Why aren't you subbing to Final Fantasy XIV now that the trial period is over?

[Hed]

Because I was hacked and they've locked me out for the next........12 or so days. Glad I didn't get the sub in before then.

I'm going to do a 4 month sub if I get my account back. Which I should. I feel that will give me ample time to do the things I still want to. Check out some new content in 2.1 then decide from there.

[RykerSteel]

I'll give the game a month, but if they use "The next patch" marketing tool and refuse to fix glaring quality of life issues + the teleporting bot farming, I'm out.

You have like 40 days for me! Enjoy the 15 bucks or w/e SE....I'll try to enjoy your product.

I think more frequent hotfixes would be desirable, at least to address quality of life issues more easily, though it seems they can't make even the most minor of changes without an extended downtime.

[xTehGuy]

Im enjoying the game atm. But i think for most of us its not the game thats the issue more the people in it! The community is turning sour, but hopefully as trials end that crowd may thin ^_^ *Fingers crossed*

[Sully]

Personally, I just subbed (30 days). The reason for this is that FFXIV is my first "WoW-like" MMO and I'm interested as to where they're gonna go next. They have a lot of problems ahead to fix, but overall I think they're doin' alright - its just gonna take that extra step to go from "all right" to "outstanding". Currently I'm at the point where I'm experiencing the slow down that comes when approaching the level cap and the problem with leveling secondary jobs. Glad I made two characters and learned to save the side-quests for the second job, but you shouldn't have to do that, especially when one of your games' highlights is "you can be any and every job".

[Leafcore]

I had a 1.0 account, not legacy, so my free trial ended earlier. I subbed because it's a good game. I got to lvl 48 2.5 weeks ago, but I just decided to take it slowly, level up another class and focus on my family.

I chose not to make FFXIV:ARR a major source of joy/contentment, so I don't spend 3-5 a day like I used to do when I was younger. There's a ton of content for those who are just enjoying the ride. I've been playing on and off since Beta Phase 1, and slowly I got to learn what endgame was going to be and so I decided to not rush and burn through it because it would only leave me to be unsatisfied. I noticed that when I only few a days a week for a short period of time, those hours of playing are MUCH sweeter than the days I played everyday for 5+ hours. I think I made a good choice. =)

Plus if I did burn out, there are a ton of good games to play while waiting for patch 2.1. Good stuff!

[Diavolo]

I've decided to wait until it comes out on PS4 to sub. That way I can cash in on my PS3 to fund the subscription instead of out of pocket.

[MagicZelda]

Not Subbing

1. Customer Support is really bad (so not worth paying for)
2. Lag issues are bad (not worth paying for)
3. Possible account blocking if I earned to much gil.
4. Massive RMT issues (reason for picking P2P was hoping to have less RMTs and better community, I was very much mistaken)

[Ryios]

Game becomes ghosttown, suddenly Titan HM is on farm in pugs, turn 5 BC goes down, 2.1 and 2.2. come out, those who stayed are geared to the teeth and those who left wish they hadn't.

[Evilchakra]

not subbing any further because:

