It's $15, I spend more money on gas per month than I do on MMOs, and I also play City of Heroes. If $15 is a quarter of your monthly income, I would suggest looking for a way to make more than $60 per month. I'm really not bothered by the monthly fees. It's not much of my paycheck and I can cancel at anytime if I don't feel like playing anymore. However, I pretty much always feel like playing. Also, the cost goes to helping maintain the game, which has to be a huge pain in the ass for them. Since I've signed on with the game, I've seen some pretty big revisions made purely to balance out the difficulty and keep the gameplay fair. You can no longer get MPK'd, and RMTs have been banned which has helped the in-game economy. Now that's a service worth paying for!