Quote Originally Posted by Isala View Post
WoW went close to a decade before turning to the darkest side, and selling level capped characters. We had called it time and time again, the more things they added to the Cash Shop. We called it when the most powerful pets for Pet Battles were in the Cash Shop, and we kept screaming words of warning until the day they finally started selling free levels. It's been done, time and time again. No matter how many times, there will always be players saying "Don't do it!" and others saying "That'll never happen here! Not in THIS MMO."
I can't speak from experience about wow since I've never played it, but wasn't the capped level characters added to help new players from feeling isolated? Unable to level up in a sea of dedicated lifetime subscribers? Seems like a slippery slope like what FFXI had to deal with.