Those players are reluctant to pay a subscription when they could instead pay to for certain items or features instead. F2P games use gambling as a model for their microtransactions, knowing that some will keep buying stuff, like a gambling addict will keep gambling. In the gaming industry those players are called "Whales", just like what casinos call them.On the MMO I work in, while the game uses a subscription model, we also have microtransactions. We have players that spend thousand of dollars on microtransactions. When I say thousands, I mean some have spent tens of thousands of dollars on items.
I have read news stories about the amazing amounts a lot of people will pay in those games. It is exactly like the gambling industry.
Don't expect freedom of speech on the HT facebook page.
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!
I hear more and more people are leaving it.I myself only look at it once or twice a month.