If you don't want treated as if you are stupid, quit demonstrating how stupid you are.

You make blanket statements that are either opinion or completely false. You give ZERO examples and ZERO support for anything you say. Let's take some examples.

"Free to play, as defined by SOE, is completely useless." (Grammar and spelling fixes are mine.) How is it useless? I'd say about 30% of my guild of 200 active people are silver or less. They have as much fun playing the game as I do, they just don't pay money as I do. This is one example from countless other citings I could give to negate the useless argument, but as I only need one, this will suffice.

"It's a scam and they continue to give the same customer service that they did in 1999." (Grammar and spelling fixes are mine.) Let's assume you mean free to play is a scam. Well, a scam would involve giving you false information about a product, which Sony does not do.Here is a schedule of features you get depending on your membership level. Note well that at the bronze level, you get features, no more, no less, and you pay ZERO money. It's very explicit what to expect. Scam? No. As far as customer service from 1999 is concerned, I can not vouch for it; I started playing late 2001. I have fond memories of having problems such as missing corpses, items that disappeared during trades, and a few other game related issues, being solved in a friendly manner by GM's. My customer service experience has only improved since then, negating your argument that the customer service is the same. In 2010, I had a major billing issue that 2 simple phone calls solved. In 2012, I had a refer a friend issue where I, as in ME, failed to follow their instructions and YET they made an exception to the rules for me and linked my niece's account to me anyway. Just yesterday, I did an in game petition for, again, MY mistake (purchased wrong item from vendor, not re-sellable), and in a short time later a GM showed up to zap the item from inventory and hand me my money. I'd say that's pretty great customer service.

"Anyone who has played knows exactly what I mean by that." (Grammar and spelling fixes are mine.) I've played and I don't have a bloody clue what you mean by that since you speak the opposite of what is actually so. Therefore, this statement is completely negated.

"Give me a monthly sub and I am FINE with that but then don't make me pay for things I need to stay current (changinging mercs for example) or telling me I can do their simple quest to get a slot." (Spelling and grammar fixes are mine.) You want them to pay you to play the game? I'm confused by that statement. Sony Online Entertainment has never required you to pay any more money for the ability to do something at gold than what is included in the monthly subscription. If you want to change mercs, fire the one you have and hire a new one. The current price of hiring a new merc is 10% of the price that it was several months ago (darned customer service lowered the price of mercanies to make them affordable to EVERYBODY! THE NERVE!). The cost is absolutely trivial for its level at this point. Finally, if simple quests are too difficult for you, no one forces you to do them. You are free to completely ignore every quest in the game EverQUEST.

"Make it Free to Play for real as in I can actually play with plat, with equipment, and with weapons in the correct zones or make me buy a sub." (Spelling and grammar fixes are mine.) It really is free to play. Here is a schedule of features you get depending on your membership level. Note well that at the bronze level, you get features, no more, no less, and you pay ZERO money. You can play with plat, with equipment, and weapons in any zone you choose, even if it's not the correct zone. (Whatever that means.) As far as making you buy a sub, Sony's new free to play system negates the requirement to pay for a sub.

"Don't treat me like I am stupid. Don't make me pay twice for the same monthly sub by making me buy my monthly sub then making me buy things I still need in their market." (Grammar and spelling fixes are mine.) Don't act stupid if you wish not to be treated as if you are stupid. I don't pay twice, (nor does anybody who plays Everquest) for a monthly sub in a period of time of 1 month. I don't have a recurring sub, I pay month by month, and in that sense I do pay multiple times. If you do pay for 2 subs in 1 month on 1 account, you will end up getting 2 months with of gold membership. If you pay for your sub every day of a 30 day month, you will end up with 30 months of gold membership. Also, at no time are you required to buy anything from the marketplace. If you choose not to buy things from the marketplace, then your play style will be very similar to mine as I only buy things such as fun illusions and ornaments that have ZERO impact on game play.

Free to play is absolutely free, absolutely not a scam, Sony has great customer service, you can buy as many subs as you choose, and you may buy any item from the marketplace while at the same time having the freedom to completely ignore the marketplace if you so choose. You can spew opinions as facts as much as you'd like; don't be surprised that, when those opinions are contrary to reality, someone treats you as stupid.