Scared about ARR

[Zehira]

LOLF2P that is all

I am happy to know that there many people who don't mind about P2P. :P

[Issachar]

LOLF2P that is all

I don't mind paying, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't think PSO2's system was superior in every way to the traditional $/time system.

[Kikosho]

I have nothing against F2P games but the main concern is always how screwed the actual gameplay, content gating, player advancement, and any P2W aspect becomes when the company wants to make money. For current Tera players, nothing will change basically from the current status quo except it'll be free (the same thing FFXIV went through.. but backwards) but there is no knowledge of what they might take away or add in the future. KTera (and soon JTera) have become P2W hot garbage with the patch they received today so only time will tell if NA Tera follows the same footsteps. Of course there is also the issue with unsavorys that play f2p games. We know all too well the lalafell RMT armies when 1.0 was free and how they were greatly diminished when we had to start paying.

Regardless, I'm still going to play Tera cause I have a lot more fun playing that than other MMOs currently.

[Mikita]

I don't mind paying, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't think PSO2's system was superior in every way to the traditional $/time system.

Are you playing PSO2? How is their system superior?

The problem I see with a F2P system is that every content and development decision gets weighed against the question of "Will it negatively impact the cash shop?" rather than simply "Is this going to make a better game that people want to continue playing?" And this really limits many aspects of what can be put into the game.

PSO2 does have a well thought out system, and thankfully it's not pay-to-win. Superior, though, I'm not sure.
Because of their take on the F2P system, the game will probably never have much by way of community interaction, player created items, or a player driven economy (some of the core benefits of being an MMORPG) because it will be bad for business.

I'm playing PSO2 until ARR launches. I've paid some money. I've had some fun... but the game itself is not much more than a zergfest through doing the same short quests over and over. I don't know if it is capable of being anything more than that since they have a cash shop to protect.

[Ricky]

You are listening to a western audience crying for f2p and forgetting that the Japanese players probably outnumber us quite significantly and if they paid for 11 all this time they will probably pay for 14 just as easy

If this game did go f2p though I would micro transaction the hell out of it, gotta keep Yoshi-P coffee flowing

[Zehira]

You are listening to a western audience crying for f2p

I was wondering the same thing. My concern was over but worrying about NA-only servers that everyone mentioned about...

[Zumi]

You are listening to a western audience crying for f2p and forgetting that the Japanese players probably outnumber us quite significantly and if they paid for 11 all this time they will probably pay for 14 just as easy

If this game did go f2p though I would micro transaction the hell out of it, gotta keep Yoshi-P coffee flowing

Its a lot of PS3 players who would want it f2p as well. If you look at any PS3 sites forums in the US especially you see the majority of people there won't even give FFXIV a chance because of the sub fee related to the game. Partly because every other online game on PS3 does not have a fee and they went the free route. If you post "will you try FFXIV when it come out" usually PS3 players will be like no not if there's a monthly fee, with is the deal breaker for them here.

PS3 players are willing to support buy once then have free online but not buy the game then pay a monthly fee. Not sure if FFXIV will do that well on PS3 here. Not sure how SE would market this game on PS3 outside Japan. Its a lot more common in Japan for games to have a service fee.

[SidRheingold]

[Alerith]

When FFXI will be Free to Play then you'll have a good reason to worry.

This.

FFXI is still subscription based because it is a cut above almost every other MMO currently out. People whine and complain, but it's still a really good MMO for being 10 years old.

Enter FFXIV. Made by the same company, with a visionary producer. There is no way this game is going to go free to play either, when SE can still rake in subscriptions on their 10 year old MMO. Not to mention XIV needs to recoup its original losses.

XIV is going to be like XI in that it's going to be a cut above against other MMOs. I sincerely believe this is the case.

[Zehira]

You rock hard! >.<
Glad you took my truth that we have too many crybabies in our forum and not even many of them understand technologies of computer science... -_-