This is why you're not justified in being so angry.

[Goodberry]

Basically, I agree with the OP, because I hate (HATE) the idea of "free-to-play" games. I am a software developer myself, need the money from my customers to live, and do my best to try and give them quality products.

The problem with FTP is that when you don't pay... are you really entitled to anything? How do the developers carry on? Ok, microtransactions. Does it really work?

This here game has a lot (A LOT) of problems. On the other hand, it is gorgeous. Do you want to know something? WoW always had a lot of problems, as big or bigger. But it is the best game ever made.

So, I hope our subscribtions help Yoshida-san & C to go on, and build a bigger and better game. I also hope (wow!) that they may learn from errors. Fat chance, I know. :P

[Peptaru]

But it is the best game ever made.

Must be sarcasm; must be. Without a qualifying statement such as, "because it was the most profitable," or, "because of the low overhead and high return on investment," or something like that. If you as a "software developer yourself" really think WoW was the best game ever made based on merit... I wouldn't know how hard to laugh.

[Goodberry]

Must be sarcasm; must be. Without a qualifying statement such as, "because it was the most profitable," or, "because of the low overhead and high return on investment," or something like that. If you as a "software developer yourself" really think WoW was the best game ever made based on merit... I wouldn't know how hard to laugh.

No sarcasm, I mean it. I am still playing WoW after almost ten years, unsubscribing three times and posting pages of really scathing critique on their forum. It's no more the game it used to be, but still going.

And FF14 may well become the fabled WoW 2.0, if they manage to fix some absurd mistakes and learn to listen less to the 5% elitists and more to the 95% - AND MOST OF ALL, TO PLAIN COMMON SENSE.