User blog comment:Knight of Camlorn/Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial Edition/@comment-172.56.2.211-20140203193852/@comment-24494285-20140205033626

You have a point, but I think you mistake vented frustration for dissuasion. No one is trying to dissuade anyone from buying the game. I think you'll find that many of the nay-sayers that you see here are simply fans of the Elder Scrolls series and Zenimax who are both disappointed and angry that Zenimax has decided to take such a great idea down a rather money hungry path.

No one is making a comment about the ability to play a Bosmer in the pact, but rather the fact that they are forcing you to pay to access this and other prominent features ON TOP of a subscription fee. The reason the subscription game model exists is to allow the game to make a profit while avoiding common free-to-play revenue schemes. (Cash shops with gear that affects gameplay, pay gates to reach new areas, etc.) In exchange for paying each month, you get to avoid these irritating hassles. That's the reasoning that Zenimax gave us about the subscription fee. And now it seems that they haven't been totally honest with us.

We're not trolls or people too poor to even be thinking of games. Just fans who know when a company is doing something wrong and feel a need to share their frustration about it with people who care. Besides, let us not forget that this is a game forum. If we can't express our opinion on the game here, where can we?