Is anyone here still playing Age of Empires Online ? And by "playing," I mean "hammering on the locked door that opens only for money." Well, the summer update's now out, and its fixes promise to make AOEO a far better free RTS.The official Age of Empires Online blog contains a massive flood of changes that are converting the game from pay-to-win to a true free-to-play model. As in, all players are now allowed access to what was previously pay content. Technology Trees, for instance, are now fully unlocked where once you had to dish out money for the final tier.The addition of a new currency, Empire Points, eases this transition. You'll earn them in-game, or you can buy them through Steam (and in the future, Games For Windows Live -- not that any of you were dying to use GFWL for, I'm sure). In other words, you don't have to pay for content any more -- but if you want to expedite reaching said content, you can oil the tracks there with a little cash.Other changes include Alliance Wars, an endgame contest that pits you against other players; some fixes to AI, UI, and balance issues; and a "Vanity Armory." All the better to marvel at your pay-to-win-at-wardrobe, my dear -- and just the way it should be.With these fixes to the RTS' more brutal aspects, as assessed by GameSpy earlier this year, do you find AoEO more enticing?