Free Trial increase feedback

[snowdropkitten]

based on The 72nd Freshly Picked Vanadiel

it says you guys are increasing the free trial to level 75 and removing the time limits
(source: https://x.com/FFXI_JP/status/2055270122814874094 https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxi/commen...lation_thread/

i would like to offer some feedback

I think you guys should also include Rise of the Zilart and maybe Chains of Promathia with this free trial increase removing the time limit is great in itself but adding a few expansions would be so much more of a draw then just removing the time limit removing the time limit in itsself is a draw but adding a few expansions would be a EVEN BIGGER DRAW

by including these expansions you include more content that was meant for the 75 level the 75 cap is pretty neat but there's gonna be like= nothing for them to really do with it, there would be more zones such as everything on the main continent explored heck even just rise of the zilart would be fine i feel by including these in the free trial you give players more of a story grab and gameplay grab to try out the free trial then eventually buy the game

(also please combine or offer a discounted sub to ffxiv players forever it would also bring in more players)

[Alhanelem]

It's actually a little bit interesting that ROTZ isn't included because that's actually a sort of unique experience given that the game launched outside of Japan with the release of ROTZ and thus it was included with all non-Japanese copies. They actually get to explore the fact that Summoner is actually not a Zilart job, even though it was released with the patch that added the ROTZ data to the game. It does not require ROTZ, but all of the summons except for Carbuncle and the elemental spirits require one of the expansions.

But at the very least ROTZ should be included because almost no one outside of Japan ever experienced the game that way.

[Catmato]

Not to mention there's little to no content between 50-75 in pre-Zilart areas.

[BobbinT]

Got the feeling SE need to monitor how these going to affect with certain aspects, one of them probably with how the RMTs situation would grow & what kind of counter-measure needed to alleviate that, also especially if these also affects those server lockdowns.

On that note, need to re-consider solutions to approach these server lockdowns, coz these free trials would benefit from more seasoned players that could help new players. Asura is understandable for being limited, but Bahamut & Odin felt a bit stretched to get lockdowns, & even Bahamut already felt too long being locked.

Hopefully the new free trial update eventually would stretch out it's availability on expansions as well, especially now that FF14 already includes 3rd expansion on their free trial service.

Other than that, I'm totally down with the combined FF14 perma-discount sub fees.

[nixRidge]

The game launched with Chains of Promathia included here (Europe), so why not include the whole original story arc while we're at it

I'm half-joking, I know that might be a bit too generous. But I don't think Square Enix has much to lose by letting people experience the first three expansion stories for free. There's still a lot of other restrictions that will be fairly annoying to someone who is genuinely sold on the game by then.
OR, let trial players experience a few of the first missions of Zilart and Chains and any areas that might unlock, to see if they want to invest in the complete package.

How it migh affect botting, I'm not sure. It seems like the game has a terribly big botting problem already so I can understand wanting to be careful in that regard. I'm thinking people running bots to complete the stories and then harvesting the gil rewards from it.


At the very least, I'm also surprised Rise of the Zilart wasn't included in the free trial.
Heck, Final Fantasy 14 lets you enjoy over half of its entire combined main story in the trial, I think. I haven't played that game in a long time but that's what I remember.