I dont like subscription model and i havent ever used them.
That said usually games that dont use subscription models are usually inferior to the one that do.
Even Guild Wars 2 (i have over 500 hours in it) who has one of the best MMO price/quality prices, cant really measure up (for example) to the numerous, faster realeased & better quality of FF 14.
Lets face the truth. GW 2's Arenanet has only 200 employees and a microtransaction store.
They cant really compete with the years of experience of Square Enix (FF14) or the tremendous workforce & money of Zenimax (ESO) or other major companies.
As soon as people accept that, and see that GW 2 is excellent for its quality/price ratio, all will be better.
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