some of my friends have written exceptional stories. As a writer myself, I think they deserve to be paid.
It’s a game with extensive free content and a long journey. Buy up if you want; you certainly don’t need to. I will say that the monthly ES content is approx. $7. How much do people spend on monthly subscriptions of any kind - TV channels particularly? What about daily coffees, going out to dinner (pre-COVID), etc. Most of us don’t realize much of what we spend our free money on and don’t have inexhaustible finances. So it’s all about priorities anyway.
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