It has stayed the same for me. Though I have been using a black lions salvaging kit for a while. Not sure what I'll get when I move to my Mystic Salavaging kit.
I would drop GW 2 if it went to a monthly fee. And I garuntee many others would do the same. Looke at the secret World. Good idea lots of content being added, yet the user base is 200000 people. Not a good start for a monthly sub game. Adding a monthly fee would not elimenate a cash shop either since the game is not play to win.
I also lost money on the trading post. Bought pile of shimmering dust but did not get the items. When I logged out and back in I got the error 42. Oddly enough I could log in with all my other toons but my warrior which was using the TP is the only one to receive error 42. I put in a support ticket then found this thread.
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