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Originally Posted by halfpint
My guess is that over time you wont have to pay for a monthly membership but pay for in game items On the game which i run you have the ability to charge $$$ for any made up item you want, the game can become endless because when players reach high levels to get into diff citys to get the best items you just make up a new city with new shops where they can buy new items. Thats the beauty of MMORPGS that dont reset after a certain amount of time.
Its also very funny to see players threatening each other with all sorts of shit and reporting each other to try and get ahead.
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This will never happen with WoW, mark my words. Their fanboys would turn their backs in a heart beat if people with money were the ones with the best gear.
What happened was when they released Cataclysm, they changed the style of play from the WotLK expansion prior. They made the game "harder" like it used to be, and many of the people dropped out and I believe (rumored) that Blizzard lost upwards of 1,000,000 subscriptions. It's $14.99/month to play... do the math.
As someone above stated, the game is highly addictive and you can make it to level 20 very easily within a day or two. Once you start leveling and get immersed into the world and the lore, well, you are hooked.
Smart move on Blizzard's part to bump their subscription base up. I think Blizzard is only looking at one more expansion for WoW anyways, and I also think that they know that they will probably lose quite a few players to WoW when Diablo III drops sometime at the end of this year/beginning of next.