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In all honesty I wouldn't mind it too bad if not for the price...I mean wow...that's alot at 3-5 bucks a month. Here's the reasoning.
1) casual players, believe it or not these are a majority of the players on any MMO. These people will be the ones paying the 5 buck a month fee. They also get the least use. Less for more is never a good marketing strategy.
2) raiders, these folks might go 6-12 months if they buy it. But these folks are already under the penny on vent, websites, and many other things. ATM our guild is struggling to afford vent fees. This is in part to alot of job losses in the economy. 30 more dollars a year seems alot when out of work.
3) similar programs-Seen other programs with similar services on other games, for $1 a month if yearly. $2 if monthly. This isn't a huge hit to the wallets and brought in ALOT more people. Then later they raised prices 50 cents each to line with economy. The loss was negligable.
I understand the need for income, truly it's expensive to run a site like this and time consuming, but there needs to be some thought in mind for the cash strapped wallets that play. Myself I can't afford a haircut atm and I HAVE a job.
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