Quote Originally Posted by Answa View Post
Didn't we pay that anyway for the expansions?
yes, but it still ends up costing less then f2p


its the difference between paying 30-40 for an expansion, or paying 100+ for every bit of content within that expansion


using 11 as an example, youd probly see it go f2p like this

6 basis jobs: free

advanced job: 10-15 dollars to unlock the abity to unlock it through a quest(so basicaly, thats 30 bucks right off the bat just to unlock the jobs some expansions gave if not more)

each zone unlocked: 10-15 bucks
each story quest unlocked/chapter: 5-10 bucks


over the course of a year subscribing, you pay 200 dollars if you get an expansion release in p2p
in f2p to get the same experience, you can pay upwards of 300+ depending on how much they charge for things. and to top it off they give you temptations to pay even more through things that give you in game bonuses.


looking at promathia as an example, 1 year of play in it

200 bucks for the xpac + expansion

or if it was a f2p deal, youd have paid probly 10 per area for the first 3 dungeons(the promathias)
then youd have paid 10 dollars per other zone you unlocked as the story progressed, which added up to ALOT
sea itself woulda probly cost 20-30 bucks

then the dynamis unlock woulda cost another 20-30(it had its own dynamis after all)

in the end, it coulda cost up to 300+ in that year instead of 200


and treasures woulda been even worse, as well as wings since they also had job unlocks on top of things you woulda been paying for.



fyi: i have played several f2p games and seen what happens, its not pretty