catshop.

You can do perfectly well in any class without buying any of the premium items, although having the premium items makes the game much easier. But, as someone has already mentioned, the items you may want to consider purchasing are the safe, cage and inventory extension stones. I'd suggest getting the super-stones since they max out your bank/cage/inventory in one shot rather than doing it bit by bit.

I think the game is worth the long download time because the graphics are incredible and the people you meet and interact with only make the gameplay more memorable.

I was in the game before Service Maintenance, so yes it is free. It is cool there is a game that is free to play. However I had to download the game 2 times because the first time the files were corrupt and now I have very little space now on my PC. The download today, along with the updates took 9 hours, so I am glad it is all done now. Thanks for explaining somethings. Well now I can play as soon as the SM is done. I will be running and running without stopping, then you will know it is me. lol..I am not used to the keyboard controls. I am so tired but I want to play a little more before bed.

Pettygil - Heavens Tear · November 2009

Helpinz_you - Sanctuary wrote: »

i downloaded it fine without a disk
i dont think there actually is a disk...
there better not be supposed to be a disk

maybe thats why i dc so much...

P.S. - I'm on the sanctuary server as well, so feel free to pm me ingame once you get it working if you need help with anything, or want something explained.
(only if you choose sanctuary server of course b:victory)

LOL. You better get the disk, that way you will not DC..haha. j/k...After the 2nd time the game did install, 9 hours later but hey it's working and I can play.

PW looks like an awesome game, is it really free?

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