It would be $50 to buy the game and then the expansion, so technically you’re getting two games since there is so much more content in the expansion than the original. Not only that but if you don’t want to buy the expansion yet, you don’t have to. Level to ~50 then go out and get the expansion if you want so you can get to 70.
And its $15/month if you do the monthly thing. If you pay in longer period of time, such as a year, then it is only like $130/year (I’m probably wrong on that number, I haven’t checked that out in a while). Besides, as stated earlier you’re paying for a game that is constantly being added onto and paying for fun. $.50 a day isn’t much if you think about it.
Both are good games but the grinding in Silk Road and the fact that there isn’t a point to playing the game makes it weak. So like maybe…. THEY *edited*ED YOU OVER BIG TIME …. because there’s no reason to play it other than wasting hours of your life and having no feel of accomplishment.
Oh, by the way, bought any more Silk Road gold? I’m sure if you spent that $10-20 on maybe a WoW subscription then you’d be happier 
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