The Trial vs Standard Edition doesn't feel fair

[Rivlet]

Perhaps...

Aaand yet another metaphor which fails across the board. You guys must be hungry, but the restaurant is just not the best of options. And yet, I WILL TRY.

I go into a restaurant to try their famous pizza. They allow people to try the pineapple version for free. It is a big pizza, but they let you take your time, eat at your own pace... They don't care if you are occupying a spot in their establishment.

I start eating the pizza and I like it (jokes on me). Out of appreciation and because I feel bad by eating a whole pizza for free, I pay the price of the pizza I am eating (make it two, because I am also paying for my wife's).

After doing so, a White Mage Cook comes and turns our half-eaten pizzas into half-eaten pizzas without pineapple, which is nice because no one prefers pineapple pizza. After happily eating the improved pizza for a while, the waiter comes and tells us that we must finish our pizza ASAP because, if not, we have to pay the full price again to eat what remains of it. Feeling confused, I ask whether they can add pineapple again and let us eat the rest for free. The answer is negative.

Meanwhile, I see people stuffing their mouths with pineapple pizza all around us. Some of them even finished it. I am still hungry, but I know I cannot finish my pizza in time. Feelsbadman.jpg.

...and OP...

No! Nein! Non! I am NOT saying that. I am actually saying the OPPOSITE. And I think I did 4 TIMES. And I did exactly that after the FIRST PERSON explained all the technical difficulties that would arise from such downgrade.

Forums are about reading. Seeing the title, the OP post and a couple more things won't cut it.

...trial...

We can label things all we want "Free Trial", "Free to Play"... But I'd rather have us sticking to facts. Simply, the game lets you play for free. Yes, cut in QoL, but you can beat ARR and HW for free.

Doesn't make sense to go technical on the labelling. Otherwise, we would have big problems with our "labelling law". SWTOR is F2P and yet they pretty much put very similar restrictions to FFXIV FT. If two things are the same, why different labelling? Human is hard. If there's labelling to be applied, the basic is fine:

F2P - You can play the heck out of the titles for free, with some restrictions (ARR+HW)
Subscription - Content is blocked under subscription (rest of FFXIV)
Purchase - You buy the game and you get the whole thing (GW2, for instance).

...gaming...

This comment is so ... that I don't know where to start. Don't get me wrong. I am not saying you are ... , only that your comment is.

Judge your own life, not others'.

I don't think...

For @AethyrSanc.

I find it...

Exactly.

smart

Baseless judging again plus personal insult. Thanks.