Quote Originally Posted by Mancub22 View Post
I really enjoyed 2.x but I've now cancelled my subscription and wont re-up. Crafting and gathering was a party but in 3.0 it has become less about having fun and more about SE trying to lure people back month after month to grind this dull, repetitive, boring content.
Oh and 100's of new ingredients but still only 2 retainers is just pathetic. (unless you want to spend 2$ a month for additional ones, *cough pay to win*)
SE has become greedy and it might be costing them a good chunk of their subscribers.
I don't believe SE will lose a significant number of subscribers over this, at least not enough in the near future to care. However, if these design philosophies continue to be prevalent then I could see it negatively impacting their overall subscription numbers. It should be interesting to see how this impacts the supply and demand side of each server's economy because I know several crafters who are unhappy with this system that are reconsidering their subscription, myself included. This means there are quite a few players that rely on our services to make them items who will no longer have that option available to them. I'm sure there will be new people to take our places no doubt, but it will be interesting to see how everything shifts.