So there is a problem going on! yes there is.

OK frist let me say that I am not a WoW fan but a guild wars fan. So frist let me say few things about RoM:

Its a good game for pepple who want to cant afford WoW or WoW addictst who want to quit
It has some main features that were killed cause some smart guy say...lets charge ppl for this. Some the things you have to pay for are basic mounts like hourses, clothing colouring( in my honest opinion that is the really a bad idea. you got a f2p mmo that has its main features arnt free. WoW some mounts are free and in lord of the rings clothing colouring is free. So why charge if you are going to make players come to your mmo?)
Review of RoM Gold

http://my.mmosite.com/imagixs/Blog/Item/023edfe4db22d26ce012206b284a582b.html

Read F2P Games pt 1: Graphics & Blade & Soul rant

http://my.mmosite.com/imagixs/Blog/Item/60eff9b195303aaae6b86cf27834fa07.html

So, you might say and some will just jump dont to the comments and leave bad comments. But RoM gold is a good game right dont to the core but the problem is the F2P structure!

What THATS stupid!

ok just think about it. Name all the F2P games out there and if you had played an B2p or a F2P mmo game. You realize the this:

free to play

Don't last as long- I my self never played a free to play game longer than 4 months
lack of extras- like cut sceenes and voice action. WoW and GW has some but not enough for this day and age.
you have to play for the good stuff in the game- like standard mounts, good looking hair& faces, good items
Some times you have to play real money to exprience the game.
there is lack of money/intrest that the develoupment has to make the game better.
so these are some of the reasons. Why i have a problem with F2P games and thing they have to change inorder to meet standards of other games that are comming out.

Pay to Play games have advatages like:

more money to procduce the game and make it bigger. For example WoW had Mr.T and even Ozzy Osborne and William Shatner on there commericals. I dont really care how you look at it. If you want to be ingorant then go ahead and stop reading but WoW has 15 million players playing 15 bucks a month. Yes thats alot of money to advertize your game.