Originally Posted by
mag07
No you're not. While there was never free game time with any of the expansions, at least not to my knowledge, I couldn't agree more. The price of every xpac was X+15$, in case of MoP it's x+15$ x 2, cos the content is gated so you have to pay for at least two months to be able to experience what you have actually paid for already - if there was a Nobel prize for cheeky marketing strategies, they would surely deserve one.
On the bright side, judging by steadily but surely decreasing audience, more and more people are fed up with the company's attitude: milk the West for as much as you can, while supporting your share value by bloated numbers from the East, that barely pays for anything at all. All that = happy investors.
WoW is a good game, even now, after so many years, it's highly playable. However, as someone on the official US forums accurately pointed out, you can't piss on your customers and continuously tell them that it's raining. There will come a time when majority of players will say STOP. Some have already voted with their wallets - here's me, hoping that will actually positively affect ActiBlizz's attitude.