User blog comment:Ikabite/The Elder Scrolls Online: P2P or F2P?/@comment-5558140-20121108225727

monthly lol microtransactions are the BIGGEST and most succesful way of ripping off customers. they lure you in with a nice free game (which you have to buy anyway) and then you play and start seeing how much easier it would be to pay for better equips, armor, items, etc.. and end up wasting real money on expendable digital items. its the same with maplestory, silkroad online, and the soon to be released dust 514, which is a perfect example. in dust, all of your loadouts have to be constantly STOCKED with weapons, grenades, and perks or other items. the only way to get easy money? buy in game aurum with actual cash to spend on loadouts that you will lose permaneantly when you die, which if your like me is as often as call of duty. its free to play, but you have to pay to win. it is complete shit, and unfortunatley alot of companies are cashing in on it. your best bet? a reliable monthly subscription. otherwise don't even touch this game.