Quote Originally Posted by Petori View Post
Having some players to pay for the game is better than nothing. And since they going to re-release the game and everything, it really doesn't matter how many play it. If the re-release is good, word gets around.
It's really not. There's going to be SO much bad blood from them starting the subscription. The fact that there HASN'T been a subscription is a huge draw to a lot of players. But once there is a sub, the game has to be of a certain standard, and it definitely isn't there yet. Right now, SE can boast that they at least have a decent number of active players.

Once the sub starts, I am willing to bet they will lose half or more of them. That's going to sabotage their re-launch, because no one wants to buy a game and sub to it when it's actually beyond dead.

It's flat out the WRONG decision to ask for a subscription when the game still is in a state that any sane developer should be ashamed about releasing. There are fundamental problems with so many things. Trying to justify a subscription before very very basic things are fixed, that is going to burn people just as much or more than the way people felt when they bought the game.