Quote Originally Posted by Rustic View Post
S-E doesn't have the money to do so, and it doesn't have the capacity to make F2P appealing other than re-establishing the grind for F2P- which is about the only way I'd appreciate it. Let them sweat it out the old-fashioned way and we'd actually have a low-level game again. No books, no Abyssea exp bonus effects, having to 6-man it in the fields and dungeons.
I recall another thread that suggested the (little-known) 14-day free trial be extended indefinitely. It's hobbled to prevent RMT's by only including core game (i.e. pre-Zilart) content, a level cap of 30, and no shouting/trading/bazaaring/auction. Find a way to get these people into a linkshell in spite of the "no trading" restriction, and that's pretty much what you've just described.