[jake13jake]

Awful idea. Graal is already a bargain as it is. I'd question how well bugs are dealt with, but I'll still play anyways.

If you charged by time online, it would contradict what Graal (I hope) is trying to do. Graal is trying to get people to play more. The easiest way to grow popularity is to have a solid player base (preferably a solid and growing player base). If you started charging by playing time, then the players who play more often would stop playing as often because then they'd have to pay more. Players that don't play often would be better supported, but you wouldn't want to support players that don't play often because they're not part of the main player base. Promoting players to play more is the key. Most of Graal's advertising comes from the people who play a lot, and newbies are generally more likely to play when there are more people online (hence UN's popularity).

It's really complicated, but trust me when I say that it wouldn't be good for either the players or Cyberjouers.