While Hi-Rez is hard at work at Tribes Ascend, they haven't forgotten about Global Agenda either. Have you?
If you have, maybe you'll be happy to know that the MMO shooter will go free-to-play through a mid-April 'Free Agent' 1.4 update. The update adds a 'Dome Defense Raid' for high-level content, a Capture The Flag styled Mercenary PvP mode with pilotable robots (!), revised skill-trees and some other changes.
Although you'll be able to play for free with no level restriction and access to all playable content, you can also pay a one-time fee ($19.99/£13,99/€15,99) to get double XP earnings, credits and tokens, as well as access to things like the Auction House and in-game mail. Really not a bad deal if you ask me, and free-to-play has done wonders to MMOs like Lord of the Rings Online before.
Check below for a full description of the free-to-play and paid user differences.
Free-to-Play
- No Level Restriction
- Ability to earn all of the game’s current items without spending real money.
- Access to all of the game’s current playable content, including:
- Sonoran Desert Open Zone
- Special Ops PvE (1- to 4-person Co-Op)
- 10v10 Mercenary PvP
- 4v4 Arena PvP
- Double Agent PvPE
- 10-person Defense Raids (including the new Dome Defense Mission coming in version 1.4).
- Agency vs Agency Gameplay (AvA)
Elite Agent - One-time purchase of $19.99/£13,99/€15,99
- Earn End-of-Mission XP at twice the rate of a Free-to-Play user
- Earn End-of-Mission Credits and Tokens at twice the rate of a Free-Play user
- Earn End-of-Mission Elite Loot upon winning an instanced PvE or PvP match
- Choose which PvP gametypes you would like to play when queuing for Mercenary PvP.
- Access the Auction House
- Access In-Game Mail
- Less restrictive chat capabilities
- No ads for in-game voice
- Ability to create Agencies
- Higher Login priority
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Contest:
3:20 PM on 04.07.2011 | 
Now I can get it for free.
I am so smart.
Anyone who bought the game for $7.50 gets the elite account.
So now I would have to pay $19.99 instead of $7.50
I am so dumb.
I always wanted to try the MMO part of this out; Didn't seem worth it.
Guaranteed download when it goes free.
Definitely worth the money spent. I paid 7.50 through a 50% off sale and a further 50% off coupon on their site.
There's also a big skill tree rebalance incoming which should be good fun.