Hey everyone, first let me say, thank you all for having patience as we deliver our new F2P subscription. We have a lot of kinks to work out, and we definitely appreciate everyone's feedback and criticism to this point. We are working to find a better balance for those taking advantage of the F2P subscription tier. We understand customer expectation may not be met with this tier, especially for those who have been longtime subscribers here. The idea here is to get people in, with a zero risk, play as long as they want, subscription tier. It is not meant to be a full game experience -- think of it as a demo. The only difference here is, we're not cutting you off from playing at any point. If you choose to pick what is important to you and buy in what you need, you can do that through our SimuCoin store. Nothing is a requirement though. The idea is that a basic subscription is the best way to enjoy GemStone IV for the least monetary consumption.

We began working on this last year in the summer, and took a lot of work to get where we are today. We definitely don't want you to feel like this is a pay to win situation. We will continue to work on the areas that need improvement. This is a huge year for GemStone IV though. We have a lot more to come! And it's pretty rad.

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~Wyrom, APM

>>They call him Wyrom, not afraid to get dirty; work all day, in game by 5:30; loresongs eloquent, item embellishment, double speed development... ~Silvean