I already said this in response to a comment on this post by the Ancient Gaming Noob, but I’d like to go on the record in support of a community of players who choose to stay and play indefinitely in Warhammer Online’s Tier 1 unlimited free trial. This reminds me of the community of Perma-Pre players in Guild Wars, and I can have an experience like that in Warhammer, I’m all for it!
I’m excited just thinking about it; constantly populated public quests, ongoing back-and-forth between battle objectives in all three pairings, maxed out Tomes of Knowledge without fear of out-leveling the content…. I know my better half and I will be back to test the waters, so here’s hoping there’s an injection of new, long-term blood in T1.
Casual Is As Casual Does 
This may well be what gets me into WAR. I won’t stay long (I don’t have the time to devote to it), but I definitely think it’s a great idea, and wholly support a “perma-pre” clan.
I do hope that it’s good for the game (I think it’s brilliant, but sometimes unintended consequences bite devs in the rump).