Wafu, currently in open beta, has come out and told us exactly why we should subscribe to the game. When it launches on February 29th, it will have to levels of membership: free and premium. From the looks of it, you'll want to shell out the $6.00 a month if you want the real experience. Oh, and if you subscribe before February 27th, you can get some pioneer clothes. So yeah, there's that.
Premium membership imposes no restrictions on the player, so you're free to be and go where you want. On the flip side, the free version seems somewhat lackluster -- some of the key features like the ecosystem and government mechanics are locked out.
I've played the beta for an admittedly small amount of time, but so far I'm quite enjoying myself. I'm a huge SRPG fan and Wakfu has done a great job of blending the fighting mechanic into the open MMO world. It doesn't feel forced and battles flow pretty naturally. I'm also looking forward to getting more involved in the politics of the game to see if they actually work like I want them to.
Exclusive WAKFU Premium Membership Benefits:
- Raise to the highest levels possible
- Access to all nations and territories
- Access to all dungeons
- Ability to create and join guilds
- Access to fast public transportation
- Learn and master all 16 crafting and harvesting professions
- Access to in-game currency
- Directly impact the world’s ecosystem
- Vote and or run for public office
- Participate in PvP battles and conquer new lands
- Greater variety of emotes, expressions and tricks
- Exclusive rewards for upgrading and renewing premium membership
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7:30 PM on 02.02.2012 | 
Yes, because Lord forbid people make money for producing a video game.
Damn evil company wants to feed their families. Can't have that.
There is a microtransaction store, but I'm told it's completely aesthetic
Pretty much the sub fee lets you do when people have been doing for the past 4 years with nothing new or any side benefits tossed in, and playing for free limits you to the starting area in wich is only good for under lv15 range, along with out the abblity to make kamas(in game gold, sad attempt to hide this as a anti bot measure but meh.) Not sure why they just don't take the mirco transaction model like every other worthwhile mmo.
Right now as things are the games community is drastically small as is, and on feb 29 after we see what minimal fixes they make, the game will most likely lose half its player base over night.
I downloaded the game yesterday eve after checking this article, I love this game as much as I can after only reaching level 9, I have no issues with paying a sub fee as long as I'm not expected to buy a box, although the community seems to suck about as much as that of most freemium games.
And now they're locking away most of it? I would have understood if they made the open beta's content be the freemium version, but from the looks of things, they're stripping a directionless MMO of what few direction it had.