If any SOE folks read these forums
I am also one of the yearly subscribers (well half year at the moment). I'm also a subscriber since 2000. There are times when I don't log on to EQ for months at a time but I like playing it and will come back and play for months at a time again. With the yearly price and the benefits SOE provides for loyal subscribers this works out well for me. I also am not interested in playing any other MMPORGs games be they SOE or some other company. Please keep the single game yearly price. I have to echo what others have said. I would be leaving the game also if the price went up for something I don't even use. It would be sad to play as a ftp after all the great stuff you've done for the loyal subscribers.
Just my 2 cents or 9.98 as it were .

FuzzyKiwi

Im with all you other people---15 dollars a month is a increase to what im paying now and with all my accounts that will increase my payout by at least 25 dollars a month and im not sure im willing to pay that much. Leave your plan in place of charging 15 dollars a month for all access but if people only want one game it should be cheaper. I have no intention of starting another game from SOE at this point so why should I want to pay more for games I don't want to play. Leave us that pay less on our current plan if you wanna keep us. Best of both worlds its called a "grandfather" clause.

Who is making the choices factual here... I have heard 5 statements about the same thing from 5 Company Speaker's and all 5 have a different tune their singing. Who is in charge.... I see a circle jerk and we (the paying customer) seem to be the pivot point. I play one game only, EverQuest .... PERIOD. I pay by the month because I cannot afford to pay for 3 account's for a yearly subscription, so I have no choice I have to pay monthly. Your talking package plans, all access, and a variety of payment changes that is going to ***** a lot of people, IMHO. I could be wrong, I was once before BUT I was mistaking.

Also, there is a ton of us that have gotten to 100, maxed out our AA's and banked 70 AA's ... and the next release doesn't give us anything to gain. Who wants to do adventures or quests on a maxed out toon ..... all that we can do is get in a fellowship group and give all our XP away and work our Merc's.

Chinese checker's is looking real good for the nose bleed seat's.

Cyliena, I appreciate your optimism and your insightful observation of their omission of the detail about the cost of multi-month plans.
Still, since Sony's ...ahem....misjudgement.....over what subscription members will and will not accept concerning station cash, Fluticazone is not jumping the gun to sound a cautionary note and warning shot across Sony's bow about changing pricing structure.
I agree with Flut. I'm struggling to figure out how I'm going to pay for the two EQII accounts for my sons for next year, even at $10/month for a year prepaid. Any hike in rate will take us off the subscription. I simply can't afford to pay more, and I've supported the company faithfully for almost six years now. If my sons lose half their characters and all the Mastercrafted Fabled Gear they've made, well, I don't see how I can justify not turning them loose into LOTRO or something else that's free. If all their best gear is denied them, ( we're not paying to "unlock" what we harvested and crafted ourselves, and ground away to level 95 tradeskill to achieve.), well, what am I supposed to tell them?
"Sorry, kids, Sony decided $120 per year ($240 total for both accounts ) wasn't enough for you to keep your characters and gear that you invested in over the last five plus years. Don't worry, though. Your uncle and cousin play LOTRO, and they tell me that any gear is obtainable if you do enough quests and crafting. "
TLDR version for Sony:
The lack of details in this announcement and your own past behavior invites intense scrutiny and a good faith warning -- Don't take your subscription members for granted. We love EQ2, but it is not the only game or hobby out there, after all.

"announcing his desire to only keep a $15/month All Access plan to their games, doing away with the individual game subscriptions."

Doing away? I'm only paying $9.75 per month/EQ1 account. If you go to a mandatory $15.00 per month per paid account, kiss me goodbye.

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