I would to see ig others think the same or agree with this suggestion of mine

I love that the subscription has a 6 month in an advance but I wonder why they don’t add an option of a year?Some would say it’s dumb or ridiculous but it’s a option for those who would pay a year in advance.I would love if the retainers can have a year option too because if I can get it for a year I wouldn’t have to worry if I have enough funds to kept it up next month or the next.I was wondering if this options would interest the community or a lot of us

Usually when I sub to something I do sub annually if it’s available. I use time cards now for my sub, in the event something happens and I can’t log on a while, but having an extended option for retainers would definitely be nice.

I wouldn't mind if we could subscribe for 1 Year.
That's because money isn't a Problem. If I'm going to decide to stop playing the Game during my subscription I wouldn't care that I've paid for 1 Year.
It might of course be a Problem for many other Players.

I don't see why they couldn't. I'm not the target audience for it, but someone would buy it. I'm the dummy who ends up being subscribed for 6th months thinking I'm not gonna play that long just for the freedom of being able to turn it off when I am bored with the game which is quite often. I'm only subscribed now because I've missed every Yokai event so far, and I want those mounts.

Honestly, I'd love an option to sub for a year or even more. I don't see myself unsubbing any time soon and everytime I get alot of anxiety whenever the time to resub comes because they randomly didn't renew my sub without providing any reason. I've had issues with payments before and the technical support is really bad when it comes to that.

Sadly game time cards are region locked for some reason despite it being a digital product for something that isn't region locked. If you're outside of EU, your account can end up being EU but you have no other means to buy game time cards....other than sketchy third party vendors..

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Originally Posted by Glenfiddich

I wouldn't mind if we could subscribe for 1 Year.
That's because money isn't a Problem. If I'm going to decide to stop playing the Game during my subscription I wouldn't care that I've paid for 1 Year.
It might of course be a Problem for many other Players.

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That’s exactly my thought on it too.I want to support the game I love a lot and if something happens that I can’t play like for a month or 2 I still would buy the 1 year sub.

For example I have health issues and sometimes something happens that I have to spend time on the hospital for a long time and I can’t do anything about my health but I wouldn’t be mad i subscribed for a year.I would be looking forward to be out of the hospital and able to play again

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Originally Posted by Ardeth

I don't see why they couldn't. I'm not the target audience for it, but someone would buy it. I'm the dummy who ends up being subscribed for 6th months thinking I'm not gonna play that long just for the freedom of being able to turn it off when I am bored with the game which is quite often. I'm only subscribed now because I've missed every Yokai event so far, and I want those mounts.

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Lmao,I miss that event since day 1 of its release and now that I’ve returned I’m gonna fully enjoy it while having fun in this fantastic game we all love.A break is needed if your too burned out or play another game as I do to not burn out in ffxiv

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Originally Posted by Rueby

Honestly, I'd love an option to sub for a year or even more. I don't see myself unsubbing any time soon and everytime I get alot of anxiety whenever the time to resub comes because they randomly didn't renew my sub without providing any reason. I've had issues with payments before and the technical support is really bad when it comes to that.

Sadly game time cards are region locked for some reason despite it being a digital product for something that isn't region locked. If you're outside of EU, your account can end up being EU but you have no other means to buy game time cards....other than sketchy third party vendors..

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Yeah,every time I get the notification via email that my sub is almost expiring I don’t like it.I would love to be reminded once a year please and thank you

a lot can happen in a year, heck even in a month, if something untowards were to happen. it's probably set at 6 months to compromise as a best choice solution to prevent people from "wasting" too much money that's not going to be used, as there are no refunds on sub time.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

a lot can happen in a year, heck even in a month, if something untowards were to happen. it's probably set at 6 months to compromise as a best choice solution to prevent people from "wasting" too much money that's not going to be used, as there are no refunds on sub time.

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Everyone including me who buys those long subscriptions agree that something can happen that won’t let us play but still buy it knowing this

I've always used the 6 month sub. I think it's slightly discounted compared to month-to-month. If the 1 year sub were even further discounted it would be a no brainer. But even if it were the same price I would probably use it, it would be easier to keep track of my billing date that way.

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a lot can happen in a year, heck even in a month, if something untowards were to happen. it's probably set at 6 months to compromise as a best choice solution to prevent people from "wasting" too much money that's not going to be used, as there are no refunds on sub time.

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This is such a strange and wild statement, a company concerned about me wasting too much money on it?

I'd like to have the option to choose for myself, how I'd like to waste my own money. I want to throw money at SE, let me throw money at SE. There's no refunds on sub time, so what's the issue? There's already tiered options and people who subscribe with Steam iirc can add more to their subtime up to a year. You can also buy game time cards and charge up to a year.

But game time cards purchases are region locked for some weird reason despite it being a digital product. So I feel people who are being scuffed are those wanting to resub using the mogstation and have no legit means of buying game time cards because anyone who lives out of NA and EU does not exist according to their website.

ok throw away your money, i don't care anymore. The way some of you all act, you do need to be saved from yourselves.

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ok throw away your money, i don't care anymore. The way some of you all act, you do need to be saved from yourselves.

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I merely pointed flaws in your statement which was enough to get you acting up. People are asking for ONE option, not asking to reduce them.

