According to a report from Develop, Blizzard is working on an unannounced free-to-play game. A source "connected to the matter" says the company has already started a free-to-play project, seeking to expand their offerings to both "fremium" and subscription-based titles, but could provide no further details.
While Blizzard has declined to comment, this would not be the first time the topic has come up. At BlizzCon this past October, Blizzard COO Paul Sams commented on the free-to-play model, stating that while it was possible under the right circumstances, they did not have any firmly established plans to adopt it themselves. Given that was only six months ago, this project is likely in its infancy at best. You know, if it exists (please don't hurt me, Blizzard lawyers).
New Blizzard game 'to be free-to-play' [Develop via Game Informer]
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3:00 PM on 02.23.2012 | 
1) Blizzard is going to micro-transaction the shit out of whatever game this is
2) WoW is probably going under the knife, and I wouldn't doubt it could be as soon as next year.
After trying DCUO, I am convinced there are right ways to do free-to-play. I think it is perfectly safe to assume that Blizzard will do something cool, without butchering their existing games.
Why are we even calling F2P "Free to play" because the way the makers gimp the experience you're not playing and the prices they bill you to get anything close to what a game should be is usually way more than what a retail game and sub would cost.
Let's just call it what it is: a Scam. It's a money grab to get you to pay even more for a "free" title than you would for a straight purchase. It's bullshit and needs to end.
most mmorpg players are rpg players maybe we need to stop making the mmo and start making single player rpgs.
Pay for each dungeon... each class (beyond warrior/thief/cleric)... each month of raids... each bracket of PVP...
Oh, and for each 'patch' (ie the two or three dungeons a quarter that 15$ a month normally provides)
Did I miss anything?
Oh. You can also pay real money for XP boosts, and to customize your character beyond the first few starting skins. Probably have to pay real cash for any kind of glowy enchant. (People just love paying for aesthetics)
Maybe this will be the biggest "AAA" F2P game. 'Course, I could just be cynical and it could just be a stupid mobile game like tinytower.
RIP Blizzard
Just as long as they dont try to fuck it up with some hybrid model like AoC or LotRO, freemium can actually be pretty good.