Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
No, both 2.0 and 3.0 contained a complete story, with the patches extending it and bridging the gap to the next expansion. Patches are included as part of the subscription. It's exactly like that in Business software. You buy the license up front and pay a substantial maintenance or service subscription. You get any new patches and updates to the application as part of that maintenance subscription, not the original purchase.
MMORPGs aren't a visual novel, there's more than story in a MMORPG, and you didn't address this

> If content updates weren't included in the price of expansion a player joining in 3.5 would have to pay an additional $45 per content update.