POLL - Who will and who Won't

[Anty]

Since the game is to change a lot (i think and i do hope) its hard to say if one woudl pay for it or not, since nobody really knows what the upcoming changes will be like, and how they will change the gameplay, fun, experience.
So far i wouldnt pay for it ... yet. There's still too much that can happen to the better or worse. I hope for the better.
But the last update wasnt very convincing at all (quests i did were all so similar, even the number of mobs or ingredients to be killed/gathered by killing had the same numbers... i rather wait then this- bad direction) so ill keep waiting and see if they fix /change

- the battle system and how (and how)

- the armory system/class system (and how)

- Missions, bossfights, greater instances for smaller and bigger groups - please no "Dodo in wonderland" with marmot friends.

- the quests gonna be like (kill 8 mob quests- no thanks), i rather have no reward for some quests if they all together lead me to something higher, to unlock something. Another job, an area, or for crafters, special recipes, or ingredients, or perhaps another way of making guild marks. a mix of finding things, gathering ingrediences (or buying for those who dont wanna), fighting mobs - with smaller parties since they plz be harder, and so on...

- The engine - memory usage, less lag, ... a game like this shouldnt be even close to be needing an SSD drive and all the hardware it needs atm. (SE doesnt seem to take this important but i think its a major issue- what good is a game if too many ppl cant play it even if they want)

- The environment - making things more appealing when traveling is more rewarding then some ppl might think. Nice details you can look at, random things to happen on the travels... caravans, merchants, ... (I might not have seen it but here as well SE seems not to see how important the world design is. The world just doesnt fit to the awesome animated, detailed characters)

- The Party play/difficulty- importance of different characters and importance of abilites and spells
(its being adressed, lets see what they gonna do, im confident they get it done pretty well)

[gifthorse]

No I would not, probably.

[Kirith]

As it is now, i wouldn't even consider playing for free. At least while it's free i can login every few weeks and check the direction it's going in. As silly as it sounds i will consider playing if they add chocobos. Not paying yet, though.

[Grit]

At the rate things are going I think it would take another year of development before I felt like paying for FFXIV.

I think a lot of people are in the same boat.. so my advice to SE would be to keep it free to play for a long, long time. Otherwise the PS3 release will be more of a death than a revival.

(Most people assume that the PS3 release will coincide with the switch to Pay-to-Play)

[Rayle]

So you only do leves, and you're done? If you didn't notice xiv has the most intricate gathering/crafting system of any 'next-gen' mmo, and added sidequests are incoming as well. Party xp, grouping with ls or friends to fight NM's are also viable options. For a baby mmo, it has a decent amount of material.

It might be the most intricate... but I say its too complex. The game of hot and cold got boring really fast for me. The sidequests don't offer me and reward other than getting to read some text. If I wanted that, I would read a fantasy book. Party exping would be fun but I just don't find the game interesting enough to sit in a group and grind monsters. Same could be said for NMs, I guess. And for what it is, it really doesn't have much. Leves, Sidequests, Grind.

[Moth]

I would of course, and hopefully when they add the monthly charge it will weed out all the people who only play games where everything is handed to them on a silver platter.

[Alyssa]

No i wouldn't pay right now but I would keep my eye on the updates to see what changes they make and add. If I like it then I would come back and pay.

^That. Continue watching Yoishi-P's letters and patches.

[Cornyboob]

I am playing now because its free and i am boored, I would not pay for the garbage that we have now.

It needs BCNM leve cap raised and job/level restricted gear not free for all paper doll dress up. also the stat system is a joke and needs s serious overhaul.

[Arduous_Soul]

I would not pay. We need more content, more freedom of movement (chocobos, airship etc.), more quests and more avenues to earn exp.

This is going to be my last mmo (genre is getting stale), so I'm just riding the wave of free until they either add more meaningful content that is worth paying for, or start charging regardless and I just quit.

It is important to me however, that they do not fundamentally change the system, but only add do it. If classes are completely changed and how we earn skills/points are totally different than now, well I'm not willing to put up with the transition and leave.

[SizeMatters]

I would if the fatigue system was gone