Sony Online Entertainment decides to make its major project EverQuest II a free game – EverQuest II Extended. In EverQuest, the new price structure includes Brionze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum payment tiers. Users who previously paid a monthly subscription fee for EverQuest II access are now Gold-level customers. EverQuest II Extended will support an in-game shop where players can buy virtual goods including content, equipment, and enhancements.

The new Bronze tier allows anyone to play Everquest II for free with restricted access to game content. Their characters have only two bag slots, can carry only 5 gold per level, may receive but not send in-game mail, no shared bank slots, only 20 active Journal quest slots, restricted access to the broker system, restricted access to in-game chat, may not create guilds and so on.

As the Silver tier, players gain another character slot and access to Expert-tier spells. Silver-tier characters gain an additional bag slot, can carry 20 gold per level, gain 2 shared bank slots, 40 active Journal quest slots, unlimited access to in-game chat, and the right to create guilds.

Gold-tier characters have 6 bag slots, no limitations on gold carrying, can send in-game mail, have 8 shared bank slots, 75 active Journal quest slots, and unlimited access to the broker system.

With the new payment choice, a player can choose one suits him most.

Edit by Judy