Quote Originally Posted by Vstarstruck View Post
Retainers started to cross the line, the amount now is past crossing the line, now they are locking basic UI features behind a second sub fee? I don't think so. So everyone posting this wait and see is BS, and yet SE reps can reply here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...76#post4649276
So clearly SE is not understanding the worry of this issue, so I offered more detailed insight why it is a worry (for those questining why I made this thread at all)
I disagree that retainers are crossing the line. Yes, it is technically a competitive advantage to be able to sell more stuff at once, but given how little gameplay advantage gil provides, it's so negligible as to be safely ignored. They aren't locking any UI features that offer any advantage being the app subscription fee. The feature that does offer an advantage, dealing with the marketboard, is available for free in game.

The simple fact is, all of this game's many extra fees and charges are buying one of two things: glamour, or convenience. If you want the convenience but don't want to pay extra for it, I feel for you, but that doesn't make it a slippery slope towards doom.

As a side note, Square Enix only responds when they have something concrete to say, so their lack of a response on this issue is not surprising, nor does it indicate how they've prioritized the issue.