Why are extra characters still $3?

[Felis]

I love how they are starting to slide in the fact that retainers will eventually cost $, trying to act as if that has been the plan since day 1 and will change once 2.0 hits. Nice try trying to ninja that one in S-E.

Ehm, it was a plan since day 1

extra character = 3$
extra retainer = 1$

been known since beta last year

[UnrealTai]

So what are mog houses with storage going to be then?? 2$ a month for the Grand Vida in front of Gridania? Come on seriously enough is enough.

[Leknaat]

Look at it this way. For the price of 3 characters on one account, you could dual-box 2 characters cheaper (and you can play both at the same time).

3 character account:
$29.94 = $4.99 X 6 months
+$0.00 = FREE X 6 months for 1st character
+$18.00 = $3.00 x 6 months for 2nd character
+$18.00 = $3.00 X 6 months for 3rd character
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$65.94

Dual-box:
$29.94 = $4.99 X 6 months for 1st character
+$29.94 = $4.99 X 6 months for 2nd character
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$59.88

Your first character is not free ^^;

* One character save slot as well as a basic service fee is required to play FINAL FANTASY XIV.
* The price for one character save slot is $3.00. An additional $3.00 charge will apply for every additional character save slot.

$65.94 + $18 = $83.94 for a 3 character account.

$59.88 + $18 + $18 = $95.88 for 2 accounts.

[UnrealTai]

hmm? its 9.99 for basic service and "one" character. anything past 1 character is 3$ extra only. so that looks right.
I think you misread the slot charge.
The price for one character slot "IS" 3.00 as they said, meaning every slot over 1 character. Not for having only one.
The first character is part of the 9.99 package and is not an additional 3$.

[Quesse]

Like everything else that sucks in this game, its born out of them making a priority of cutting down the RMT. Surplus, Market Wards, Gathering Fatigue, leve limits, 4 trade slots, no mailboxes, server lag caused by encryption and verification of every action to Japan -- All anti-RMT measures that have made this game suck. Instead of learning their lesson, they're at it again with this pricing model. Good luck with that.

[Felis]

So what are mog houses with storage going to be then?? 2$ a month for the Grand Vida in front of Gridania? Come on seriously enough is enough.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/#/about/game_info

[Agoven]

I know people who paid a good $2000 in a free to play just to get 1 vanity item. So all those complaining for a subscription based game to charge you a whole $3 dollar a month. I laugh and giggle...and those that think free to play games cause they don't charge and you can make x, y, z characters...you pay substantially more for a free to play if you really want to play and the community is generally atrocious.

[Asiaine]

If a person feels that they need an extra character/account to serve as a mule to store goods beyond:
What they can carry on themselves
What they can carry in retainers
What they can store in their house (pending I expect..)
What they can store in their mailboxes (also pending I expect...)

Then perhaps they are playing the game in a manner that the developers did not intend? If that is the case, then I would understand the developers from trying to limit this form of gameplay if they feel it does not lead to a good overall experience.

I know, if I had easy infinite storage, I may never sell anything ever and hoard everything I ever got. This could have undesirable effects for the rest of the game/economy/interaction. (I am less likely to sell. Also, less likely to buy 'that newbie gear I sold 6 months ago to make space').

I have not played the game enough to say for certain, but is it really difficult to play the game in a reasonable manner given the amount of storage that SE is willing to give/sell us without the need to have an additional account?

[Bongeh1986]

I'm just glad they didn't go with a free to play model, with people who pay the most, are the best.

The price is more than acceptable, £6.30 (googles conversion rate today (im british)) a month for 1 character is all I need, thats £1.50 a week. If you can't afford that, you shouldn't be wasting your time playing games, you should probably be out looking for work.

[syntaxlies]

its to limit the number of people that do it, se doesn't want to have to save the data from 1,000,000 extra characters.