User blog comment:Knight of Camlorn/Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial Edition/@comment-24494285-20140202215546

This doesn't really affect me, as I was one of the people who abandoned ship when they said there would be a monthly fee. I don't have a consistent source of income while I'm in school so an extra $15 a month was just not an option for me.

But now that I'm looking at this, I can't help but laugh. I'm glad I ditched this game. Those greedy money grabbers over at Zenimax would've bled me dry within 3 months otherwise.

I've never been a fan of subscription games, but I can understand why other people are, as you have access to all of the content the game has to offer. Keyword: ALL. Cash Shops for anything other than cosmetics and LITERALLY restricting an entire race to people who are willing to shell out another $20 is NOT access to all content, which is ironic seeing as Zenimax tried justify the fee with phrases like "We don't want to have to charge you extra money to have full access to the game."

I had my suspicions before, but now I have no doubt. This game is going to go free-to-play. Zenimax probably knows it too. They're just trying to grab as much money as they can before it does.

Sorry for the rant. Seeing companies nickel and dime people (especially after they said they wouldn't do that) makes me get all soap boxy.