This has a very "separate but equal" sounding attitude and would probably not be received too well by all the free-to-play individuals out there. :P

Really? Don't you think they're probably planning to upgrade the servers to handle the unexpectedly large popularity of the game anyways? You know, so then the servers will be better for everyone.

The only reason anyone could want separate pay-to-play servers is if they think there's something intrinsically wrong with the free-players, and let me tell you; from what I've seen the only difference between free-players and people who dump twenty bucks or so into the game is that the latter players get their higher-tier loot -sooner- and think they know everything. I can't tell you how many people I've seen walking around with 5* gear who still play like absolute noobs, but the fact that they're all so quick to label most of the weapons in the game as "worthless" is a pretty clear indicator of their lack of skill.

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So how would this proposed members-only server system work? Would there be a threshold? Would somebody who popped £2 or so off their phone bill be eligible, or is it just for the £20-and-up guys? Do they have to keep paying to maintain access to the servers? What if they've got friends or guildmates who are dedicated F2P players?

I am strongly opposed to this idea; it'd be an easy way to introduce a totally unnecessary rift in a largely affable community. There haven't been any specific announcements about server upgrades, true; but as the player base swells, the options are likely to come down to upgrading the servers or ditching the game.

Just out of interest, where are you based, and what sort of times are you playing to get such horrendous lag with such frequency that you'd pay to get rid of it?