Thread: 2.2 Retainers via Microtransactions

Originally Posted by KraggyKor

Actually, yes they do and no you don't .. you only get to say whether you will continue to pay for their service, you have zero 'rights' to say anything about that service's offerings.

I suggest you educate yourself about how the Capitalist system works.

No, my friend. The one who needs to educate themselves is you. It is a very unwise business who does not take into consideration their customers' feedback. The business makes a decision and the consumers provide feedback. That's the give and take in a free market system. When the consumers decide to withhold feedback, the business will not stop pushing things out of the goodness of their heart. They will continue to push for more and more, and the consumer will get less and less unless they speak up.

I simply cannot agree with restricting game features like this in a subscription based MMO. I do not see it leading anywhere good.

Originally Posted by KraggyKor

2002 - FFXI - each character is separately paid for
2014 - FFXIV - each retainer is separately paid for, after the first two 'free' ones

The two are completely different. One is a game system being blocked off behind an additional paywall. The other is just another character (and you're forgetting to mention that FFXI's sub with one character was lower than the standard $15/month for a p2p MMO).