Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
I don't feel bad for the way I think because I know how the free to play model works. The company hopes people will try their game since it is free then either get a sub, or buy stuff from their game's shop. The revenue on the game is made by those willing to pay a sub fee, or those willing to buy stuff on the shop. Are they going to get everyone to pay something? No they aren't that's just the nature of the model.
This free to play model may work on games with a flexible storytelling, but a game like FFXIV needs a stable income to add intended content. Having microtransactions may seem like a good idea for a newborn game, but this isn't a newborn game, the players who stick around know what they will get (Somewhat) While players who quit a long time ago or people who only heard about this game have the rumors to follow. If you want a free to play game, go play it then. Theres alot of them out there, none with the deep storytelling like FF. I played WOW, GW2 like i mentioned, AOC, TERA, Warhammer online, LOTRO which has a great story, but you kinda know it already. And alot of others MMO's.
Nothing beats the way you are sucked into the story like SE do it.