Free to Play

[Tezz_Xivectro]

Free to play models are for games that can't hold subscribers on a subscriber model, and grant the most power and items to people willing to spend the most in a company supported RMT.

If XIV went microtransaction I wouldn't think twice about quitting.

Unfortunately, this is the stigma that most people will see as well (with good reason). It never has to end up being this way & F2P doesn't always mean the game can't sustain subscribers.


F2P/CS actually isn't a bad thing as long as the cash shop doesn't dictate the game world. As long as there is never a need to spend more than around $13.00 in a single month.

SE said they don't want people spending to much money, put a spending limit on the cash shop per month then.

I don't want to SE go this route personally. They tend to get things wrong, especially when it's something they aren't even used to doing. They would probably overcharge on everything & make drop rates 0.000001%.

Cash shop should be about convenience & novelty items. If there is a mount in the shop that goes 200% faster then there better be one in-game that goes the same speed or faster.

Lastly, i just can't see SE's servers being able to handle the traffic of a F2P.