ArchLord - Subscription Free

This post on the official ArchLord message board announces that the Codemasters MMORPG is now free to play, discontinuing the monthly fees for the game.

People who paid for subscriptions fees ahead of time will be refunded their money:

That's right, today is the last day billing date, so December 4 - January 4 will be the last month of billing for ArchLord. We shall no longer be taking subscriptions as of today (December 4). Those of you that have paid for more game time in bulk will be refunded; the full details of how players will be affected will be explained in an email you shall be receiving over the next couple of days.

I have seen a number of posts on this subject their appears to be a divide between players on Free To Play being a good idea or not. Despite going Free To Play ArchLord will still continue to receive its usual high level of support. I know some of you have noted that the GM count has been reduced but this will not have any impact on the degree of support you will receive. We have reduced the number of GMs to keep inline with staffing requirements, we were previously over supported. Content - ArchLord will carry on receiving updates from NHN and we shall continue to request updates from them. Season II: Season of Siege shall be posted on to our test server soon and we fully intend to open that up and allow you guys to help us with testing.

I am sure that you will all have your thoughts on this and I look forward to reading them but please remember everyone is allowed to post a comment so do not start flaming people if you disagree with them. We at Codemasters Online Gaming feel this is the best move for ArchLord. It will open the game up to new players, providing a steady stream of PvP candidates for you all to do battle with.

ArchLord is not going to be shutdown, a fear I have seen some of you voice. I and the ArchLord team are committed to the game and ensuring that it does well. We realise that it's not perfect yet but are working hard to improve the game and are in daily communication with NHN discussing game changes, bugs, etc. Those of you are that are currently playing I hope you continue to do so, those that have left please come back and carry on playing ArchLord really does have a lot of exciting content coming up.