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Originally Posted by Foodstamp
In the United States at least they would not be able to do that. They would need to give you your previously purchased content without the monthly fee. They could start charging a monthly fee, but it would have to apply to new content only. If they tried to do it the way you suggest, they would have a huge lawsuit on their hands.
Back to Mount and Blade...
Where can I ransom captured lords? And I think the most fun I have had in the game so far is recruiting the Peasant girl "Ymira" and turning her into an all out warrior  . |
You dont ransom captured Lords. You just hold on to them as your prisoner usually you will want to build a prison tower or something for this so they wont escape as easily and when that faction wants them back they will offer you a ransom for the lord without you seeking out someone to pay for them.
If you want to make it easier to defeat the faction you can turn down their ransom offer so they start to run out of lords to fight against you and you will loose a little bit of honor, not that that matters too much. I usually turn down the offer unless its a hugely generous offer and I need gold.
As for the whole Steam discussion. Thats absurd they could never get away with ransoming things you had already paid for. Regardless of anything they put in their EULA they would be sued and loose.
However... It might would be a good deal for them if they went for an optional subscription based service where you could download and play any game on Steam for a monthly fee while you still maintained the rights to any game you had previously purchased if you subscribed or not. I could actually see that happening.