Paying Per Character

[Leyza]

Well, outside of roleplaying, there are the Grand Companies and starting quests, which others may want to experience.

I guess it doesn't help that I always have a terrible case of alt-itis. Unless it's Aion or Rift. >.>

EDIT: I do agree with a lot of what you said, so don't think I'm disagreeing with everything. I'm just bringing up a reason a non-roleplayer may want to roll an alt.

[TheVedis]

Well, outside of roleplaying, there are the Grand Companies and starting quests, which others may want to experience.

I guess it doesn't help that I always have a terrible case of alt-itis. Unless it's Aion or Rift. >.>

EDIT: I do agree with a lot of what you said, so don't think I'm disagreeing with everything. I'm just bringing up a reason a non-roleplayer may want to roll an alt.

dont be surprised if you get the option to switch to other companies/nations in the future in order to experience them

[Leyza]

Are they planning on that, TheVedis?

[TheVedis]

Are they planning on that, TheVedis?

it was done with 11 after the game had been out a bit, and it was a good idea so you could experience all the storylines

its not officialy in the works(its a very very low priority even if they are thinking about it) but i seriously wouldnt doubt them actualy doing it in the future(next 2 years or so)

[Leyza]

I hope they do. But, I'm not getting my hopes up.

[TheVedis]

I hope they do. But, I'm not getting my hopes up.

in 11 they didnt do it til after they increased the story quests to 10 per nation(the quests there were rather long in comparison to here)
which is why i say itl be at least 2 years here, by the time 2.0 hits im sure youll see more differences between the stories between nations, and building on it from there we will see where it can go
and thats not even considering companies(it would be nice to be able to quit your company, in the process forfeting ALL points you have earned in it as a punishment in order to join another, after having done any quests for said company you have not previously completed that is and starting from scratch in them)

[Tenshi]

I understand the arguments for having access to multiple alts, but personally I think the focus on a single character is refreshingly different from other games in the genre. It may also lead to players acting with more civility to each other*, since reputation becomes more important without the anonimity provided by having easy access to a dozen alts.

*I understand you can still buy alts that people can and will find ways to be jackarses to each other, etc. etc. This is more of a theory based on my personal experiences with people in FFXIV than anything.

[Nabiri]

I get bored in a game if I can't play more than one character, and I quit. Currently XIV is making it too expensive to have the characters I need to enjoy the game.
$3 is far too much, I'm not rich. $1 each would be a lot easier to pay for, but it is a bit ridiculous that characters cost anything more than the basic monthly fee in the first place.
If they don't make changes, I don't know how long I'll be able to stick around.

[Magnesium02]

They quite clearly stated when FFXIV first came out that the cost per month would be $12 - broken up into a subscription fee and a character fee. This gave people the flexibility for people to pay for the number of characters you want to play and to pay for the number of retainers. So why are people complaining about the $3 character fee. It isn't something they have just tacked on, it is something that has always been there. If you want to add to the server load by having the data for 2 characters and all their information and items, then you pay more.

I am not going to subsidise the ability for you to play as many characters as you want when I am quite happy with one. Nothing is free. You want it you pay for it, If you don't want to pay then you have to manage with only one character.

[Crica]

If you want to add to the server load by having the data for 2 characters and all their information and items, then you pay more.

Why pay more? No other game charges for extra characters data because it doesn't cost more to have them.

SE is just greedy and wants to impose limits that no other game has - what reason is there to impose them when no other game does?