10-29-2007, 02:04 AM
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One big advantage of the non-subscriber/subscriber HG:L model is that you can unsubscribe but still continue playing the game on a casual basis, or try it again on a whim 9 months later (as opposed to WoW, say, where once you unsubscribe, you're just locked out unless you resubscribe).
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True. Although you will be locked out from a lot if you don't pay. You only have 3 character slots on the free to play version, versus 24 (last I heard) on the subscribtion version. If you then pay and create more than 3 characters, you will be locked out from the extras if you stop to pay. The characters will be in a 'void' so to speak and will not be deleted.
You will also loose access to the extra classes you gain from paying, and the extra stash space. I don't know what will happen if you have socketed armor and you then stop to pay. As far as I was told, you don't have access to socketed armor if you don't pay.
So you are technically right, when you say you are not locked out if you stop to pay, but I wonder if it won't feel like being locked out, because you will loose access to such much you had before.