The Trial vs Standard Edition doesn't feel fair

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Because it's a free trial. The labeling is important in this case. ...

On a slightly different vein: they've changed the trial a number of times, when I tried the game out before Shadowbringers was released the trial was 14 days long and only let you level up to level 35. And players who played that trial are actually locked out of the current trial unless they buy the game on that account or make a new account. Those players I do hope one day that Square Enix is able to adjust to be able to play the current free trial on. Because they never purchased the game.

Hi, Seera,

Thanks for your reply. I understand what you explain and I see your point. Heck, I even agree to some extent.

However, I believe that labelling doesn't solve the problem. In fact, it only helps to avoid it. And I personally think that that label cannot be applied anymore. It is the concept they chose for their early trials, which were exactly that: here, have this, try it for 15-30 days with restrictions. But they have extended it so much that it just doesn't work anymore because what they have right now (for ARR and HW only) is what most games and apps call Free to Play or Free to Use. Time limits are almost always there when they use the word "trial".

That said, this doesn't mean they can do whatever they want with their naming and concepts... It is true that it is difficult to compare different things. It is marketing after all, but they risk being confusing because of what I just explained.

Regardless of it all, call it F2P or Trial, there is an issue for some people: as an ARR + HW player, you get less the more you pay. Yeah, party, gil cap, FC... But if you are not able to play (unless you pay more, which is not what we are debating about), why should I care about partying, having gil, etc.?

And the other thing you mention is shocking. The problem I present has no easy solution or no solution at all, but allowing people with an old trial account to keep trialing is a must and I cannot think of any technical reason that would prevent it. It is a mess.

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I knew that line would trigger something!