The main issue with the game for me (having played it twice as long as Kevin - welcome back, btw) is the "soft-cap" of level 50. Let me explain, that doesn't mean the level cap is 50... it's actually several levels above that.

What it means is that once you hit level 50, the leveling hits a wall that only those without lives and/or jobs can surpass. And they do. Those players that devote their lives to the game are able to steamroll entire guilds with their godlike stat advantages. So, while the first 50 levels are genuinely fun and rewarding - unless you have nothing better to do with your life than devote it to one video game, it's time to move on or face "that which has no life". And that's coming from a guy that spends all his free time playing MMO's.

Same people that charged for horse armor are doing this? Say it isn't so...

Now you have my attention.

Subscriptions are the best way to go. It puts everybody on equal footing. Games like Wildstar combine the worst elements of both systems... the fact that you can buy ingame currency goes against what makes subscriptions great. It's pay to win.

15 bucks a month. Fair. Period.

The multiplayer feels too shallow and too money-hungry to be anything more than what it is. It's just a cash-grab. Luckily, the single player is solid.

A company known for ripping people off are trying to make a console?

Makes sense. But I'll pass.

Go read the Dragon Age 2 review and then reread this.

Yeah, it's pretty funny.

Love these games.

Agreed with everything written here. Solid review. Playing it now but the extra microtransactions are just plain ridiculous,

Get this game. Now.

Its is nothing short of fantastic. I have loved every minute of playing when I get a chance to.