Quote Originally Posted by Rufalus View Post
One of the examples Yoshida presented is an existing player who is starting Stormblood and wants to invite a friend who is new to the game.
And that invited friend is expected to shell out $40~45 (final pricing TBD, but this is the estimate Yoshida gives) if they want to play with their friend in any reasonable timeframe. They are expected to buy a fix for FFXIV's content gating problem, when no other MMO requires it, because in other MMOs, this issue doesn't exist. It would be one thing if new players were given both a level and story jump potion complimentary. But it is quite another to ask new players to pay an enormous fee, just to overcome SE's flawed content design. If these potions were really about making the game accessible to potential new players, it they would be included with the expansion just like in WoW.