Quote Originally Posted by KillaKilala View Post
What about the sub price? Why do we have to pay $13 each month for just 4 hours of MSQ every 4 months? Well, let’s break down Patch 7.1
What did we get?
3 hours of the MSQ
2 hours of the Alliance Raid (excluding reclears)
1 hour of Role Quests
30 minutes of Hildibrand Adventures
30 minutes of Custom Deliveries
Allied Society Quests: 10 minutes per day*30=5 hours+1.5 hours of cutscenes
The Extreme Trial: 2 hour lockout (excluding reclears)
The Chaotic Alliance Raid: 2 hour lockout (excluding reclears)
I didn’t include the Ultimate because, according to the forums, only 1% of the playerbase does it, or Unreal because it’s old, reused content

That’s 17.5 hours of content. Add 10 hours of dailies (leveling/Frontlines) since most players do these, and we get 27.5 hours of content for a month.

We’re getting 27.5 hours of content for just $13. According to howlongtobeat.com, it takes 60 hours to complete Elden Ring. That game costs $60, so that’s $1 per hour. FFXIV gives you ~2 hours of content per $1. And that’s just the bare minimum! You can do so much more—reclears, hunts, crafting, gathering, RP, old content if you haven’t done it. You can get sooo much more out of those $13. And if you’re one of those so-called housing hostages, go touch some grass and stop acting like it’s your real house. And even if you stay subbed for 4 months, that’s still 30 minutes of content per $1 at the bare minimum, which isn’t that bad.
I was dozing off during MSQ story in the first half.
I cannot be bothered to log in every week for a alliance coin when I have my jobs BIS.
I don't remember what role quests are anymore. They used to be better in Shadowbringers as class quests.
I skipped most of hildibrand cutscenes.
As someone who has maxed out every custom delivery since stormblood I will skip dawntrail. Not interested enough.
Allied Society quests feel like a chore.
Ah yes extreme trials. 5-6 months to be able to buy the mount with tokens. Burn out is real.
Ultimate FRU took me little over a month to clear which was the only thing keeping me still subbed.
The issue I have with this post is you say there's all this content but if it feels like a chore to do or the reward isn't worth the time invested in then its really not worth is it? Most of these things you will be done within a month and you're gonna sit in limsa waiting for the next patch.