If something happened to you in a year and for some reason you can't afford the luxury of a game sub, cancel it. If you make a financial choice that you regret later because something unforeseen happens in the year, that sounds like a you problem.

Don't act like you care because you never did, you got upset because you got called out and now resort to petty remarks.

that amount of money thrown away because you cancel your year long sub a month into it, if it was just basic entry sub, no retainers... might not be much to someone.

say you have 10 retainers, you sub to the companion app, you have the full amount of characters. you cancel a month into a year's worth of sub you've paid for... that's a few hundred dollars down the drain that you might have better spent. That's my point.

And a person making that choice knows the risks involved and can likely afford to take the hit. Your argument is ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by LilithGardenia

That’s exactly my thought on it too.I want to support the game I love a lot and if something happens that I can’t play like for a month or 2 I still would buy the 1 year sub.

For example I have health issues and sometimes something happens that I have to spend time on the hospital for a long time and I can’t do anything about my health but I wouldn’t be mad i subscribed for a year.I would be looking forward to be out of the hospital and able to play again

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That’s exactly my position. I was hospitalized the summer before Endwalker because of my health issues and the last thing on my mind was the game. (Which really sucked since the benchmark then came out while I was sick so I couldn’t even be excited for that. T_T) That’s why I started to use time cards. Also I nearly lost my private cottage because of it, luckily I was able to log on in the nick of time for that not to happen, but I still didn’t feel like playing the game during my recovery period at home. It’d be nice if those could be tied to subs too. I understand why they’re not, but I feel like with the new lottery system that’s not as big an issue?

I assume there was a cost analysis done on it, and SE decided that it wasn't in the company's interest. Longer sub times are offered as a way to hopefully get people to be subscribed longer than they would otherwise, to increase profit. In exchange, the longer subs are discounted to make them more attractive offers. If they offered a 12-month sub, it would be expected to offer a steeper discount than the current 6-month.

The question then is how many extra subscription months would be captured versus the current recurring 6-month subs, and how that matches up against the amount lost to discount price, and it probably doesn't come out in SE's favor. I would wager most people willing to jump on 6-month subs are already perpetual players, and in all those players' cases, SE wouldn't be getting any extra sub months, and would just be losing money, and the people who would end up subbed for more months aren't a significant enough % to make it up for SE.

I use the absolute cheapest per month option myself but I don't see why they couldn't have the option, like, it seems like a no-brainer but SE is notorious for making it harder to give them your money than it has any right being.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

that amount of money thrown away because you cancel your year long sub a month into it, if it was just basic entry sub, no retainers... might not be much to someone.

say you have 10 retainers, you sub to the companion app, you have the full amount of characters. you cancel a month into a year's worth of sub you've paid for... that's a few hundred dollars down the drain that you might have better spent. That's my point.

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If someone isn't certain they're going to stick around for a year, they can pick one of the other payment options.

Personally, I've played without interruption since the latter half of HW and see nothing in my future that would change that. I would consider paying a full year in advance if it were an option and if paying that amount would fit into my budget for a month.

Don't forget there are a lot of people around here that continue to pay for the game just to keep a house and not because they're interested in playing the game. People do the strangest things with their money but it's their choice.

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you cancel a month into a year's worth of sub you've paid for... that's a few hundred dollars down the drain that you might have better spent. That's my point.

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Why cancel? If you already spent the money and you can't get a refund then cancelling is completely pointless, you're arguing nonsense, it's like trying to argue you shouldn't be able to buy 3 quarter pounder meals because you might only eat 1 and then the other 2 are wasted... just eat them later! You bought it, there's no refund presumably, why would you possibly throw them out and then complain you could've spent the money some other way? It's not Mc Donald's fault you ordered too much, no one put a gun to your head to force you to buy that option, what are you even talking about?!

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

I've always used the 6 month sub. I think it's slightly discounted compared to month-to-month. If the 1 year sub were even further discounted it would be a no brainer. But even if it were the same price I would probably use it, it would be easier to keep track of my billing date that way.

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I would too

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This is such a strange and wild statement, a company concerned about me wasting too much money on it?

I'd like to have the option to choose for myself, how I'd like to waste my own money. I want to throw money at SE, let me throw money at SE. There's no refunds on sub time, so what's the issue? There's already tiered options and people who subscribe with Steam iirc can add more to their subtime up to a year. You can also buy game time cards and charge up to a year.

But game time cards purchases are region locked for some weird reason despite it being a digital product. So I feel people who are being scuffed are those wanting to resub using the mogstation and have no legit means of buying game time cards because anyone who lives out of NA and EU does not exist according to their website.

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Right?It’s my money I know the choice knowing the consequences of that choice.

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Originally Posted by Rueby

I merely pointed flaws in your statement which was enough to get you acting up. People are asking for ONE option, not asking to reduce them.

If something happened to you in a year and for some reason you can't afford the luxury of a game sub, cancel it. If you make a financial choice that you regret later because something unforeseen happens in the year, that sounds like a you problem.

Don't act like you care because you never did, you got upset because you got called out and now resort to petty remarks.

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My thought is,why is he getting mad about something he won’t buy?Is for those who want to…