Is This Worth Paying $12.99?

Sooo I know we get the 30 days free to play, but I havent been able to play since the second day of launch. I wonder if they will give us a free 30 days to play again after everything is fixed... right now they are losing my interest on this game. I'm not butt hurt about it, I just don't want to pour money into something I wont get to use. I will still love square enix games ever since final fantasy on nintendo, but it somewhat sucks when I tell everyone "screw WoW this is boring. Im off to play Final Fantasy. Peace." to my guild and yet here I am watching NetFlix, Hulu, and exploring the anime streaming online because I cant play this game... What are your guys thought on this?

at the rate of people not being able to log in? I say not. lol

I don't plan to pay for subscription after 30 days unless it's fixed. It's not worth it I think. So far they said we might get an extra 7 days free.

well considering what ihave been reading in the forums and the problems they had in the beta i would say at the moment its not. Actually thats why i canceled my preorder a while back and i havent yet purchased the game itself at least not til they fix the bugs that people are having issues with. Mainly the login issue. No sense on paying for a game that you cant even log into

Maybe they should make it F2P for a couple of months until they get everything solved...

I was hoping this would be my next P2P game, but if these logon problems are not resolved soon, I will not be subscribing. Instead, I will be waiting for Elder Scrolls Online, which I am sure will have its challenges as well. Somebody has to get this right.

A free week does not cut it imo. Phase 4, Early Access, and Launch so far. So much time alot of us have not been able to play. They have 30 days to get the servers fixed. If not by then I would be unsure myself if I'd want to subscribe either. 1 free week does not compensate enough for the frustration and aggravation so far. But that's just my opinion.

But if you are asking about content, yes it is worth playing. BUT YOSHI P, and the SE team needs to understand that it is not much a good ONLINE game when you CAN'T let everyone play. EVERYONE THAT IS READY to give you money especially. Patience running out man, running out VERY quickly.

Been a week and it is only getting worse since people are not login off if when their life depends on it.

Yoshi has confirmed that all player accounts, legacy and new, will be given an extra seven days for free to make up for all the problems during EA and after launch and everything should be fixed after 4th Sept, so that's OK with me.

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Originally Posted by Wulfyn

A free week does not cut it imo. Phase 4, Early Access, and Launch so far. So much time alot of us have not been able to play. They have 30 days to get the servers fixed. If not by then I would be unsure myself if I'd want to subscribe either. 1 free week does not compensate enough for the frustration and aggravation so far. But that's just my opinion.

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I agree 7 days, it's not enough. I don't know what they are thinking.

I bet they are already thinking of the new title name for next FF14 right now, instead of trying to fix the issues. :)
FF14: Another Realm or something

I was pondering the same thing. The whole 7 days free thing doesn't float well with me. That's just compensating for lost time, but does not facilitate the customer to stay a customer. For example, I sell stuff as a side job on ebay. When I screw up an order (say, I packed the wrong item), I tell the customer to keep the item, and I'll ship their correct item asap. I don't tell them to send the wrong item back to me. Right now, the 7 extra days seem just like that, telling the customer to send the item back to me, while I ship them the correct item.
Anyway, as for the sub fee, for me at least, I makes me feel that I should be playing XIV every single chance I get, since I am paying for it. But I can't since I have other obligations. Maybe that's just me. Also, I feel like you're essentially "renting" the game since at the end, you don't keep any of it once they call it quits and shut everything down.

Well I mean I guess we can pay $12.99 just to listen to the lovely them music at the menu screen.... >.>

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Anyway, as for the sub fee, for me at least, I makes me feel that I should be playing XIV every single chance I get, since I am paying for it.

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I got trapped that way on WoW.. it was like.. OMG I'm paying money for this.. MUST PLAY ALL HOURS! Thankfully after.. a time long enough that I don't care to admit to it.. I think I have broken the cycle! But yeah, the P2P was a reason I wasn't going to get the game, however other people were playing it, and it's not that big a chunk of change.. so.. here I am!

Back to the compensation. I think one week is kind of crappy to offer. "Hey we're just refunding the time you couldn't play. We're not all that concerned about the frustrations that it has caused, we just want to give you what you've paid for! We don't care to go above and beyond that and show you what you mean to us!" We shall see... we shall see..

One week is indeed a bit ridiculous, but it won't stop me from subbing. The game is great and so far much worth the few mins I can get on. It sucks that it take forever to log in. :/
People would be a lot more inclined and patient if they could fix their login queue.

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Originally Posted by Mokikoza

One week is indeed a bit ridiculous, but it won't stop me from subbing. The game is great and so far much worth the few mins I can get on. It sucks that it take forever to log in. :/
People would be a lot more inclined and patient if they could fix their login queue.

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Yeah I'm not all that ragey anymore. I had my minor rants. They finally said they were working on it. I'm holding on until I see what happens... hopefully by Wed?

Not so much problems getting in (I can get on the JP servers just fine it seems), it's just that this game doesn't seem much different than WoW, EQ, or even some newer F2P MMOs. Delivery and collection quests still? Really?

I'll keep playing my free 30 days, but I'm guessing not much is going to change and I'll have my RPG fix filled by then.

At the moment? No. I wouldn't even spend $5 but when this all gets fixed or if it does, yes. I will throw my money in their faces.

well first of all F2P is where games go to die, and as for the problems, this is not the first time in the world of mmo games even WoW had the exact same problem on every expansion pack, im really having high hopes for this game i just hope they add some real end game content not just log in do raid log off kinda stuff.

and of course i hate the 7 free days but guess SE gotta pay their staff :x

I will be paying...sucks with all the log in issues but I still love the game and enjoy all the time I have spent so far and look forward to more in the future.

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Originally Posted by Malorey

Yoshi has confirmed that all player accounts, legacy and new, will be given an extra seven days for free to make up for all the problems during EA and after launch and everything should be fixed after 4th Sept, so that's OK with me.

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Last post I read is that they were looking into giving a free 7 days, but at the way this company seems to work they will probably give 7 free days once you subscribe.