I have alot of friends that are interested in the final fantasy saga as much as i am. However- they do not want to pay 40 bucks for the game + 15 dollars a month.

I would like them to play, but almost all of them play WoW as their MMO + cant be bothered to pay 30$ a month for two games.

My question is this;

Are we ever going to get a recruit a friend feature like WoW has or some sort of free week long trial where they can go like level 1-25 or something free?

I feel like a starter edition of this game, or making it free to play with cash shop ( non pay to win, like tera how its all mounts and vanity) would make this game soar. Not sure why everybody likes to pay, and what the big deal with going free to play is. I for one know i wont be resubbing soon because almost all of the people i know have quit already. They want to try it again but wont pay 15$ a month to see the new stuff out.

Any idea what i can do to get my friends back?