Seeing Square Enix in a new light. I am grateful for this game.

[Krokov]

Oh dear a positivity thread on GD? Nope OP let me tell you why your feelings are wrong. Jeez this forum has become the biggest dumpster fire in the last month or so.

This game does a lot right, it does a lot wrong, and it tries to innovate in that weird SE way that's akin to a baby animal trying to walk for the first time. I haven't tried the PS4 port of Tera yet but I have played it on PC and honestly it was fine but meh. Also wasn't a fan of their style of cash shop (really? I'm spending money to roll a dice?). There are far worse and far more predatory games out their than XIV and I'd encourage naysayers to give them a try and see if that's more their speed.



I pay 11.99 myself (Legacy + 1 retainer) and that's all I need. If someone wants to spend the money on all those retainers purely to play Capitalism, Ho! then they are free to do as they wish. But none of them are needed to enjoy the game or make money. Five dollar for premium features on an app with the bonus of more inventory? XI kinda did it first with the security token bonus of the Mog Satchel and it cost twice as much as Premium will if I remember correctly. Hell they even charge money for 2 more Mog Safes in XI and that game is inarguably more intensive and focused on inventory due to gearswapping and could be construed as an advantage over non-paying players (but then they also have myriad free inventory as well).

And no Tera doesn't ask for a sub but it does ask for Elite status and offers PLENTY of perks for it that can be considered p2w or pay for advantage (p4a?) in the rhetoric being painted lately and it has the audacity to ask you to pay for lootboxes that are literal gambling as opposed to the mog station giving you exactly what you pay for.

Actually the Mog Safes are free with your Mog House it's the Mog Wardrobes 3 and 4 that you pay extra for & you can only store weapons and gear inside them. For the Mog Satchel you really don't pay extra for it per se you just attach a security token to your account and you get it automatically. A security tokens depending where you buy it isn't that expensive either.