Price Reduction =)

[jones6]

You don't need the extra character to experience the game. Unlike other games where you are forced into making more characters whether you like it or not.

It is completely voluntary and a vanity service at best.

So the people who enjoy the vanity part of games should pay out the rear for it?

[Answa]

So the people who enjoy the vanity part of games should pay out the rear for it?

They should choose wisely.

[jones6]

They should choose wisely.

And how does one choose wisely without exploring other options?

[Answa]

And how does one choose wisely without exploring other options?

Experimenting.

[Betelgeuzah]

So the people who enjoy the vanity part of games should pay out the rear for it?

I don't care about the moral standpoint, but the fact is that this is how it's done industry wide. Vanity content is not always free, and the prices aren't correctly proportionate to the effort it takes to develop and maintain them. A shiny pony in WoW costs 20 bucks, alternate costumes in SFIV cost 5 bucks per 2 characters.

And how does one choose wisely without exploring other options?

The first month is free.

[Apricoth]

So the people who enjoy the vanity part of games should pay out the rear for it?

You so exaggerated here it's not even funny.... No one is paying out the arse for the monthly subscription on this. I have two characters and am a little glad they have applied a reduction to the monthly fee per character. Otherwise, I would have been paying $16.00 per month.

It's quite simple - just like everything else in life that you have choices given to you, do not play an additional character here. No one is forcing you to do so.