I want an official response.

[silentwindfr]

what you describe is a free to play model... it allows each to do what they want for the money they have, you can't do that into a subs game, seriously it's as good than shooting yourself in the foot.
explain me why people will come into a game, buy the game, pay the subs for be forced to purchase options? when they can get into a free to play for nothing and have the same system of option?

because that the point a lot seems to miss, what some are ok with is a free to play model. like said only one game have a shop as subs game it's world of warcraft and even them have never get to the point to propose option on feature inside the game. even them (that was supervised by vivendi for long) never did cross this line. why this? because it's bad in too many way, you get cash from your player every month, it's like you buy one or two dlc from other game every month. you can't go and begin to ask people that pay already this much, to pay more for get acces to a part of the content.

the point is that actually, are we still into a subs game or into a game that gonna go free to play? because i'm kinda sure, that a looot of the more loyal playerbase will simply drop if the game pass free to play. like said, the trouble is not in Yoshida team, but in the higher ups of SE, that don't understand how work a succesfull mmorpg and are becoming extremely rude to use us for found them other game instead to invest into FF14 more cash earn from it.

Yoshida and him team have done so many great thing if you look at how they must work, them team are not enough for a game with more of 2.000.000 players, the DX11 build did wait because they hadn't the man power to support the fast pace of release of content and devellope this, they did delivered to us the ps4 version (that it's in 64bits) and we are still in dx9 with a 32bits support on PC. the server have almost reach them max capacity, to the point to affect what they can or cannot add to the game, but still can't upgrade the server... why this? when they get soo many cash per month... because most of the cash is taken to other game of SE, indeed they must use the benefit from the game as they want, but sorry, so far the game have many trouble that need a fast answer and are push back more and more.

honestly i will not be surprise to see only 20% of the cash earn by FF14 reinvested into it while the rest go somewhere else.

they need to be more transparent with us, it's time to change the way they see the player... we are not simply brats, we are people that invest cash every month into them game, they want me to support the cash shop and double dip for content? they need to show me that this cash will be used into FF14 and not into FF15 or next tomb raider or such! and maybe if they prove me that the case i will support this horrible way to do the game. but soo far i highly doubt this cash is really for FF14!

ps: and if they really need this cash from the cash shop for support the game... where go the subs?!?

seriously people ask to grow up and accept stuff, but when you hit them with reality they simply want to avert them eyes from it. the reality is this, we invest cash every month into a service, we deserve to know where this cash go... since the service soo far is not as good as he can be with the money they get from the subs. i have said it countless time before, we are not different of the shareholder. we are investor into a company called SE for a product called FF14:ARR.