User blog comment:Equillibrium/Elder Scrolls Online: Character Creation/@comment-173.26.94.104-20131024125358/@comment-5469467-20131025041113

Guild Wars 2 is a good example of a buy-to-play MMO, and goes to show that you don't need a subscription to have a good game. It was an example that got used quite a bit before it was announced ESO uses a subscription, so a lot of people were probably hoping it would be taking a similar direction.