No, it was even said in the start it was gonna be a monthly thing.
You might be thinking of Global Agenda or Guild Wars

Edit: well I stand corrected

Oh.
I'm not sure why I thought Rift was a one-time payment.


Looks fun, I'm tempted to buy it.

Just looks like a WoW clone to me.And also very similiar to Shayia.Haven't tried it yet though.

Rift WAS going to be a one time payment but around the middle of the open beta they decided to go p2p.

Did you even bother reading the thread?
Can you at least try using that thing in between your ears before you go around showing everyone your stupidity?

As for me rift definitely looks fun and all but I can't afford the monthly payment neither, so I will just wait for guild wars 2.

If Rift was b2p without p2p then I would have consider buying it.

Added more comparisons between Rift and WoW