Seems like alot of people want this game to become Free 2 Play. >.>

[Gramul]

I'm not arguing for or against but...

it'd definitely bring in a lot of players.

Like jumpingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

[SAMINUS]

A game worth playing is worth paying.

[Starlord]

A game worth playing is worth paying.

Couldn't say it better myself =).

[Ruisu]

Now business model is linked to the quality of a community

Wait until ARR release, if the game become slightly popular, EN forums will just become even worse than they are now. WoW forum quality is horrible, yet the game is P2P last time I checked... If you want quality forums, you need a strict moderation. That's not happening here. While blatant violations are taken care of (insults etc.), trolling isn't. It would require lot of manpower.

Idiots exist within every gaming community. Even FFXI. However the f2p community is far worse.

Go play Runescape, or Maplestory. Hell, go play Aion. That community has turned into a shithole pretty quickly. SWTOR had a terrible community (Bioware fans lol), but that's probably going to skyrocket in shitty players.

[rockman0]

Like jumpingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

Jump party at 5!

[Zumi]

I support free to play. I wish FFXIV would adopt a F2P model, I believe they would do better. It can work successfully and it gives the player a choice, they can casually log in and play every so often. Lets the company attract more players and at the same time make a lot of money on cash shop items. I really have no problem with cash shop items. I have a few free to play MMO installed just so I can pop in now and again see how they are going.

They could even go the guild wars route you buy the box then the game has no monthly fee. The sub fee is actually a big barrier to entry for a lot of people. A lot of people are not willing to commit to playing monthly for a game. There are so many free to play online games these days. You also have to factor in console games like PS3 for example all their online is free. People have a lot of choice.

Cash shop items seem like a good way to go for profiting on your MMO.

[TTred]

Hell, go play Aion. That community has turned into a shithole pretty quickly.

I hated the Aion community even before they went F2P. They were one of the most troll infested, vile, and immature communities I had ever experienced.

[indira]

GW2 is f2p and getting good reviews. just means a company will find a way to make the money in another way~

this aint that game but i still love GW2, way different game too its FP2 after you buy it so money has to come from somewhere.
i rather just pay my $10 a month and that be the end of it.

average F2P player

[Zumi]

FFXIV being pay to play doesn't make it immune to, annoying people, trolls, disrespectful and other bad people. There are some unpleasant people in every online game. I mean there's people here who constantly make topics on how they don't like jump for example, which is really annoying.

[heit]

You get what you pay for...

I'm yet to play a game that can match FF11 or FF14 in terms of depth and detail.

EDIT: Yet to play an MMORPG game...