Remember the arguments during beta?

[Kluya15]

only time there free on a new sub game means alot of people stop playing.
casuals play for a bit now there leaveing the casual game not a surprise to me. SE dug there own hole.
people left 1.0 and you saw what became of that.

Don't be dramatic. They are offering the free weekend as a promo for all the new content in 2.1. Common sense people.

[indira]

Don't be dramatic. They are offering the free weekend as a promo for all the new content in 2.1. Common sense people.

read the post on lodestone im not saying anything they didnt say themselfs. they took wow and used it as a base for this game, now they use

"If you or any of your friends have purchased Version 1.0 and have yet to play—or are simply taking a break from—FFXIV: ARR, you won't want to miss out on this limited-time event!".

And nobody of value was lost.

last i checked with a sub game everyone is valued if tomany leave the game goes bye bye. when people leave so do friends

[Maxthunder]

Don't be dramatic. They are offering the free weekend as a promo for all the new content in 2.1. Common sense people.

What new content, oh thats right crystal towers that isnt much. Also the ex primals are not new they are rehashed from the easy and hard mode primals. The dailies I wouldnt even consider content, as you can complete them in under 5 mins per everyone you do. Oh lets not forget the way overpriced housing that was suppose to be the awesome sauce of 2.1 but we all know how that has turned out. SE destroyed the economy even more than it was at launch.

[Felis]

only time there free on a new sub game means alot of people stop playing.
casuals play for a bit now there leaveing the casual game not a surprise to me. SE dug there own hole.
people left 1.0 and you saw what became of that.

We get still login queue time

[Rochetm]

Only reason I am here is because I like FF and this is on PS3. This game has giant lag/latency/bug issues that would have drove me away long ago had it been anything else.

[gadenp]

I am a casual, and I am not leaving. Well just raging at Titan X, but that is different.

Making FFXIV more social would help alot. Currently is based too much on 8 man content. Thus you get small social groups that 1 member leaving, etc affects whole social dynamics. They need to find a way to allow more people to work together for content but at the same time allow small groups to do.

Also vanity items are really needed. As a whole BiS loot should be obtainable by more the 50% of the population. Make it hard, not extremely hard. After which BiS looks that separate the norms from the leet should get harder and harder to obtain. That way everyone wins. Because sadly in this day and age, if majority of your population is stuck with second rate gear for too long and last tier gear is out of their grasp for too long, they start to leave.

[SilverRhythm]

I agree that it is implemented to compete with the upcoming ESO beta.

[Jubez187]

Dunkin Donuts still does free iced coffee day. I live in New England and if you wanna tell me they only do it because not that many people buy iced coffee then you're utterly insane. It's better to retain than to attract, 2 free days for people who ALREADY PURCHASED is worth it even if only ONE person resubscribes. How do I business?

[Aegis]

how about catering more to the long time loyal players? Us so-called fanboys?

Join Date: Mar 2013

You're adorable.

[Miiu]

Can we please stop reading too much into common marketing practices?

Join Date: Mar 2013


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You're adorable.

Forum join dates are no real indicators of how long you actually played. I played this game during beta and 1.0 which was around september 2010? Still forum join date is 2012.