Once The Old Republic launched its free to play program, I figured I’d set up a new account to see just how tight the restrictions on free players are. However, as you can see above, I’ve hit a snag: My free to play account doesn’t have an active subscription. Either an overlooked bug or some deeper metaphor giving an insight into the meaning of life.
Either way, it seems like subscribing might contradict the point in seeing what a purely free player experiences.
MMO Fallout 
Something about having ones cake and eating it springs to mind.