Archeage Unchained

Archeage Unchained (AAU) was announced on August 19, 2019 and launched on October 15, 2019. It had the same content and the same updates as legacy Archeage but featured a new monetization model. Unchained advertised itself as the correction of asymmetries between free-2-play players or subscribers and thus symmetrical player vs. player content. On December 2nd, ArcheAge Unchained was acquired by Kakao Games, who restructured the pricing model and replaced it with a subscription model. The takeover resulted in frustration by players who already paid for the game with the assumption to only pay once for it as a pay-to-play game, resulting in falling ratings in various review sections after the takeover.

Features

 * No patron subscription next to free-2-play players, everyone is effectively a patron.
 * A rebalanced and reworked marketplace, so that it doesn't offer gameplay advantages anymore but is purely cosmetic instead.
 * Archepass was added, similar in style to a Battlepass of other games. Battlepass increased the rewards of daily mission to include cosmetic rewards.
 * Shared content and updates between ArcheAge Legacy version and ArcheAge Unchained version.
 * It isn't possible to transfer characters between ArcheAge Legacy version and ArcheAge Unchained version.

Current Pricing (Kakao Games)
The following subscription models are available:

30 days: $9.99

90 days: $27.99

180 days: $51.99

Old Pricing (until December 2022)
The game had 3 seperate pricing tiers. A purchase included no further subscription fees. A higher prize included bundles with additional cosmetics, player titles, or similar items.

Silver Chainbreaker: $25.99

Gold Chainbreaker: $49.99

Archeum Chainbreaker: $79.99

Following the acquisition by Kakao Games, players who previously purchased any of the packs received a 60-day subscription and an extra 30-day trial. Likewise, players who purchased additional DLCs received additional subscription days after acquisition.