Quote Originally Posted by Ainilome View Post
I'm a weirdo and have kept my XI subscription alive even when I haven't been playing it because I've wanted to show my support but they wouldn't let me. Now I can cancel XI and pay for the game I'm actually playing. I'm a grown up with a job, I'll just pack my lunch rather than go out for teriyaki once a month and my budget hasn't changed. I don't get the "I'm playing the game and obviously enjoying parts of it since I'm here but no it's not worth paying for!" attitude.
This isn't about whether we enjoy the game enough to keep playing, it's about whether we enjoy the game enough to keep paying. Enjoying something enough to use it while that use is essentially free is a very different thing from enjoying it enough to be paying for the privilege of use. A game that is free to play can get away with a lot more than a game requiring a subscription, and lot of the concern over this announcement is based on the feeling some people have that the game as it stand now and as we are being told it will stand by patch 1.20 is not enough to be worth paying for. I and many others have actually enjoyed playing for some time, but whether or not we feel that enjoyment is sufficient to justify paying a monthly fee (no matter what your financial situation) is another matter entirely.