Personally i would get the 12+1 months gold membership for the best deal, but focusing in school is a major problem when you have a year membership. so i decide to buy a 3 month to play in the summer and that works pretty well, i bought mine on amazon http://budurl.com/m5p4 since is cheaper and i got free shipping. I gave it a 3 stars because it could've been cheaper, but overall is worth the price if you don't want to buy a whole year of membership and doesn't have time to play the whole year.