Why Dota 2 should be free-to-play

You may or may not want Dota 2 to be free-to-play (F2P), but there are is a reason why it could and it should be, Valv^E is the developer behind the game.

There are generally 2 reasons why people don’t want Dota 2 to be F2P:

• The games will be flooded with noobs and trolls that don’t care about playing well and making sure everyone’s having fun.
• F2P means having to pay later for DLC (downloadable content) to unlock the full game (heroes, items, etc.)

Both are legitimate reasons, but I trust that Valv^E knows best than locking up part of the game behind paid DLC. Also, with a decent matchmaking system, experienced player won’t ever be matched against new or annoying players.

F2P with Valv^E means:

• A free game available to everyone, including all your friends.
• A game with plenty of paid DLC to unlock aesthetic modifications to the game. Furthermore, there’s a possibility that the paid DLC will be available to players for free by simply playing a lot, like most of the content for Team Fortress 2.
• A game where content creators from the community will be able to make some money (or a lot).

So, as long as Valv^E addresses the 2 issues, a F2P Dota 2 would be awesome for everyone and it can be very profitable for the company as Team Fortress 2 has shown countless times.