Not sure where else to put this...

[NotTheNameIWanted]

I have a friend who was looking to come to the game. They bought FFXIV at launch (1.0), and after playing for a few hours of their free 30 days, decided it was garbage and moved on (like a lot of people).

I just came to the game recently, and thought it was good, so suggested he gain access to his account and give it a try. We both thought he might've had some free gametime on the account, having paid $50 at launch for a game that was pretty much in shambles, and only sinking a few hours into his free month.

Nothing.

Needs to buy one sub period in order to see whether his purchase from four years ago has panned out yet.

Kind of crappy. Even 7 days free for people who didn't do 90 days sub to get the Legacy rewards, but didn't play more than a few hours because 1.0 was so awful, would've been something. As it is, this has left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth as well, and I was only on the receiving end because now he doesn't even want to come back and risk being out more money on a game he bought four years ago. Was playing thinking once he tried it he'd be playing as well, but now that he doesn't want to give it another shot (which is understandable, since Square has given him *nothing* but garbage for the $50 he spent in 2010), I don't feel as invested.