yeah i don't know why i'm nervous personally (I nulled Fat Tire's responses hehe), maybe it could be

a) attracting a load of idiots to the game
b) it will be MUCH more expensive (I think everquest went down this line?)

Well A is pretty much ruled out as we already have a bunch of idiots playing and b COULD be ruled out if they do a dual FTP/sub system so could be no change for us. I suspect this will be the model they will go with, a little like a trial where you can play only gnome mages for free up to a certain level, and the rest of us can nuke them on PvP servers.

I just don't believe it will be of benefit to us.

Unless they ban anyone under the age of 18 from the trade channel.