Quote Originally Posted by Graal View Post
Pretty much why I'm hesitant to take out subs on any MMO at the moment. If they started selling subscriptions per hour, I'd sub to quite a few games again. Like, say a 120 hour timecard that counts down only while you're logged into the game.
I have my doubts that would work in practice though. Firstly - what would a reasonable charge per hour be? Those guys who have no lives/jobs/school etc would almost certainly get shafted in a bad way. You could make both types of subs available, but somebody's going to end up paying more, and if gear elitism wasn't bad enough, you would probably end up with some form of subs-elitism too (I pay more than you etc).

Frankly speaking, I don't think I'll ever dish out subs for any MMO ever again - not because of GW2's presence, mind you. There's just way too much variety in the F2P arena right now: Aion, STO, DDO, LotRO, GW2 - SWTOR is implementing a F2P model, I frankly don't see TERA lasting much longer on their exclusive subs model either. I'm sure I've left a couple out.

While DDO and LotRO didn't really do anything to keep me playing, I'd probably be willing to play TERA and SWTOR for short periods at a time - similarly to what I do with STO. Although I haven't been back to STO since well before GW2's release (same with Aion) but at the very least they are there.

If you're not sure about whether an MMO would fit you best to take one of the totally F2P AAA titles for a spin before you put money down anywhere. You'll deal with some restrictions, certainly, but at the very least you'll be able to get a feel for the game and the genre.