No one should have to pay a monthly fee to enjoy a multiplayer game of any sort! We already pay to access the net. Its no wonder games like Quake 1-3, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, Jedi Knight Dark Forces II and others are doing so well, and will continue to do well. Those game makers made shure you will enjoy it for years to come without extra cost just to play it. IMO, paying for a game over and over and over again is a big rip off. Its STUPID STUPID STUPID. Of course the game maker is sitting fat and pretty.
Which brings up a point about EA/OSI, if they are making lots o money with UO2 or whatever, they should have plenty of resources to continue WC. But we all know the score with that one.
RFBurns