Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post
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I find funny how some posters quickly forget a lot of shady stuff SE pull with FFXIV.

- Cash shop in a monthly sub with payed expansions.

- Rented retainer space. (Only MMO I know that do this).

- You have to pay if you want to change certain details from your character. Some olders MMO allowed this for free, like SWG.

- MSQ skip, class boost and retainer boost. (According to some posters here this is already P2W. Or at least if others games do it... hehehe)

- Instead of bringing back cosmetics from old seasons to be earned in-game they are throw at the cash shop. You member when games like Rift/WoW allow you to earn pass items with seasonal currency? I member!

- FOMO with pre-order bonusses and early access.

- Is the subscription for FFXIV APP still a thing?

- Want to keep your house? Stay sub every other month even if you don't feel like playing. Does not matter if their intention never was this situation, right now is a thing.

Sure, FFXIV still has one of the best monetization but is still bad, the whole idea of a sub game with payed subscription is that no additional monetization should be require. Probably will be worst if not because Yoshida and FFXIV team has fight against SE worst impulses.

Right now for most MMO's is a "pick your poison" situation.