In my opinion this thread starts to be a circlejerk between 2-3 guys, the main arguments being that the server shouldn’t lock this option behind a paywall, or that waiting so long blocks you from roleplaying as you would.
As I’m not going to quote everyone separately, I’m just going to say that, as a personal opinion, after reading all other comments, I still wouldn’t agree.
The fact that you have to pay for it is inherently a method of stopping abuse, as you would hit a point when you would decide that throwing anymore money at it wouldn’t be worth it. I think the server does a good job of supporting the costs by only taking money for really optional life improvements or cosmetics. Acusing the server of having a marketing plan is a bit of a far throw, considering that, if you ask me, the players who need to recycle between 2-4 characters per month are the exception, not the rule.
Being locked out of a faction because you can’t join with any of your 3 characters and you have to wait a month before deleting one of them so you could join sounds exactly how it should be, if you ask me. Certainly, if you decided to take all of your 3 characters in such a life direction that IC’ly speaking, none of them are able to join said faction, then you’ve made a decision, haven’t you? Not only once, you’ve made it three times. Now you suddenly want it all scrubbed down, because you had a change of mind, and you want to join “that” faction, and you want to join it right now!1!!!1!1!1
I think actions should have consequences, and 3 character slots gives you enough options and enough possibilities to experience different types of roleplay. A server without consequences would mean a server with watered down roleplay.
I feel that the only persons who would want no restrictions/looser restrictions on character creation/deletion are exactly those who tend to recycle between characters, or those who use them to roleplay really similar lives/situation, and then recycling again when the shit hits the fan / situation turns sour, cue the “All my 3 characters are in prison after criminal roleplay”. If you did criminal roleplay on all 3 characters, then you should accept the consequences 3 times.
Criminal roleplay is a combination of adrenaline- fueled roleplay, mixed with the risk of a prison sentence if things turned bad. Why would you want the former without the latter?