It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[MageBlack]

I don't think SE will adopt the CREDD style system of account payment. Simple reason being that takes money from the development of the game. once you remove the need to give SE money for an account, profits decline, production slows, updates come fewer and further between. i think they would only introduce a system like that IF the game was starting to see a decline in population. If you really want a good measuring stick to see how SE will handle this game, look at the 10+yo FFXI. If a system like that were to be introduced, it would be there first.

Regardless, I don't really want it. To me, it sounds like one of those desperate please "Come Play Me! You can play for free if you can earn enough in game money!"

[Jandor]

I don't think SE will adopt the CREDD style system of account payment. Simple reason being that takes money from the development of the game. once you remove the need to give SE money for an account, profits decline, production slows, updates come fewer and further between. i think they would only introduce a system like that IF the game was starting to see a decline in population. If you really want a good measuring stick to see how SE will handle this game, look at the 10+yo FFXI. If a system like that were to be introduced, it would be there first. Regardless, I don't really want it. To me, it sounds like one of those desperate please "Come Play Me! You can play for free if you can earn enough in game money!"

SE gets the same amount of money. A months subscription time always comes from SE and always requires real money to be created, just under the proposed system you can buy more months than you need and then sell them on the market board in-game.

[MageBlack]

SE gets the same amount of money. A months subscription time always comes from SE and always requires real money to be created, just under the proposed system you can buy more months than you need and then sell them on the market board in-game.

Ah, that's true. But unless the cost of those "CREDD/PLEX" items on the market boards can be regulated and limited to a set cost of gil, then either the players selling will end up making huge profits off this or get undercut so badly that the items become worthless as in game money.

[silentwindfr]

SE gets the same amount of money. A months subscription time always comes from SE and always requires real money to be created, just under the proposed system you can buy more months than you need and then sell them on the market board in-game.

this systeme often come from free to play, indeed wildstar have try to do this, but let's face it, the game will soon go in free to play then...
this systeme have only work with one game Eve online. by the way, do you really think they need to do this actually? i doubt it. people simply want to play for free and forget that a mmorpg need cash for be developped, like have said yoshida the advantage of the monthly fee allow them to be able to predict them budget for the developpement, where the free to play or freemium can't know how many cash will enter for the month. then it's harder to devellop content or even maintain a team dedicated to that.

no the free to play, freemium or creed/plex system is a very bad choice and must be used only when the game will die. if you can't afford the price of the sub from FF14, you must'nt play it first. because let's face it, the price of the subs is really low. (one of the lowest ever see for a mmorpg of this quality)

ps: and if you only want an easy way to grabs gils by using your real cash, maybe you must reconsider how you play to a mmorpg....

[Jandor]

this systeme often come from free to play, indeed wildstar have try to do this, but let's face it, the game will soon go in free to play then...
this systeme have only work with one game Eve online. by the way, do you really think they need to do this actually? i doubt it. people simply want to play for free and forget that a mmorpg need cash for be developped, like have said yoshida the advantage of the monthly fee allow them to be able to predict them budget for the developpement, where the free to play or freemium can't know how many cash will enter for the month. then it's harder to devellop content or even maintain a team dedicated to that. no the free to play, freemium or creed/plex system is a very bad choice and must be used only when the game will die. if you can't afford the price of the sub from FF14, you must'nt play it first. because let's face it, the price of the subs is really low. (one of the lowest ever see for a mmorpg of this quality)

ps: and if you only want an easy way to grabs gils by using your real cash, maybe you must reconsider how you play to a mmorpg....

I haven't actually said I'm in favour of this idea in FFXIV. I play Eve online though and I see a lot of people using Eve as an example in this thread so I added my 2 cents.

As far as PLEX in FFXIV goes, I don't really care. I really don't think it would make much difference day to day for most players.