I understand from player's perspective it may seem a bit 'harsh', but we really didn't put these sums from the air or want to rob you of all money. We set the price as fair as we could, for the amount of work and all the cost we've got to bear in order to keep the server running with our constant attention. We then did look from player's perspective as well, and summing it all up led to the output.
You're addressing it as too high in reference to other servers and real Tibia, but you need to consider that the other servers and real Tibia make cash on micropayments, where they introduce more and more paid options that you're forced to use if you don't want to stay behind. While in Tibiantis it is strictly limited to premium. We ensure you won't see any exp scrolls, unban scrolls, blessings or aols etc. in the offer. Not even name changes are available. We also ensure our effort in keeping the gameplay fair, so that you don't have to run a bunch of makers to play competitively (and being forced to provide them with premium).
Premium is pretty much the only thing you need. Or not.. cause premium in Tibiantis doesn't make such a big difference that you need it since day 1. You can effectively begin as facc, you don't need premium to make runes, rope lootbags, you don't even need it to own smaller houses, and most of the best hunting spots are placed in facc area too.
Never downloaded changed sprites from tibia.de to wear pacc outfits?