Now, I'm new to mmorpgs, and this idea may have been pitched before, but bear with me, as I am a noob.
I've been serfing some of these forums, and I noticed a fair amout of complaining that the new system can get to be pricey with all the money spent on points, and what not. Now, personally, I say that if you want all the content, you have to expect a price tag. But I think there may be a system that could help Paragon Studios rake in a little money from the free players and allow them to get some of those pesky points. Ads: we see them every day, what is watching some in exchange for a few paragon points thrown your way? This system works on websites every day, youtube plays them before some vids, even some atms are using them to earn that little extra. Mind you, it would have to be set up in such a way as to be optional, otherwise it defeats its reason to be. And it needs to be so that the player can go to it, in stead of it bugging the player on a regular basis like some kind of demented pop-up. For my part, I think it would be easier to become a VIP and be done with it, however; there are many who feel this is a viable option. The ad compay is happy, more players are happy, and Paragon's programers get a nice Christmas bonus... or Hanukkah bonus... or whatever. Anyway, if I'm wrong, just tell me so I stop cluttering up the forum from now on.