Please make FFXI f2p!

[detlef]

So you would rather see a game die than go f2p?

F2P sounds like a great deal for players but how exactly is it going to make more money for SE than paid subscriptions?

[vienne]

6 pages of the same old, yet your idea only has 1 like....yet you continue to insult the people who give valid arguments.
Let me ask this: if ffxi went f2p with a cashshop, what would that shop be selling? Look at it from the point of view of both sides.
cosmetics? i can see this work for both new and older players, people have been asking for paid name/race/appearance changes for a long time.
Gear? well...as a loyal subscriber i have a big problem with this, gear doesnt come falling down the sky (also what would this do to the auction house/market)
currency? thats a big nono, then anyone can make a relic/mythic with no effort (and yes thats the coredesign of ffxi, effort, the grind. take that out of the game and whats left?
furniture/costumes? this could work for both sides but who wants to pay rl money for this?
progress? again not acceptable for the paying sub, and unneccesary since most requirements are neglectable as it is, its not that hard anymore for newer players.
gil? Well tbh i could see an EVE like approach work, with having the ability to pay for game time with game currency and it actually being possible to do so if you know what you're doing.

I'll also point out the age of ffxi, its 13 years old, i doubt its that simple to change this dinosaur into f2p. And secondly Camate and Grukumah (or w/e his name is sorry!) answered a whole bunch of forum questions earlier this week, yet they once more ignored every f2p~ish topic.
And last but not least. I'm very much ok for paying a sub for a game that keeps me entertained and which makes sure i dont have the need to buy a new game every month, in that way a sub based game is cheap.