Cost of Add-On content

[Krashport]

I really do hope they add proper direct x support. A videocard with 1500+ RAM shouldn't have slowdown in tahrogni canyon because they show a big sprite of dust.

I Wish SE would do this, Also I would like to see new expansion packs.

[Sotek]

The whole point of the Ultimate Collection is to make new players more likely to start FFXI. New people are not going to pick it up if it costs what it effectively cost all of us because that would range into the hundreds.

Add-ons are still a rip-off, though. I don't particularly mind, since Abyssea was short and good, but Wings of the Goddess didn't cost me anywhere near as much as all three Abyssea add-ons and while WotG is now redundant, it did have far more content. The price difference is obvious, there's no reason Abyssea couldn't have simply been an expansion, 10$ for Visions zones, next update Scars zones are introduced, etc. It's only an add-on series because it makes them far more money. I can only imagine the uproar if they had WotG as an add-on series, 10$ per update, the whole redundant expansion would have cost us well over 100$. Depending on how good future content is, I think I'd rather quit than put up with what is quite obviously a massive rip-off.

[viion]

The whole point of the Ultimate Collection is to make new players more likely to start FFXI. New people are not going to pick it up if it costs what it effectively cost all of us because that would range into the hundreds

^ this, I regret buying it at christmas when it was $4 for the set, but even $9 is not a lot, thats the price of a addon lol. And due to that price is the only reason I started up fresh and now playing again. Its hard to find (in uk) the game in stores or anything like that normal price and its that cheap on Steam because its digital download, infinite copies, no shipping, no hassle. (Not just steam tho)

I understand the loyalty but a business cant favor loyalty over new players much, it'd just be unfair and SE would lose out. The amount of people who will just accept it and pay for it is much greater profit than not charging at all.

Plus you've got a character that has 5+ years worth of experience, a new player has to go back and redo all the old stuff and spend time catching up and if anything new comes out he cant do it until hes up to par (tho i think abyssea has ruined that nowz? lol)

[Malamasala]

I believe you pay to get a head start. But I also think all mini expansions should be free 1 year after their release. Because they don't offer enough to be worth the money after that long.