Compromise: Just Charge $5 For Now. Once 2.0 is Out, Then Charge $12

[Synfrag]

Thats still part of the risk, that chunk of players who stop paying (more of them because they think currently its not worth full price for the worse 1.0 version of the game) have a chance of ending up playing something else (multiple big releases coming withing the next year) or simply forget/give up on it. Would you risk losing all of those potential subs because you want to charge on the inferior version of your game?

Most people who are into MMOs dont just sit around for a year, they will very likely try other things while waiting and it could possibly get them to stay, it happens all the time. SE needs to decide whether its worth taking the chance of losing them as future subs. And its pretty clear that the people who are not happy with a full price charge are a pretty decent #, there are numerous topics on multiple sites about it and basically every interview i have read had to ask why they want to charge so soon before 2.0 (they all got the same robot response)

And if the #s are great enough of people who either stop playing or wait til 2.0, it will effect the people paying. When the servers are a lot more empty, or peoples friends/family/LS mates decide not to play, it can in turn get them to not play now, or people could possibly not enjoy the empty feeling on their servers (some which are already not very full)

What big releases are coming within the next year? I count 2 major names. 1) SWtOR which, I think you have to be a star wars / future nerd to really get into. 2) Tera which really has not gotten great reviews and sounds like the good old run of the mill quest loops and boss battles. Only god knows when GW2 will come out.

Besides that, 90% of the people I know play multiple MMOs for when there is nothing to do in one. Hell I have 4 active subscriptions right now and I still choose to spend my time in XIV, maybe I have masochistic tendencies but XIV is rapidly changing unlike any of the other 3.

Patch releases:
Aion - Gives you new outfits to wear and continues to break the balancing in pvp YAY!
WoW - Gives you the same dungeons with new art and the same exact mechanics as any prior to it.
FFXI - Gives you more and more ungodly content that is in most ways the same but the patch schedule is monthly introducing new features every single month
FFXIV - Gives you new features and overhauls, a one time story that only players now will see, content seems to be challenging and has interesting mechanics but also leaves you wanting more than what you got post patch

The above points are only to illustrate that everything changes in it's own way, every one of these games is playable and enjoyable in their own way. I understand a lot of people don't have time for 4 mmos or can't afford to maintain them but for may of us out there it requires more than one to remain satisfied.

It's like a drug addict having something to smoke, snort and shoot. Each has it's ups and each has it's downs.

Charging for the game is imo a good move because what this community needs is the removal of, well, 1/2 the people in this thread for starters. Then we can stop being defensive and help communicate what the game actually needs or what we would like to see.

[Starlord]

What big releases are coming within the next year? I count 2 major names. 1) SWtOR which, I think you have to be a star wars / future nerd to really get into. 2) Tera which really has not gotten great reviews and sounds like the good old run of the mill quest loops and boss battles. Only god knows when GW2 will come out.

Besides that, 90% of the people I know play multiple MMOs for when there is nothing to do in one. Hell I have 4 active subscriptions right now and I still choose to spend my time in XIV, maybe I have masochistic tendencies but XIV is rapidly changing unlike any of the other 3.

Patch releases:
Aion - Gives you new outfits to wear and continues to break the balancing in pvp YAY!
WoW - Gives you the same dungeons with new art and the same exact mechanics as any prior to it.
FFXI - Gives you more and more ungodly content that is in most ways the same but the patch schedule is monthly introducing new features every single month
FFXIV - Gives you new features and overhauls, a one time story that only players now will see, content seems to be challenging and has interesting mechanics but also leaves you wanting more than what you got post patch

The above points are only to illustrate that everything changes in it's own way, every one of these games is playable and enjoyable in their own way. I understand a lot of people don't have time for 4 mmos or can't afford to maintain them but for may of us out there it requires more than one to remain satisfied.

It's like a drug addict having something to smoke, snort and shoot. Each has it's ups and each has it's downs.

Charging for the game is imo a good move because what this community needs is the removal of, well, 1/2 the people in this thread for starters. Then we can stop being defensive and help communicate what the game actually needs or what we would like to see.

Then we can stop being defensive and help communicate what the game actually needs or what we would like to see.

That's what we all want :/, I'm tired of arguing

[Azurus]

What big releases are coming within the next year? I count 2 major names. 1) SWtOR which, I think you have to be a star wars / future nerd to really get into. 2) Tera which really has not gotten great reviews and sounds like the good old run of the mill quest loops and boss battles. Only god knows when GW2 will come out.

Besides that, 90% of the people I know play multiple MMOs for when there is nothing to do in one. Hell I have 4 active subscriptions right now and I still choose to spend my time in XIV, maybe I have masochistic tendencies but XIV is rapidly changing unlike any of the other 3.

Patch releases:
Aion - Gives you new outfits to wear and continues to break the balancing in pvp YAY!
WoW - Gives you the same dungeons with new art and the same exact mechanics as any prior to it.
FFXI - Gives you more and more ungodly content that is in most ways the same but the patch schedule is monthly introducing new features every single month
FFXIV - Gives you new features and overhauls, a one time story that only players now will see, content seems to be challenging and has interesting mechanics but also leaves you wanting more than what you got post patch

The above points are only to illustrate that everything changes in it's own way, every one of these games is playable and enjoyable in their own way. I understand a lot of people don't have time for 4 mmos or can't afford to maintain them but for may of us out there it requires more than one to remain satisfied.

It's like a drug addict having something to smoke, snort and shoot. Each has it's ups and each has it's downs.

Charging for the game is imo a good move because what this community needs is the removal of, well, 1/2 the people in this thread for starters. Then we can stop being defensive and help communicate what the game actually needs or what we would like to see.

....you dont get a kiss... no wish of further removals from the playerbase will ever receive my affection!