Quote Originally Posted by Scox View Post
Otherwise, a new player is looking at spending about $120 to get into the game for the first time.
Only if their plan to get into the game for the first time includes jumping straight to the current expansion, and that's only going to apply to a certain portion of those coming in completely new.

Is bundling it a good idea? Yes it is.

The right time to bundle it with the purchase though is a more complex question. I don't know that less than four years in is the right time for that (WoW didn't add theirs at all until the 10 year mark, so FFXIV is kind of a bit early to the party on offering them at all imo).

Also I'd recommend ignoring trolls whose only non-contribution to the discussion involves mocking those with a different opinion.