I was going to continue playing this game...

[nuyu11]

Your fault is trying to play a game with a subpar System. I always wondered why didnt Mac already died out. It plainly sucks in so many Aspects...

Oh dear lord.. I laugh so hard.

BTW OP I'm also from WoW, that game is dying...
Blizzard move most of the staff to Heartstone now...

[Caecalius]

Quick update! Thanks for letting me vent and not being a jerk about it to the people that were cool out there. On the subject of it being ironic that I'm complaining about getting gouged while using a mac.. grow up and use a mac once (if you can afford it) and you'll realize you're paying for the op sys that doesn't cost anything for upgrades after the initial purchase and doesn't crash like a blind marmot driving magitek armor. P.S I am going to continue to playing on my PC because I like the game too much. Peace!

[Maliki_Ozari]

Quick update! Thanks for letting me vent and not being a jerk about it to the people that were cool out there. On the subject of it being ironic that I'm complaining about getting gouged while using a mac.. grow up and use a mac once (if you can afford it) and you'll realize you're paying for the op sys that doesn't cost anything for upgrades after the initial purchase and doesn't crash like a blind marmot driving magitek armor. P.S I am going to continue to playing on my PC because I like the game too much. Peace!

I've used mac's many times. I don't see the point to your argument. I believe what you are implying is that everyone should eventually own a mac (even though it's a ridiculously overpriced linux box), even though they the os isn't compatible with a lot of software out there that is commonly used.

I like coding on my mac, but saying people can't afford a mac and it will blow them away when they buy one is a rude, ignorant and completely false statement.

[Caecalius]

Honestly the point of the thread was that I was upset that I would have to buy the same client over again for the "luxary" of playing a game that is paid for on a monthly basis.

I'm not implying that anyone buy anything they don't want and frankly putting words in my mouth is pretty rude as well. Also it's not an "overpriced linux box" box. Mac OS was built on unix but it has been proprietary code since its inception therefore not linux at all. I like it because it just works.

Also you can get any software you need on a Mac other than games.

[Tuathaa]

If you were going to play on pc and ps you would have to buy the game twice. No difference.

[Reynhart]

I think you've realized the issue is that Square charges a license per platform, which they did for FFXI.

No, they didn't. You could by one license and borrow the disc to install it on the other system.

They're charging for Playstation 3/4 because SONY wanted some money back after allowing free online support for FFXIV.

As for Mac...going through the motions, maybe...

[Caecalius]

If you were going to play on pc and ps you would have to buy the game twice. No difference.

Even EA who are the usually the biggest money grubbers out there for games don't charge twice for the same game on PC/MAC. Most games that are compatible with Mac and also compatible with PC are packaged together. This is a rare instance where you have to pay separately for these two platforms. PS and PC charged twice I get because of licensing.

Since the Mac launch was an utter failure it doesn't matter to me anymore anyways.

[Brianmj]

They just don't get it. Square went against the grain with the Mac port. EA, Blizzard, Valve, Bethesda, 2K Games, all these publishers that release software for Windows and OS X, THEY DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA FOR THE OS X VERSION.

[AsteriaStarfall]

I regret having paid $45 for the collectors edition but I will not be paying monthly for a game that nickels and dimes me for playing on my system of choice.

Then why did you buy the PC version to begin with?

[DragonFlyy]

Quick update! Thanks for letting me vent and not being a jerk about it to the people that were cool out there. On the subject of it being ironic that I'm complaining about getting gouged while using a mac.. grow up and use a mac once (if you can afford it) and you'll realize you're paying for the op sys that doesn't cost anything for upgrades after the initial purchase and doesn't crash like a blind marmot driving magitek armor. P.S I am going to continue to playing on my PC because I like the game too much. Peace!

Mac major updates to OS are around $30.

Windows 10 is now adopting that same principle. They first purchase will be normal (around $180) and then probably arouind $30-40 for a major update. As to the crashing, I've been using Windows since 3.11. Windows 95 ran grea, 98 ran great, ME was a joke. Windows XP was very stable, Windows 2000 was better. Vista was another joke, but 7 made it the most stable I've used. 8 and 8.1, stable but not a great update. 10 (even the pre release version that I am currently running) is stable and a solid OS. I have also worked on Mac's in the past. They are just as stable as Windows (ie. they have their crashes too). The most unstable I've run in the past was Ubuntu Linux (about 20 years ago) and that was mostly because I was inexperienced on how to setup linux. Now it runs just as well as the other two.

People hear Windows and instantly think it crashes every hour. These people either A) have no clue what they are spouting, or B) have a computer with dying hardware that makes windows crash often.