It's not the amount of money that's keeping me from trying WoW, it's the idea of paying any money at all to Blizzard and Vivendi. Plus it is nice to actually do something at night other than sit at the computer which I'm doing most of the day anyway.
But when I played EverQuest years ago, I definitely felt the monthly fee was worth it. (Though there has been quite a lot of inflation since the $9.89 days) You're not really playing anything else anyway, and there is (or should be, anyway) free content and support that has to be paid for somehow. Of course as time went on, SOE seemed to be treating it more and more like a cash cow with worse customer service and more expansions that had less content and were more expensive each time around. It's yet to be seen how Blizzard will handle their own money printing business.
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