Originally Posted by noobcake Originally Posted by With the release of incarna, and a whole LOAD of players already cancelling, they can ill afford to lose any more subs, and need to do what they can to regain the lost subs again.

I think you probably overestimate the perceived importance they place on subscription retention. Incarna's planned feature set, and DUST are both designed to bring in new players... which they clearly value more, just based on their past statements and actions.They haven't cared for years what the old players think... because despite all the stomping, bitching and screaming, they still stick around and have for years. That's the whole thing behind Hillmar saying "we have to watch what they do, not what they say" thing. So they know they can alienate us without real repercussions, we may ragequit, but I'm sure their numbers show that we'll be back.That said, they have to fix prices so they don't drive away prospective new players with the rumor of the 70 dollar monocle.Finally, No disrespect to the CSM members, you guys care about the game and want things done to keep it fun for everyone... But you know goddamn well the only reason they brought the CSM to Iceland to discuss this shit, is because it's a PR tool and nothing more. Always been that way, ever since the first one. It was conceived during the T20 debacle, and I'm sure they're happy they didn't get rid of it yet with this NeX shitstorm.