Well that is a tough question. Honestly I just thought they'd be faster than announcing it'll still take the same the time usually a normal AAA title takes to develop from scratch.

I guess this news is in no way shocking tot he crowd that has been singing SE praises after every patch because that's all they're going to get for another year.

I just really wanted to keep playing until all these changes arrive but now that they stated how long it will take and at the same time they're hitting us with a monthly fee it's like they're forcing us to quit for a year.

I guess I'll probably end up just buying few months here and there since I already bought all that crysta at launch.