User blog comment:Ikabite/The Elder Scrolls Online: P2P or F2P?/@comment-74.99.178.199-20130130203450

Paying once and playing is the most ideal option for me, with of course expansions costing money. I find subscriptions are for those with a lot of time, because if you have little time you are paying like a dollar an hour ratio (not worth it). Paying for the game itself gets rid of the kind of players that play for a week and quit (cough cough Runescape, bad game anyway).

I was excited to see that there was a Casual option for MMO playing style in the beta sign up, maybe it's a sign it won't be subscription based.