Donations?

[Rinoa]

Altera, the main thing that i will miss is when a Dodo would follow you. It was just a simple aspect of the game that made it more real. I will also miss the stamina bar/ crafting UI/Physical Levels (those are going away right?). But the game will probably be ok without them(except for the enemies following you). I've only been playing since January(1.15) So you don't have to take my input if i haven't been playing long enough. =)

[weeble]

also we had 15man grind parties(could of done with less too but you could and was fun and worth doing), the battle system was made so if u afk in group no sp ..aka pl's an duel boxing was done away with. only way to be cheap bout ranking was if you botted.

what rinoa mentions too i like the animals following people, i also liked the stamina and no auto attack, though i did think it needed huuuge fixing too. but i would of liked the direction it was at if fixed too. it in general felt like it was going in a great direction for players like me when it first came out. i don't solo nor ever really want to, least not in a game that had 15man groups in it, for that we can all go to upcoming mmo's that will be packed with content and a game made for pvp not a game that is adding it cause they know there are moving in a direction that they have to add it. /etc /etc.

[Altera]

By animals following you, as in after you started attacking them or just out of curiosity cause you smell nice cause of the Pixie Plums in your pocket^^

Even if is was because you started hitting it, and you are about to die so you run away. Even I in real life wouldnt bother chasing after someone for eternity. And I can kinda see a small downer about loosing physical rank, but its not going to break the game for me. If the new system works out better then we think, then I probably would stop missing it.

But who knows what will be released down the line. Maybe an updated version, who knows. All I know after playing WOW for 6 years, is that developers are very tightlipped when it comes to updates/changes. And what I hated about WOW mostly was that my class could be capable to deal as much dmg as then next class if played properly, but then nerfed bigtime due to whiners doing PVP and I either had to reroll and level a whole new class just to maintain a position in the raiding guild.
Heck you even had to select the best 2 crafting professions on your main character due to heavy Min/Maxing, and if you wanted to do all professions available, it would take about 3-5 alts, all leveled to 85 to do have access to every professions.

I dont think personally there is any other MMO out on the market that gives me such a complete fun experience overall.
Well, im gonna log back into the game and do some NM hunting^^ Have fun all and stop worrying too much about things that isnt set in concrete yet

[Jim]

Buy all the copies you want straight from www.finalfantasyxiv.com then the money goes directly to SE.

[Konachibi]

Though I wouldn't really know much about it, they're currently letting everyone play this game for free, so they must have enough money to be able to keep the servers running without receiving monthly subscriptions.

That being said, buying some of their other products is another way of actively donating to the company. Figurines, DVDs, games and all sorts of other things work.

Try out Final Fantasy 5, which sort of operates on the early single-player version of FFXIV's 'armory system', you can get it for the PS1 along with Final Fantasy 4, under the title Final Fantasy anthology.

Alternatively if you wanted to donate to the anime side that Enix operates, there's the Pani Poni Dash series on DVD, which is pretty funny and great fun to watch.

Buying their stuff let's them know that you like what they make, and helps fund them into making more of that stuff for you to enjoy

[Altera]

Im also using the remaining subscribtion fee on WoW to look on their forums for players whos bored and describes why they are bored. And if what they is what FFXIV can offer, then I'm trying to give FFXIV a fair chance.
I am also trying to get my own friends to at least try it. They say they dont like WOW as much anymore, but its just boils down to they dont want 6years of making up their character to got to "waste". And to have to start from scratch.

Btw, Konachibi. Adorable signature ^^ Cute

[Konachibi]

Thanks ^.^

I tried to drag quite a few people over to FFXIV from Warcraft, mostly my guild and one of my rl friends. None of them accepted though since most are more looking forward to Star Wars: TOR, plus a fair few of them were elitists that only care about end-game content in mmo's and not the adventure and journey involved in getting there, which is where FFXIV truly shines.

Tbh I was looking forward to Star Wars: TOR too till I played this for the first time, now, those kinds of mmo's don't interest me, I like the pace this one moves at and the characters involved.

And making cute signatures out of them XD

[Altera]

Yeah the whole immersion of traveling through the world is what hooked me instantly. Every single player ive interacted with so far has been kind in return. I also remember getting on the ferry in Limsa Lominsa by mistake on my first day, and just loved that they included the travel instead of showing the Indiana Jones red dotted line from A to B.
In wow, everything is all about doing things quickly, level up, grind dungeons to be best geared possible. I have been like that myself for 6 years, spending 4 days a week raiding 4hours just to get best item level gear and then just waiting around for months for new raid content.
Professions is a joke, since there is too much Min/Maxing going on. Like me as Unholy DK has to choose either Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing since they gave the most bonus stats. I like to do professions when im tired of doing quests all day.

I remember back in March when I bought a new mobile phone, and there was a trailer for FFXIV on it and I was so excited cause I knew then I may have stumbled upon my new MMO ive been looking for since Cataclysm only brought boredom.
BUT i misread the release date. I thought it was Sept 30 2011, so I spent 2 months waiting until the day I talked about FFXIV with a fellow WoW player and thats when I saw it was already out. I have never gotten into my car faster to get to first game store to buy a copy, and now my DK and Warlock is collecting dust in Blizzards storage bank

I know my writing can be very messy, but english isnt my native tongue, its norwegian ^^ So I apologize if what I write is hard to understand hehe

[Konachibi]

Yeah the whole immersion of traveling through the world is what hooked me instantly. Every single player ive interacted with so far has been kind in return. I also remember getting on the ferry in Limsa Lominsa by mistake on my first day, and just loved that they included the travel instead of showing the Indiana Jones red dotted line from A to B.
In wow, everything is all about doing things quickly, level up, grind dungeons to be best geared possible. I have been like that myself for 6 years, spending 4 days a week raiding 4hours just to get best item level gear and then just waiting around for months for new raid content.
Professions is a joke, since there is too much Min/Maxing going on. Like me as Unholy DK has to choose either Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing since they gave the most bonus stats. I like to do professions when im tired of doing quests all day.

I remember back in March when I bought a new mobile phone, and there was a trailer for FFXIV on it and I was so excited cause I knew then I may have stumbled upon my new MMO ive been looking for since Cataclysm only brought boredom.
BUT i misread the release date. I thought it was Sept 30 2011, so I spent 2 months waiting until the day I talked about FFXIV with a fellow WoW player and thats when I saw it was already out. I have never gotten into my car faster to get to first game store to buy a copy, and now my DK and Warlock is collecting dust in Blizzards storage bank

I know my writing can be very messy, but english isnt my native tongue, its norwegian ^^ So I apologize if what I write is hard to understand hehe

Cataclysm did pretty much kill Warcraft, too much hype for 5 new zones and 3 new raids, now it's bleeding players left, right and center.

Not that I'm complaining. Because Cataclysm killed the game, I moved here, and discovered a better and more fun way to play online, which also improved my mood too, (elitists get angry at noobs for doing noobish things, I get angry at elitists for being pig-ignorant, least to say I spent quite a lot of time being angry ), and a few other players I've spoken to moved here when Cataclysm took WoW down the slimy slope to slimesville, so you could technically say Blizzard donated to FFXIV by killing their terrible game with a terrible expansion pack XD

[Fullmetal]

what is wrong with you people???? you don't reward people for making a craptastic game and then who move at a snails pace trying to cover up the old crap while making slightly better crap at the same time. there is a reason this game is FREE TO PLAY - GET A CLUE!!!!! And please spare me and the rest of the sensible people from your white-knighting, were just not interested.