Oh, let's hope so. Lord of the Rings Online is considering improving its business model.
https://massivelyop.com/2021/07/15/lotro-considers-improving-its-business-model-as-players-present-weatherstock-xiii/
When the game was still subscription-based, the storyline was good and the gameplay challenging.
After the release of Mines of Moria expansion, the game became free-to-play and quality dwindled with every new expansion. Their Store was very aggressively marketed, it really got annoying. It was sad to see the decline.
I hope they manage to fix that shit and improve the storyline and quests which was my major reason to stop playing. Nobody wants to muck stables or fetch simple stuff anymore near endgame.
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@trinsec I'd probably give them another try if they went back to a subscription model.
@freemo Probably depends on whether they have a fair amount of whales. 99% crap players, 1% rich players that pay for everything. Then a subscription model will be far away.
I wouldn't mind subscription model coming back... I'm a lifetimer so it wouldn't affect me much. ;)