Quote Originally Posted by FluffNStuff View Post
Top games on XBOX live do this ALL the time. They sell new PVP maps, then after a set they release them for free. Essentially you are paying to play them BEFORE others to gain an advantage, which coincides pretty closely to what is going on here. The big difference is we did not know the were going to be free eventually and did not have the option to wait. So here is the question, would you have? Would you be willing to wipe everything you have over level 18 (including all items gained with a character over 18) and start over? I would not.
That's the thing though. I'm assuming with the XBOX maps you KNOW that eventually they will be free right? That way you can make the informed decision to buy now or wait.

PL players DIDN'T know. They thought, with no one correcting them, that only the first two campaigns were free and then you had to pay to play further. Then when all the campaigns were free we still thought that they would go back to having to be paid for, but they didn't. We never got the option to make the informed decision of choosing to wait til it's free or buying anyways.