・An auto gear change system designed specifically to work with the Armoury
・A UI system that allows for toggling between text and icon display
・An environment that supports user-generated add-on content (PC only)
The implementation of a new server system will allow us
to greatly improve and expand upon current player
community features. The following is a list of some of
the additions being planned:
・Additional in-game community options
（Free Company establishment, growth, and competition)
・In-game delivery and mail systems
・Player housing (estates)
・PvP content
・Revamping of the retainer system and markets
Implementation of the aforementioned features will begin
in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Improvement of search function, release of auction house features, measures to stimulate in-game
economy after patch 1.20.
Complete redesign of markets into a system incorporating retainers and auction house elements. Planned
for version 2.0.

All this is coming, and imo, more than worth paying for. Discount? Hell Ya~! It took me a long time to get used to XIV, I was too busy comparing it to XI. It's not the same, but the pricing is, which I don't have a problem with. You want WoW, Rift, w/e MMO to play 12783654393 chars to level all jobs and crafts go right ahead, I hate having to do all the quests over and over, once is enough for me.

I like the idea of retainers, I don't have to leave the monster running 24/7 to bazaar...(hella high ele bills) I have always been a Final Fantasy fan, call me a fan boy, but I don't see a problem in a 3$ char fee and 1$ or w/e for retainers.
Then they give us a discount and do all this work if anyone else read the email and the documents attached to it, they lay it all out. Give us dates for patches, everything! Just wait in faith of SE, they are trying.
Yes, we will lose people to swapping over to Subs, but people will always find something to whine about. I do not want easy mode, I want something the company cares about to totally revamp it, do everything they can to make the game the best it can be. They are even going to give us add-ons, so maybe we can have those handy things we like... You know if you played XI.

ANyways, I am happy with wqhat I see in game already, and what is to come, yes, some of it will be a long wait, but worth it. No other MMO is like the FF series. This is why I like it.