Quote Originally Posted by erikthe10man View Post
You paid up front for the right to never have to pay sub fees again, and you are getting that benefit. What more do you want? They are GIVING you extra points just for being a lifer! How can you justify getting anything extra than what you paid for? You'd still have to pay for expansions and bonus packs in the old model - what changes that in the new F2P one?

You must have literally howled when Mirkwood came out, as you would be "entitled" to get it for free by your standards. Also, Turbine should send you some Skybox tickets for the NFL team of your choice, $100 savings coupons for the Bunny Ranch in Nevada, and three F2P players to serve as in-game peons. All because you decided to pay up front to never pay fees again.
The difference between and Expansion and F2P is huge. When I pay for an expansion, I have ALL of the features and benefits that every other player has. The playfield remains the same for everybody for a reasonable fixed amount of dollars. With F2P, all bets are off. They can and will add items that give a substantial advantage in game that you will have to buy, most likely per character. This can and will end up costing a substantial amount of money in order to maintain a competitive edge in the game. As lifetime members, I feel we should get something for our investment to help minimize the need to spend excess dollars just to keep our game play on par with the competitive edge as it develops.

You are still rationalizing that what we paid for Lifetime membership as some sort of pre-paid card service that has now run out of funds. This is not what we paid for or invested in. And the gripe is that the business model has now changed and we are just thrown into the mix. This is what is unfair about this change. I have several lifetime memberships and have never seen something like this occur before.