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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 5907175" data-attributes="member: 82425">DDO...Im actually playing it at the moment <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.The engine might be six years old, but DDO is still going (thanks to its free to play model). The funny thing is, I actually fork out occasionally for some turbine points for something. I dont mind, its cheap gaming, and if anything its actually quite vibrant. DDO is actually a bit of a survivor on the gaming market.I hope they go with a free to play approach. Subscription market just doesnt exist any more (well it never really did, WoW at it up overnight). Rift is the closest thing I have seen to being worth paying subscription for, and even that is middly success. Free to play withoptions is the way to go (I particularly likes DDO's adventure pack approach).Mind you, bad timing. Neverwinter is on the horizon as well, and that will eat up a big part of their potential market if its any good.I wonder if they have checked whether they can get there hands on the rights to develop onto the DDO engine. Half of what they need is already there! They could cut years off their development process, just update it and give it pathfinder content.</blockquote>