Hardly. Even if you pay monthly rather then in a block, it's about £10.41 a month, so a shade over £31 for 90 days and a fair bit less if you pay for 90 days at a time.
As for the shutdown, it was annoying, but better that then someone getting a massively unfair advantage. The lack of information was the biggest pain, but info was spread out via the "official" IRC channels later on and CCP have promised to set something up to pass on info in the event something like this happens again (although they really hope not).
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£39 for a 90-day subscription?
Hardly. Even if you pay monthly rather then in a block, it's about £10.41 a month, so a shade over £31 for 90 days and a fair bit less if you pay for 90 days at a time.
As for the shutdown, it was annoying, but better that then someone getting a massively unfair advantage. The lack of information was the biggest pain, but info was spread out via the "official" IRC channels later on and CCP have promised to set something up to pass on info in the event something like this happens again (although they really hope not).