I don't like the whole Pay to Play thing. I think it sucks man. I'm sure the money is to provide for their servers to run the game on, but still, I mean that's taking a great thing and putting a tarriff on it.
I can see your coming from. But when think about it, for three full months of play with the monthly fee, it is just about the same as buying one game. Sure it is a bit of a rip off, but it's not nearly as bad as some people make it out to be.