Would you have paid monthly for FFXIV if it was released the way it is today?

[Fensfield]

Oh, I'll be paying. I'm having fun, I have friends..

But right now I'm very on the fence about where the game is going. I'd have been more enthusiastic about paying for the game under how Hiromichi Tanaka seemed to intend for it to eventually be, even with all its flaws - I had so much more hope and saw much more potential.

At this point, however, I'm paying for the fun I'm having now, and the hope that v2.0 will be genuinely, genuinely good, and just as worthwhile as the original plan's goal, if not more.

The really annoying thing is, I'd have been really enthusiastic about that direction had I not gotten enchanted by Tanaka's goals first.. now I can't help but compare the two, no matter what, and despite all its flaws.. right now, the original direction seemed worth more as far as go the things I care about.

So to answer the question proper?

Yes, I would have paid monthly for the game if it were released as it is now - and.. I'd probably be a damn sight more enthusiastic about it, too. In a way, I really wish it had been like that (not as much as I wish for other things, but hey).