So 1.0 owners have to start paying the monthly fee immediately?

[Abriael]

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There's no release of a MMORPG that doesn't include a considerable amount of fixes and rounds of polish compared to open beta. The only exception to this are MMOS that are simply localized, and not released anew. This isn't the case for ARR.

Considering the average quality of open betas, it's very likely that players *will* run in a lot more issues and problems than at release. That's not exactly the best pitch to do towards customers that are already jaded.

I never said that "approximately 95% of the entire player quit the game, lost faith and never returned to the game?". But yes, I would say it's pretty evident that that kind of percentage did leave. The servers during the last months were a desert, with 100-150 people online during peak hours.

What is the status of the "faith" of those that left, and if they ever intended to come back again, That I can't say, but it's very likely that a very large percentage of them is *very* jaded towards the game and Square Enix. FFXIV wasn't a pretty show, and a lot of people won't forget that easily.

As for the "giving us freebies", let's not be naive here. I'm very supportive of Yoshida, the team, and the awesome job they did so far, but Square Enix didn't remake A Realm Reborn to do us a favor. They remade A Realm Reborn to make money off it, and to revitalize a precious brand that has been hit hard by a series of bad business decisions. Brands are a company's most valuable assets, and a successful A Realm Reborn will be instrumental in restoring the value of the Final Fantasy brand.

Our interests happen to be aligned with SE's, but this doesn't mean that SE is doing this for us. They're doing it for the ultimate goal all corporations have, which is making cash There's nothing wrong with it, mind you. I'm a staunch supporter of companies making cash.

The people "flooding the forums" are still a vast minority compared to the 800,000 that purchased 1.0. SE's hardest task will be to gain the trust of the many that didn't care flooding the forums. It's doable, but they will have to bring their A game. Offering a free month of gameplay after release would simply give them better chances to lure back in more people, and that's what IMHO they should be focusing on.

PS: Thanks for disagreeing in a civil manner and without trying to miscounstrue/Misrepresent (too much) my arguments. Looks like it's become a rare commodity in parts of this forum, besides Nique's