Quote Originally Posted by Vhailor View Post
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How does this make sense to anyone? To plenty of people, P2P is a dying breed and not many people like paying 15$ a month just to play a game as is, now you are saying you are okay with an extra 5$ to make it more selective!? I'm not really sure what your aim is, but it's definitely not trying to be a "consistent image".
You need to get that despite what XI was doing, it was only a sucessful MMO in terms on not screwing over SE. Like it or not, sometimes pandering to everyone is the best way to make cash and while it sucks, it's understandable comparing to watching a game wither and die. I'm not the biggest fan of cash shops, but I would absolutely take one than pay more out of a subscription just to play a game.