Some might call this kind of SWTOR free-to-play fun (Midday LOL)

Today’s LOL is brought to you by Josué Pereira the artist and writer of Nerf Now. In the middle of the summer, BioWare announced that its MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic would switch over to a free-to-play. Last month, the team dropped the first F2P patch on the test server. This prompted Jo to illustrate the comic above.

Now, I’m a SWTOR fan. Despite some of the negative reactions from a great number of fans and the subscription drop off in March, I am still having fun in the game and will continue to do so for quite some time. However, I have to admit that a lot of the restrictions on F2P players in SWTOR don’t actually encourage players to buy a subscription. Most of the restrictions I see reflect what Jo is saying in the comic:

It makes the ride very uncomfortable.

It forces people to subscribe not because it’s fun but because it’s not fun to play without it. Hopefully, the free-to-play team realizes this flaw and changes a lot of the extraneous limitations like toolbars, titles, and bank slots.

SWTOR free-to-play launches today! I’m there trying things out, but if you have any LOLs to share, drop me a line on Twitter or write a comment below.

OK, it’s the middle of the day, you need a laugh to get you over the hump. Lunch is over, and the end of the day seems so far away. It’s time for your mid-day LOL.