Who is jumping ship once they start charging in November?

[Alerith]

Nope. Not what we're saying.

We're saying it looks like quite a few people, maybe even a majority if fan site polls are to be believed, are planning to go away once fees start. We're worried about the effect on the FFXIV community to see so many potential fans and customers go away for at least a year.

We're trying to bring attention to what appears to be a serious problem. It has nothing to do with how much you're willing to pay at all. It's about having enough people to support the game for the long term.

I have no problem if SE wants to raise money for the game. But it would be nice if there was also some solution or process to keep more people engaged with FFXIV over the next year.

The polls really need to stop being brought up. They aren't a good source to draw speculation from, from ANY forum for EITHER side of the argument.

Secondly, SE released an entire road map of changes that are happening between now and 2.0. If that isn't enough to engage some people to stay, then they aren't going to stay no matter how much you crusade.

If people want to leave, that's fine. That's my contribution to the community. Being accepting of people who simply don't want to play.

You're acting like there is going to be this huge implosion on the servers because there is going to be such an tremendous dip in the community...

I say YOU have the problem and have no faith. I expect better of someone who parades themselves as a champion of the people. How about you show some pride in the population that IS going to stay instead of bashing them when they don't share your thoughts on polls and people not wanting to play?

Quit crusading and have some faith that the community will remain stable.