Quote Originally Posted by elreed View Post
As the Op. says im speechless, i always defend FFXIV in most of the stuff, but right now i dont know if ill keep playing or give it a rest for next year, yeah we'll have a new awesome game but then whats the point of playing if theres too much to be changed?

I dont say that is a bad thing i really liked all those things they are adding but right now it feels like pointless to me to keep growing my character, maybe i'll wait and play other stuff and be amazed when they finally release the new game, idk.

/sulk
Quote Originally Posted by Quinidar View Post
I'm extremely impressed about this no questions asked..Except one point and only one.
Why should I pay for more or less testing the new system stage by stage instead of waiting a year and coming back and get all the "WOOW" feeling the game will offer and go step by step from scratch and see everything then spoil it and sit with a lvl50 char.

Having great fun atm ingame tho it just feels as its a all new game coming soon and why spoil it with spoilers all the way.
Decided to quote both of you since it's directed towards a similar comment you both made.

While you may feel like you're paying to play a beta, at the same time you get to experience a section of the game that no post-2.0 player will ever get to experience, including the PS3 players. You'll get to watch and experience all of the changes as they occur and play through story that won't be had again. So, in essence you're still getting something for your money.

Also with 250 people working on this game, the boxed sales money would only last so long. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that the game has stayed free as long as it has. When you take into account the employees, the servers, development, programs, etc. they have to pay for this somehow and the normal way as far as MMO development goes, is to have your players pay a monthly fee. It has to be funded somehow.

I personally don't see a problem with paying a $12-15 monthly fee if it means at the end of this next year coming, we get something so absolutely insane as what has been posted here today.

I hope you take the above into consideration and decide to stick it out. A year will fly by in no time, especially the older you get. Enjoy what there is of the game in its current state and look forward to the new, better, more awesome version 2.0!