Impose a Golden Saucer Enterance Fee

[CatlikeThief]

In FFVII there was a 1-time enterance fee. FFXIV should adopt this idea by imposing an enterance fee.

It was said the GS will not be a place to make gil, so why not take some out to counter inflation? There are many other opportunities to make gil within FFXIV.

Also, perhaps impliment a time limit to prevent loitering and afking, /shouting for duties, ect...

A fee for time spent inside the GS would make the place a privledge and joy to experience rather than a place to go afk.

Also instead of a consistent fee; like FFVII, have a 1-time fee, but at a higher cost. The 1-time fee may grant you VIP access and perhaps give you new games/items/exclusives. This is kinda like buying the Collector's Edition rather than just the standard edition, and could be an incentive for people to strive for to purchase.

This is merely a suggestion and used to start a conversation, please comment with your opinions if this is a good or bad idea, and why. Constructive critisism only

[Musashidon]

i am fine with a 1 time fee should be something like 5mil keep them plebs outta my GS.

also no on the time limit i want a expensive place to afk sooooo that will be a big no no.

[LordHadi]

i am fine with a 1 time fee should be something like 5mil keep them plebs outta my GS.

5 mil? So you want people to pay 5 mil to stay away from you? Just buy yourself an expensive place and stay away from "plebs".

[Lemuria]

5 mil? So you want people to pay 5 mil to stay away from you? Just buy yourself an expensive place and stay away from "plebs".

I'm almost certain his post was a sarcastic response to the OP.

And no... no no no... to the entrance fee. It's meant to be a bit of casual fun. The minute you start gating things behind fees, one time or otherwise, and other petty wallet snatches it ceases to become a 'bit of fun'. Gold saucer isn't somewhere you're about to get your new BiS Excalibur 9000. It's to kick back and have some enjoyable fun with friends or solo.

However, I DO agree with imposing an afk 'kick' of about 30 mins. Anyone who's long term AFK isn't interested in playing the game at that point anyway.

[WingsofWar]

Lel restrictions...OP why stop there? might as well go all out!

*PATCH NOTES*
Gold Saucer - Now only open to players who have Cleared Final Coil Brutal under a specific time limit.

Keep all Casuals, Hardcore Failures, whiners, and Plebs out of the zone. Only asshats with no life and the biggest Egos are allowed to breath its dusty air.

[Yukariko]

i am fine with a 1 time fee should be something like 5mil.

yes cos RMT spam tells arn't bad enough already. Soooo... let's impose a gil lockout to content that 90% of the player base is probably looking forward too.

[CatlikeThief]

Or use the amount of gil from enterances to increase the likelyhood certain cards or rare items drop within the GS, like >10 million gil = +10% rare cards from npcs. Lol.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

....Sorry, but what the heck are you smoking? The devs said that the GS's currency can't be traded among players, so why do you want to impose a currency gate on a feature that nearly everyone wanted to play in? There is ZERO reason to impose an entry fee to just get IN the darn place! You're already going to be paying gil just to get the tokens for goodness sake!

[Azper]

Yes, let's gate an iconic piece of Final Fantasy history that many have looked forward to for months behind silly pay walls and time restrictions.

[BreathlessTao]

Yes, let's gate an iconic piece of Final Fantasy history that many have looked forward to for months behind silly pay walls and time restrictions.

Well, SE has become notoriously awesome at gating trivial bits of content behind ridiculous walls, tbh... \: