would you play this game if it went free to play/hybrid?

[justinjarjar]

Yes SWToR and LotRO work fine with the hybrid. Pay-to-win no I am not a fan, like I said SWToR and LotRO where you can unlock parts of the game on free-to-play side straight out or you can get cosmetics. Subs get everything unlocked and some cash shop currency. My only regret is that I almost bought LotRO for life which ended up being a pretty good deal. Saying these things I would probably sub when I was playing anyways so it would matter little as long as not pay-to-win enters the game.

[nuyu11]

I quit WoW because of Token system, if ff14 Implement something similar I will quit too. I believe quality in pay to play mmo and I'm bit satisfy with ff14 than current WoW.

[Vladislav]

I saw few games that f2p , tried some games that f2p , quality if those games not even close to FFXIV ( XI also btw ) . I Belive f2p games have low financial resources so that why they just can't Unleash any potential .

[Jynx]

Nope. Not a chance.

[Gardes]

Ahh so no different than the players here? All f2p players aren't "plebs". I play f2p and p2p mmos equally. The only gripe I have with f2p games are the BRs. Actually it would bring more skilled people as most f2p gamers this isn't their first MMO like so many people here. I've played a lot of mmos and this game literally has the highest level of bads I've ever dealt with. There's bads in all MMOs but for the most part f2p gamers seem (unless they're BR) to always be more skilled.

I'm not sure if I believe the latter but I do believe in the former. So...

[Erim-Nelhah]

It depends on the model. If FFXIV were to use the content-based Hybrid model (like DDO and LotRO do), and didn't cripple "Premium" players too much (like SWTOR does with the credit cap which, last I checked, can only be permanently raised by removing it with a subscription), I'd stay. Otherwise, I'd start looking elsewhere for my MMO fix again.

I don't like games that are "Pay 2 Win", but "Free to Play" doesn't have to be this. Not many MMOs have gotten it right, but there are a few that have.

--Erim Nelhah

[TabKey]

Yoshi P himself stated that he would rather pull the plug on the servers, than let the game sink into the cesspool of the F2P market. Ain't happening.

[Kaedan]

Ahh so no different than the players here? All f2p players aren't "plebs". I play f2p and p2p mmos equally. The only gripe I have with f2p games are the BRs. Actually it would bring more skilled people as most f2p gamers this isn't their first MMO like so many people here. I've played a lot of mmos and this game literally has the highest level of bads I've ever dealt with. There's bads in all MMOs but for the most part f2p gamers seem (unless they're BR) to always be more skilled.

I never said "all" F2P players were plebs. There are exceptions. But for the most part they are. And I completely and utterly disagree with you about them "always being more skilled". My experience is the exact opposite. F2P players tend to be a lot more non-committal, lazy and irresponsible. Those are not qualities that make for "skilled players."

If you want to make a claim that some F2P players may be skilled because being F2P allows them to freeload and spend hours and hours playing, and thus improving... I can accept that. But making ridiculous and illogical absolute claims is just worthless. That, and going F2P will almost always double a population... which also brings in the most toxic of all MMO gamers: The F2P only crowd.

[Galgarion]

I'd drop it like a bad habit. I haven't played a free mmo yet where the community badn't devolved into cretinous scum. My sub fee feels like a gated community with a sign out front that says: 'No thank you.'

[Terribad]

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So if f2p brings the most toxic of gamers, what's the case with WoW? Not to mention a lot of people in this game scream about how "toxic" this community is.

F2P players tend to be a lot more non-committal, lazy and irresponsible. Those are not qualities that make for "skilled players."

A lot of people in this game will abandon a duty after 1 fail, non-committal. Majority of people here tell people to go watch videos instead of taking a few seconds to explain a boss. A lot of people here refuse to learn their class properly, both are lazy and the latter is irresponsible AND lazy. Not to mention majority of f2p mmos have like -0.23432 percent drop rate so they have to actually work for things unlike p2p games with token systems that hand you gear for logging in.

But making ridiculous and illogical absolute claims is just worthless

I actually never gave my opinion on why I think they are most skilled. I also said "seems". That means that's what it appears to be, may not be what it actually is. Soooo again I never made any absolute claims lol.