The concept is Edit by Anzu: Flawed. They ask us to pay a sub or be locked out of everything we unlocked/paid for. The f2p model of AOC is retarded unless you are a new AOC player. I refuse to sub and pay for content on top of it (unless it's content like a vanity set etc.).
I have been subbed for 4 years and bought stuff on top of that sub, and I have seen a minimum of content for my sub money so either Funcom goes B2p like with TSW, or they can go jump in the ocean for all I care. And this new piece of content is cheap and thus a ripoff...
My sub is done in July this year and I'm hesistant to renew it. Do I really wanna fund Funcom's TSW adventures yet another year? Last year I already had my doubts about resubbing but did and got not much.
Basically, Funcom is doing their best to drive vets away. I mean, going f2p locks me out of every Edit by Anzu: Damn thing that I bought/unlocked.
I used to love this game, but Getting treated like a Edit by Anzu: Simpleton really pisses me off!
Ps. And yeah, When a US player goes "mi mi mi I pay almost nothing for this game and all is great" then I can promise you that some of us are paying at least twice as much because Reasons...