As you are probably aware, the amount of time required per patch appears to be increasing.
Patch 7.1 launched November 11, 2024
Patch 7.2 will launch somewhere in March, 2025
That's 4 months, possibly closer to 5 if it launches end of March or beginning of April.
Cost monthly is $13. Four months of waiting for new content = $52 per patch. If it released in April 2025, it'd be $65 per patch. If you have the standard payment to have more than one character, increase all these costs to $15. For sake of most of us, I'm maintaining these calculations at $13.
In a 3-month period, the cost used to be $36.
Now let's say that you argue that the 7.1X patches were content enough. Maybe you played Cloud of Darkness Chaotic and got both mounts. Okay, so the cost of that dividing into 2 months is $26 for that content alone.
If you're a casual player, you're hurting even more. Normal raids can be cleared in one sitting, meaning that the content is completed in 40 minutes or less.
So the question posed:
Is it worth it to you?
I won't even get into the cash shop items, though I think anyone here can have a hayday of the subscription versus cash shop (and the value of time vs. money)
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Patch 7.1 launched November 11, 2024
Patch 7.2 will launch somewhere in March, 2025
That's 4 months, possibly closer to 5 if it launches end of March or beginning of April.
Cost monthly is $13. Four months of waiting for new content = $52 per patch. If it released in April 2025, it'd be $65 per patch. If you have the standard payment to have more than one character, increase all these costs to $15. For sake of most of us, I'm maintaining these calculations at $13.
In a 3-month period, the cost used to be $36.
Now let's say that you argue that the 7.1X patches were content enough. Maybe you played Cloud of Darkness Chaotic and got both mounts. Okay, so the cost of that dividing into 2 months is $26 for that content alone.
If you're a casual player, you're hurting even more. Normal raids can be cleared in one sitting, meaning that the content is completed in 40 minutes or less.
So the question posed:
Is it worth it to you?
I won't even get into the cash shop items, though I think anyone here can have a hayday of the subscription versus cash shop (and the value of time vs. money)
Continue reading...