[konidias]

I never really got into Zone. It isn't really "Graal" and I don't like the fact that there isn't really anything to do aside from kill kill kill. I mean, Counterstrike is successful because it's an excellent first person shooter. Zone is nothing like CS and can't really be compared to it on ANY level.

I agree that the solution to the problem is not going to be solved by giving Trials MORE freedom. I think once they implement the "friend can pay for your upgrade" feature, then it will bring more upgrades to Graal. Most people just don't have a way of paying for the upgrade, even if they have the money and want to. Either because they have no way to do it, or it's too much work.

Trial use is exactly what the name implies. It's a trial. It's to test the game, to see if you like the game... not to play the game for months on end and never upgrade. It's not a "free" mode, which I think most people confuse it as. A pay per month think might work though... if it were cheap enough. Some people might not want to be committed to the game for 6 months to a year. Especially a game like Zone where there isn't really any benefit to reserving gold for 6-12 months. If it's like 40 a year for gold, they could sell monthly subscriptions for like $3.