That's kind of my plan at the moment, I've hit up a three month sub and i'm going to give it a whirl and see how it goes, if I still enjoy the game i'll probably stay subbed and get a yearly sub during the next offer.
Just need to work out what to do about guilds, I own a small guild with a full T1 city (minus only inner walls), with a dozen or so members who each only probably log in every few months to check up on the game, so I will probably be looking for a guild, but i'm not sure what to do with the one I have, i'd hate to waste the work we put into building the city.