Retainers, confirmed, you have to pay for them.

[MVague]

Also the apologist fanboys defending this don't realize, that they are actually hurting the game's lifespan by supporting this imho. If I weren't already playing, and checked out FFXIV for the first time, then saw you needed to play an extra MONTHLY fee ON TOP OF YOUR SUB, I'd just walk away and never look back. It's downright ridiculous. I'd be offended if it were even a one time fee, because the reason I play a sub fee game is so I can go and play the game to EARN the stuff I want instead of paying extra IRL money for alleged "convenience" or "cosmetic" stuff. Again, would play a F2P game if I wanted that.

And above that, in my book this already falls in the pay 2 win zone. Why? Because I consider myself quite a hardcore trader. And +40 selling limit? That right there is an edge over other traders. For IRL money. You get it.

This soured me so much that I'll consider moving over to one of the new MMO releases (won't name which to avoid potential flame) unless this changes.

[Erepio]

This soured me so much that I'll consider moving over to one of the new MMO releases (won't name which to avoid potential flame) unless this changes.

pls pls tell u gonna to ESO where the already said the gonna have a cash shop that will sell "fun stuff and servises" or Wildstar where u can sell/buy monthly sub for ingame currency and said they are interested in microtransaction