Not necessarily true. I love this game and been here for a full 14 years. I just don't see the significance of paying for Trust. Paying for storage is already a big issue. Like many players, I don't want to start paying for something that was free to begin with and not at this juncture of the game.
We'll only have our selves to blame for the inevitable, almost, if not totally impossible to pass up, future additions to their cash shop if this is a success. That moogle bank 1-5 is around the corner for a sweet 2 dolla charge per month where all characters have access to the same bank, revolutionizing the way we mule and so forth. $5 Fenrir mount? $25 for Odin's horse? Where does it end? When is enough enough?
You have to ask yourself the ultimate question: "Am I okay with paying a sub fee for FFXI for very very little in return besides the right to log into the server everyday AND paying 2-4 dollars a month for 80-160 storage?" If you can answer yes to that question without cringing then by all means, throw that money at SE. You've earned it, my friend.
But if you cringe because you hate the idea of this but at the end of the day you MUST have that extra storage, you really need to just retire some jobs or get rid of some shit in your bags. I have spent most of my career here with 90% capacity storage and often at 0%. But I know right now if I really REALLY wanted to, I could free up 80 slots no problem without sending away any gear.
If that's me, the only other type of player who needs space this badly is people who don't want to give jobs up. That I think is pretty crappy of SE. Charging for item storage is one thing(and still a terrible thing). Charging for wardrobe which sole purpose is to store gear for swapping on the fly...that's taking advantage of your customers. There will be plenty of people who get this 3&4 wardrobe as a result. Just no shame whatsoever out of SE camp...
Last edited by Vold; 07-06-2016 at 12:05 PM.
Regular "John" Doe - Not on the Community Team
SE, you've been running login campaigns long enough to know what people are willing to pay for. Go free-to-play or pay-to-play. All or nothing; don't half-ass it.
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