sort of defeats the purpose of allowing regular dick and janes from making a server and playing. I got away from regular EQ since it was relentless infighting between guild members and nothing but raid, hurry up and wait.
but yeah I imagine as things go along more people will flock to a non pay server...as the SOE eq subscription base declines also due to newer games coming out more people look to this type of solution as well as working on things that you missed the first time around.