While World of Warcraft isn't going to free -to-play any time soon, Blizzard is taking steps to open it up to more people by creating an "unlimited trial period." And by unlimited they mean you can play it as long as you want without paying up to level 20. Anyone signing up for a free trial can now play the game indefinitely, though players cap out at level 20. That might seem like a big deal until you consider that, with all the latest expansions, you can play the game up until level 85. Trial restrictions still apply, of course.
Blizzard more than likely adjusted its trial period - which used to be ten days - to draw in more subscribers. The company has slowly been losing subscribers over the last year and it is trying to come up with new ways to reel current and new subscribers in. While the new trial is one way to do that, the company also said that it is trying to shorten the time period between expansions to keep players engaged.
Source: Gamasutra
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Re: World of Warcraft Trial Now Unlimited
Cata was a horrible mistake though they gave the game a huge facelift lets face it the end game content sucked and the developers have defended it since the launch of cata which is the problem. Their excuse was that people liked Wraith but the developers didn't and wanted to create a harder more complex game....this is the result
Re: World of Warcraft Trial Now Unlimited
Well I guess since the trial last longer then 10 days now I guess I can give wow another shot.
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Re: World of Warcraft Trial Now Unlimited
About time they did this.