Okay fellow pirates - here is my experience as a Beta 2 tester and the "free" version. I did have unlimited access - meaning I could create up to 4 pirates on my account and do all the quests that give special powers to TP to the other major islands as well as getting new skills on your weapons. I had a level 16 pirate, level 11 and level 6. (Have been trying doing things differently with each - to see which works best for me) - ANYWAY, over the weekend, I was switched from full access to basic access - which is what you would get if you play the free version. The ads were very distracting; you do have have fullscreen access; quests are locked early on; weapon skills become locked (my 2 that had voodoo dolls could pull them out but they no longer worked) - I could no longer TP to any of the islands I had finished the quests for. That is only what I recall off the top of my head but as a player who isn't very skilled at these kind of games, I can tell you anybody with any experience will max out of the free version (as far as leveling up) most likely in 2 hours. I did tell them in my bug reports I thought they should make more of it free but I suppose they want those that pay to feel like they are getting something... I mean you could continue to play - sailing around in the smallest boat and watching everybody else with much cooler weapons - but I didn't find it any fun. They did switch me back to unlimited when the weekend was over and everything works perfectly like it did - but the bottom line is this - Yes, there will be a free version - it won't include much. To fully enjoy the game, you will need to pay for it. And as a footnote, IF they ever let us change our clothes (something girls like to do from time to time anyway) I doubt we will have to purchase them - I think it would be more like VMK where you just pull up the menu and change that way) However, I would be surprised if we were allowed to change clothes - too many other things going on in the game and that has got to be the least of their worries. Sorry to be the one with bad news here but I have first hand experience.
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