1. Cleared Turn 1 through 4 in less than 2 hours in Coil with only one wipe (due to serverside LAG), brand new FC attempting it.
2. The first time leveling to 50 was great, the next two jobs to 50 was... FATE FATE FATE. Very boring. Yes other stuff to do but only a select few dilly dally lvl 1-49 with side dungeons. Most others would like to get to 50 and play endgame. Hunting Logs don't give you much and waste time/teleport money compared to the EXP gained from FATE with 50% exp bonus.
3. ENDLESS grinding of the same instance over and over. AK runs, CM runs. Every mmo has grinding but my god is it that hard to just give the primal battles a few myth more tombs? The amount of time required to grind is stupid not to mention Extremely boring.
4. Horrible players. Yes people are new, I am one of the few who actually don't say anything to them when they are in my group playing terrible, i would just carry them and explain shit. But my god, is it really that hard to move out of huge red circles on the ground? Especially after the 3rd, 4th, 5th time wiping? Every boss fight at endgame has pretty much the same mechanics. Watch your feet, adjust your camera, dps adds, stay out of the front and back of the boss. Even with the use of macros and /yell commands stating what abilities come next, people will still just be lazy and die so they are carried.
5. These forums: I can't stand how the mods respond to posts about character creation and such, instead of major in-game issues. BETA was WAY better with professional responses. Who cares what you look like when the game is so incredibly stale and boring after your first 50. Pay attention to the 100+ pages and +1000 Likes on important issues/bugs!!
6. Random things in-game that FF14 developers should have told players about in a tutorial or somewhere else. For example: Switching grand companies - 30 day cooldown. Would be nice to know that before you do it. Oh and not to mention lvl 55 crafted gear completely owns a lot of the Darklight gear. But wait, be careful buying from certain people you might get banned, be careful crafting those items you might be banned.... your kidding right? I feel bad for a lot of those players I guarantee most of them did nothing wrong but just loved to make money. Sell Titan Runs? Go ahead at least those people buying it don't have to wipe endlessly for weeks with idiots who /shout IM EXPERIENCED ON PHASE 3, then die to landslides before heart phase, or deal with 2 tanks Duty finder queues....really? Whats the other tank there for, moral support? Wait a minute, on that note, most fights endgame don't even need 2 tanks but Duty finder thinks so ....+20-30min to the runs. A half DL-geared paladin can rip through CM by himself with 2 heals and dps with no issues, no 2nd tank needed. Even Ifrit HM the PLD can shield bash the Eruption ability just by knowing the Bosses scripted rotation.
7. Having BRD be top DPS. Should I even have to explain this one? 480DPS burst with 300-320DPS over a 5-10min fight - the ability to move freely while casting and have mana battery song for everyone else. Just OP. Poor Warriors... wait whats a warrior I don't see any of them really at endgame raiding. Why would you even bring one of them to coil - give them some sort of interrupt on a small cooldown.
8. Gold sellers / RMT - How did all those people get banned yet I have 140 on my blacklist and adding about 5 a day whenever i stop by a major city. I even get in-game mails from them - at least they are saying 'sorry to bother' now before they give the sales pitch. Moving on up i guess. SE your gonna have to increase the 200 limit btw on blacklist.
9. Duty finder - where do i even start? Titan DF que'n with 2 tanks? Really? 140minute queues on Monday-Wednesday night and sometimes sundays for DPS. Meanwhile idiots who insta-que as Tank can just leave the zone wait 15minutes and go again. And why isn't relic quest monsters included in Duty finder -Chimera/hyrda?
10. The BS that led up to release. All these promises given about keeping the community up-to-date with issues. Yeah right. Like i said before, we get responses to things no one that I know cares about. I must not know that many people or something?


Bottom Line - I did sub for 90 days, which blows, because this game really sucks once you realize there is nothing at 50 to do besides the same instance over and over. At least make it so if you change jobs on your character you can re-enter Coil or something?

Don't get me wrong, I did like the game before. And yes, I am angry, and its because i REALLY liked this game in BETA and i really was on Yoshi/SE side and defended it against my friends who said it would suck. The forums are meant for bitching and hopefully some of you understand im more frustrated there is nothing to do but the same old shit over and over. But now there is nothing to defend against. The game is pretty crappy imo and VERY boring. There is nothing else out to play so yes you'll catch me online Mondays if it isn't laggy for one or two hours clearing all the content available to us.

For the OP its all about if you want to play or not. Take some notes from the people who are upset, there is a reason why they are. Maybe you don't fancy end-game stuff you like leveling, for me though I'll wait in hopes the game completely changes in the future to a real solid MMO i've been looking for.

[Chrysania]

I'm her until I see exactly what 2.1 shows me. Unless something impressive happens with that, I'll be out. Might check back in 6-12 months after, if 2.1 fails to tell me good things. Not mediocre things. Not ho-hum same ol' things. Good things, that convince me sticking around won't be an utter waste of my time.