More and more microtransactions

[Aylis]

Am I the only one who abandoned f2p games to pay for a sub because sub games didn't have microtransactions?

It's all optional, but again why is none of that optional money that is probably generating as much income as our sub improving the game? Is the future of the game even more microtransactions while content remains the same?

Quite the opposite really for me. I've largely abandoned sub based games for FTP games with optional subs. Much for the reasons you just mentioned. At least I know the FTP games I play are open and honest in their intents when it comes to micro transactions and nothing seems shady or arises questions about the games and company behind them.

Such as this right now. So to get the "full" FFXIV experience It's $10 a month sub, plus It's 8 retainers now for $2 each? and now the app is another $5 a month? So roughly $31 a month not including costs for expansions and cash shop items. That's what I call shady practices. Especially since they wave their arms and dance around using the term "we can't" but then seem to suddenly "can" when it comes to tacking on more to the monthly fee. How soon before the monthly fee is $50 a month? $100 a month? When fans of Tabula Rasa begged the developers to keep the game online and they were told that to do so meant them paying a $35 a month fee to play the game. We saw how fast that idea was canned when support dropped and the game shut down. SE is really pushing those waters here too now.

I had a feeling this was going to happen the day they started renting out retainer space. This game has a very large problem when it comes to item bloat. It's known the less then Triple A FTP games use this very same tactic to get players to buy more inventory space. Create item bloat so players would either have to keep running back to vendors and bankers every 5 minutes. Or just buy more space. Or in this case "rent" space. Something that always bothered me. Every FTP game I bought space in was forever mine. The idea of renting space always left a bad taste in my mouth.