Payed Services - How much are you willing to spend?

[Tupsi]

How much are you willing to spend on payed services?

Right now we have:

$14.99 - standard subscription
$2.00 - additional retainer
$2.00 - second additional retainer
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$18.99

Ok, so $18.99 for the "full" experience and all payed benefits.

It is:

Legacy: 9.99
Entry: 12.99
Standard: 14.99

Those are the prices for the full experience. Maybe you just joined, but I got the full game paying my 9.99 sub fee and I don't recall any content being blocked by any additional fees.

Do you like the idea of a À la carte MMO

No, but it's inevitable because Yoshida himself said NA gamers are more inclined to pay for items than a sub fee.

[Razzle]

NA gamers

[Tupsi]

Yep, http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/120...=1#post6061123 so if it does end up being that way, it's because he sees a profit, just like he did with the retainers because you don't need them but you'll be guaranteed many people will buy it. As I have a legacy sub I Have more than enough space and retainers without needing to buy extra.

[Calyanare]

Personally, I'm willing to pay a sub fee but NOT willing to pay extra for anything. The extra retainers aren't game-breaking so I don't mind, and I think stuff like Fantasia and server transfers are also fine to charge for. The second they charge for anything that affects gameplay, I am unsubbing.

Those are the prices for the full experience. Maybe you just joined, but I got the full game paying my 9.99 sub fee and I don't recall any content being blocked by any additional fees.

So how many retainers do you get for your $9.99? Only two? Then you don't actually get everything the game has to offer. You could have 350 extra inventory slots, 40 extra Market Board slots, and 2 extra people to send on ventures!

Why? If you're still getting the same game for the same money you're paying now, why should you care if other people are getting extra things/advantages for extra money? Why should that influence your enjoyment?

By "influences gameplay" I meant Pay2Win type items, such as armor/weapons that aren't simply cosmetic, stat boosts, potions that give you increased chance to overmeld materia, things like that. I'm still on the fence as to whether insta-max-level upgrades like WoW sells would make me quit the game or not, but basically anything that would make players not on a level playing field based on how much extra cash they feed SE, is what I'm talking about. And yes, it does influence my enjoyment, because, as Yoshi-P said himself in the interview, it causes the development team to focus on those items that bring them more cash, rather than making new content. Less new content = less enjoyment over the long run.

[Tupsi]

So how many retainers do you get for your $9.99? Only two? Then you don't actually get everything the game has to offer. You could have 350 extra inventory slots, 40 extra Market Board slots, and 2 extra people to send on ventures!

Considering I get 8 characters per world and 2 retainers each? More than enough.

[Amnesia]

The second they charge for anything that affects gameplay, I am unsubbing.

Why? If you're still getting the same game for the same money you're paying now, why should you care if other people are getting extra things/advantages for extra money? Why should that influence your enjoyment?