User blog comment:Timeoin/Regarding the TES Online Payment Method/@comment-7153552-20130828194840

I had a very similar blog post recently, we need to make a stir. This isn't the industry we know and love, this isn't the franchise we fawn over every release! They claim the monthly fee will keep us from paygates, but what will they do when there's a need for a full-blown expansion? WoW has a monthly subscription and they still expect you to pay for each expansion when it releases? They can claim new content every 6-8 weeks all they want, but that's what Guild Wars does, without a monthly cost. I understand the need for steady income, I understand paying for overhead, I really do. . . but I also understand basic math. If you lost two thirds of your players because your business model is crap, how can you expect to make a profit at all? Drop the price, I'll pay five bucks a month, but I'm not paying fifteen. That crap adds up, and I have to maintain two accounts for me and my fiance.

BTW: Great call out on not being EA!