WoW allows players to buy game time with in-game currency.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/15/feature/9448/World-of-Warcraft-Play-to-Play-for-Free.html

Damn Blizzard...

Mod Edit: Changed title as original was misleading.

That's not going free to play. It's implementing a system where you can buy game time with in-game currency and where players can buy in-game currency with real money.

This system is used in a lot of games. You can buy time as tokens then sell that time to other players for in-game currency.

You still have to own the base game and if you do not make enough in-game currency, you have to pay the subscription fee.

I changed the title since your original title was completely wrong.

Bet it feels like a job when you attempt to make gold in order to pay for your subscription.

so fun.

that's not how f2p works god.

so then similar to how Eve online works? about time they implemented a system like that

Sounds cool.

agreed my friend.

Yeah and Wildstar's C.R.E.D.D system, actually works quite well.

One of the upsides to these systems are they give a person a legitimate and completely safe means to get in game currency. Sure it won't solve the gold seller problems completely but it'll put a dent in their income and might save some accounts from getting hacked.

If only I could pay money to get new content.

I miss vanilla WoW

Didn't EVE Online invent that system?

It was a good idea back in that game, and is an even better idea here.