I'm not going to posture or make grand statements to include the visions of others.

I'm going to be simple, concise and stick to my personal opinion.

While Final Fantasy brand has a strong pull with me, and I do enjoy the majority of what this game has to offer me.

The moment it implements a system like this, it loses me as a customer. I was given the promise of no pay to win, I was given the promise of a subscription model game. The instant that's taken away from me, FFXIV won't see a dime from me.

Period. End of story. I've tried that pay model multiple times and I find myself detesting it every. Single. Time. I can only be burned so many times before I become shy of it, and I've breached that point. It's to the point that the subscription model and all it implies is a selling point to me. They renege on that, it becomes a deal-breaker.