Implementing both F2P/Sub is also an option

[DoctorPepper]

Hey Everybody,

I was looking over some FF news on reddit this morning and came across a presentation that Yoshida did not long ago.

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020179/Behind-the-Realm

During the presentation, Yoshida says, while talking about subscription based and F2P models, that "Implementing both is also an option" and stresses that F2P is not out of the picture for FFXIV.

That said, I know as of right now F2P is out of the picture but how do you guys feel about the potential of F2P in FFXIV?

Personally I spent a lot of time and effort playing Rift when Trion claimed it would never go F2P and then prior to it happening they laid off a large number of their good devs, including the dev lead, and the game went to complete and total shit (in my opinion).

I'm not even talking about the pay to win factor, I'm talking about the rate of change in the game drastically declining due to changes in the dev team to support the new model. I would really prefer it if FFXIV stays with the subscription model solely based on my past experiences.

I really hope that if SE is seriously considering this that they're just talking about things like Fantasia myself, I will not play a game that supports Pay-to-Win and also has a subscription model. I'm not ok with double dipping, as much as I love this game. Also, please keep in mind these are opinions and I'm just curious about what other players think about it.