It is true, your statements.
I think what tends to anger people is the fact that it's what everyone wants in EQ yet it's rather expensive for a game, four times the cost of the "regular" EQ.
But you're right, people spend TONS of time with EQ, so even $40 a month isn't all so bad considering the audience that it seems to be aiming for.
If you're a casual EQ player, play a couple times a week, this wouldn't be worth it. You would probably miss out on most of the little events and such anyways.
I'm personally still under the opinion that this type of active participation in the game by the GM's and staff should be done on all the servers. If they want to raise the bar for this type of game, they shouldn't raise the price and exclude 98% of the players.
-CB
ps. No problem on ripping off the <rant> tag idea, I did so myself
