Lol starting to bill us in November for this game..

[HiirNoivl]

When I bought FFXIV I planned to pay for it. The issues disturbed me but I figured it would get better. The free subscription for a year surprised and pleased me. Now I enjoy the game many hours. The issues that disturbed me are mostly gone.

I do plan to pay for this game. The Dev team has responded greatly to the challenge. They've responded to the 3 things I need in an MMO 1) Content, 2) Content and 3) Content. The future pics and concept art show that FFXIV plans to roll out more Content and without dumbing down the graphical appeal. Woohoo!

Here's my $12.00, one for every month I played free. You deserve it. ^^

[Betelgeuzah]

sorry but i payed my dime (or 80$ for a collectors edtion) for a broken mess of a game. Dont even start to say we didnt pay.

Paying for the box doesn't mean you "stayed around to keep the game alive". Most people bought the box and moved on (BECAUSE THE GAME WAS A BROKEN MESS). Some people stuck around but it has nothing to do with carrying the weight of this game's failures on their shoulders. They are not obliged to do anything, especially for an international company. Even claiming the opposite is as retarded as it gets.

[XxOstiaxX]

This sentence alone makes this thread best in the recent history.

For being a "weight on their shoulders" they sure put time and effort into this game just to "keep it alive". How does that even work? You sure as hell aren't paying them a dime. You are using their service and that doesn't help them in the slightest.

People play this game because they like playing it. For some who knows what reason- don't ask me. Nobody forces them to stick around. They aren't obliged to stick around. They do it because they enjoy the game.

Mask it behind "helping SE" or whatever bullshit reason you can come up with, but nobody plays this for anyone but themselves.

We did pay :/

[Zanfire]

Paying for the box doesn't mean you "stayed around to keep the game alive". Most people bought the box and moved on (BECAUSE THE GAME WAS A BROKEN MESS). Some people stuck around but it has nothing to do with carrying the weight of this game's failures on their shoulders. They are not obliged to do anything, especially for an international company. Even claiming the opposite is as retarded as it gets.

no but us paying for a game that is broken and is now being change into a 2.0 version was their way of not losing pretty much their entire playerbase. If they were still in beta up until 2.0, then noone could cry, but we can because we spent money and they promised to fix it.

[EmeraldHill]

So, they make a ton of promises and expect us to pay them money in the hopes that it will roll out smoothly and quickly? After it took them a year to add just chocobos? That's too much faith they are asking for, we made the plunge once and got burned, they can't seriously expect us to take the same leap of faith again.

[Rinsui]

We did pay :/

And SE paid 12 month's worth of wages for 250 developers and server costs.

They left a mess in 2010 and made you pay for a pile of crap,
but they've been working diligently to clean it up for 12 months.

Fair enough pricing.

So, they make a ton of promises and expect us to pay them money in the hopes that it will roll out smoothly and quickly? After it took them a year to add just chocobos? That's too much faith they are asking, we made the plunge once and got burned, they can't seriously expect us to take the same leap of faith again.

Luckily, they can't force you to. Be smart and leave!

[Duuude007]

I will stay.

wait....

Hell YES I will stay.

Much better sentiment.

[shotta77]

Show attributes on food and make food more effective in game and i'll pay...I promise

[Nymia]

Nobody wants to shell out money when they've been getting something free forever, but it had to come. I'd imagine they're starting to charge us now as a way of funding all the changes they are working on in the next year. ~$10 a month for something that will have a ton of stuff to do not only now, but especially in a year, isn't a lot to pay. You pay $10-15 on other things without even thinking about it. ie, fast food meal, going out to eat, going to a movie etc. Except in this case you're paying $10 for a whole month's worth of stuff to do, as well as funding the company to enable them to give us these incredible changes they have planned. Worth it to me.

[Betelgeuzah]

Luckily, they can't force you to. Be smart and leave!

Are you sure? The OP is pretty much describing that the Japanese Yakuza came to his house and pointed a gun on his head, forcing him to play this game until today, for the sake of keeping the game alive.

That, or like any other individual in today's society, he felt empathy towards this multi-national corporation and simply wanted to help them out because he is such a caring person. To him, SE is like a big baby that needs nurturing, so he will do everything in his power to make him grow big and strong.

Now we're on the teenage phase though.