In your opinion, should the game be free? Or cost less per month?

[KarmaCha]

your explanation of the allocation of funds assumes our monthly fee isn't supposed to pay for that anyway.

It still does not negate the fact that in 2.0-2.15 we got much more content than we have in 3.0-3.15 and they have made *more* money this cycle because of the cash shop

[Moqi]

If the devs got paid, why does it look like there's only one intern left that is copying and pasting 2.0's content desperately trying to meet the deadline?

Are we sure they got back from their break?

[whiskeybravo]

It still does not negate the fact that in 2.0-2.15 we got much more content than we have in 3.0-3.15 and they have made *more* money this cycle because of the cash shop

Just out of curiosity I compared the patch notes for playable content. 2.15 and 2.16 were mainly small adjustment fixing bugs and what not, but this compares patch 2.1 with patches 3.1 & 3.15 (playable content):

2.1
Crystal Tower
FC housing
Hildebrand
Mog Hard
Ifrit Ex
Garuda Ex
Titan Ex
Ultima's Bane
Sylph beast tribe
Amaljaa beast tribe
Haukke hard
Copperbell Hard
Pharos Sirius
Wolve's Den PvP
Treasure maps

3.1 & 3.15
Void Ark
Diadem
Thordan Ex
St Mocianne's Arboretum
Pharos Sirius Hard
Vanu Vanu beast tribe
Lord of Verminion
Anima weapons
Scholasticate

There was nearly twice as much playable content in the first patch than there has been in the last 2..

[VanilleFang]

I think the price is fine.

[Vanitas]

Pretty standard for a sub imo.

[Velox]

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I really wouldn't count the EX primals as "new" content for 2.1. We got EX primals as part of 3.0 without having to wait a patch for them. We should have had Garuda, Titan, and Ifrit in 2.0.

They would cancel each other out anyway.

[valoiz2]

Even if SE put the game into buy to play that won't save this game if they keep it on this way...

Lazy ideas won't make bigger the game. Failures everywhere, the only thing great in this game is mainstory and as far as I know there's too much people who skip all cutscenes because they don't like to watch cinematics so...

[DarkChild]

There is a guy on my friend list who has every class and job at level 60including crafting. I don't even have one class at level 60 and I've been playing on and off since February. How do you guys get through the content so fast?

[Moqi]

Just out of curiosity I compared the patch notes for playable content. 2.15 and 2.16 were mainly small adjustment fixing bugs and what not, but this compares patch 2.1 with patches 3.1 & 3.15 (playable content):

2.1
Crystal Tower
FC housing
Hildebrand
Mog Hard
Ifrit Ex
Garuda Ex
Titan Ex
Ultima's Bane
Sylph beast tribe
Amaljaa beast tribe
Haukke hard
Copperbell Hard
Pharos Sirius
Wolve's Den PvP
Treasure maps

3.1 & 3.15
Void Ark
Diadem
Thordan Ex
St Mocianne's Arboretum
Pharos Sirius Hard
Vanu Vanu beast tribe
Lord of Verminion
Anima weapons
Scholasticate

There was nearly twice as much playable content in the first patch than there has been in the last 2..

Don't you know the devs ALMOST DIED to make all that content!?

[azlewood]

no, i don't think F2P is good, SE would nickle and dime us even more than they already do. I do think that with a subscription model there shouldn't be a cash shop, to me that's a slap in the face and a sign of greed, everything should be able to be obtained in game.
I do realise that mirco-transactions are a trend, i just wish it wasn't.