I don't understand your whole multiplayer only thing, you get that early access will come with singleplayer and multiplayer right? It's not like the beta.
Or are you somehow suggesting that people will be pissed off that they have to choose SP or MP through the launcher, but surely that's not what you're banging on about.
smh how are you confused about this? TW has the option to make TWO clients, one free and can only access multiplayer/limited customization and the other cost $50 which includes multuplayer , full customization and singleplayer. Why would that work? Because people who are already going to buy the game, will not suffer having a limited free client and will shell out the $50 irregardless. Other people though, who just arent going to buy this game one way or another, might be enticed to downloading a free client, which could eventually result in the sale of a full client somewhere down the line. Just like the argument for cross platform, which seems is a foregone conclusion for Bannerlord, the argument for a free limited client seems to be too tempting for many developers to pass up. Me though? If you are going to try and extract anything out of the devs, might as well go with the free pony.
Cost of food and upkeep means the pony ain't free. Also, I see 62 "No" votes and only 6 "yes", yet only one person talking about free MP which clearly means you voted 6 times. Admit it.
You arent thinking of the big picture. If everyone gets a free pony over night, the demand of services will also sky rocket overnight. with denser service areas to work with, the inevitable saturation of services that would result in the market, a highly competitive end user market would emerge, so we all get the benefit of a free pony, and a more fair and rejuvenated pony services economy