Quote Originally Posted by Kamatsu View Post
2. Never had that problem myself. I've installed the game multiple times (due to HD failure, nothing to do with the game) and never had any issue with the game downloading it's files or updating itself. Never had to use a VPN, mobile hotspot, other ISP, etc to install/update the game.

I am however using the Steam version, so downloading the main files comes from Steam itself - but any patch updates and such come directly via the launcher, and I've never had an issue or error with them.

3. This is part-and-parcel of playing online games in Australia. Unless they want to fork out lots of money for an OCE/Australian server for the limited # of customers they have... there's not much they can do, and the thing is by now... a lot of Aussie/OCE players would not relocate due to having friends/FC-mates/etc on the NA/European server that they'd have to leave if they moved. There are ways for Aussie/OCE players to compensate somewhat for this (such as certain VPN's and similar), but otherwise... *shrugs*

I'll also be upfront that I don't do Savages or PvP. So can't really comment on those - but for doing normal dungeons, trials, alliance raids, 8-man raids with multiple different classes... I've not had too terrible a time.

1. My biggest gripe with the game is being charged Euro for everything. Subscription, MOG station, etc all cost euro. I really wish they would at least charge us in our own currency... or let us choose between Euro & NA$. I hate having to always do currency conversions when I'm considering buying stuff from the MOG Station - and yes I know being able to choose between Euro and NA$ doesn't remove this, but it would let me at least pick the currency that will cost me the least due to exchange rates.
I'm glad you haven't had any issues with downloading the game but me and everyone else I know has.

And as to your server statement, other online games have had similar circumstances, have put in servers anyway and haven't had any issues. FF14 is a huge game in the MMO market and the dev team have expressed wanting to put in servers in the past.

Thirdly, as someone who plays both Savage and PvP, timing is key and while there is some lag compensation in the game, some classes feel clunky to play compared to playing on a lower ping (I speak from experience)

Straight up AU pricing would be acceptable, considering the SE website already has it.