Everquest II Transitioning to Free-to-Play in December
It seems a lot of MMO’s have been making the choice to go free-to-play recently, and SOE has announced that Everquest II is the latest to do so. EQII has had a F2P service in place for a while now, known as EverQuest II: Extended, but soon all servers will be operating under the same model.
Under this new structure, there will be three levels of membership:
- Gold membership in EverQuest II will provide access to all races and classes (except the Freeblood race and the Beastlord class) and is identical in all ways to the current subscription status on EQII Live servers.
- The free membership level will be called “Free” instead of “Bronze.”
- Silver membership now costs 500 Station Cash instead of 1,000 Station Cash.
- Players can no longer purchase a Platinum membership. Existing Platinum memberships will continue until they expire.
Wondering what each level of membership is entitled to? Read on:
What is included with the Free membership?
Free players have access to a lot of content in the world of Norrath. You’ll have tons of gameplay at your fingertips. Additional content, features and services are unlocked through individual purchases or by upgrading your membership to another tier.
- Create characters in any of eight classes
- Choose from four different races
- Advance up to the current level capWhat is included with the Silver membership?
With your one-time purchase of a Silver membership for 500 Station Cash, you are permanently raised to that membership level. There is no recurring fee for this membership.
- Two additional character slots (four in total)
- In additional bag slot for your inventory (three in total)
- More chat options (/shout, /auction, /level)
- Extra inventory capacity
- Increased quest journal limit
- The ability to create guilds… and more!What is included with the Gold membership?
A Gold membership is $14.99 per month. Gold members can choose either a recurring or non-recurring payment method.
- Seven character slots, full access to all races
- Ability to equip Legendary and Fabled items
- Full access to Master character skills/spells
- Six bag slots for your inventory (instead of only two or four)
- Unlimited coin limits
- Access to the “Broker,” our huge in-game player-to-player marketplace so that you can buy and sell with other players for in-game coins
- Actively hold up to 75 quests in your quest journal
