Who is jumping ship once they start charging in November?

[KamikazeMan]

How am I missing the point the subject of the thread is "Who is jumping ship once they start charging in November?".

My response is no I will not jump ship because $15 a month is nothing to me. And as of recent I am on unemployment. These guys have made strides in development over the recent months and although I don't expect there will be much content added between now and the end of next year I plan to max out half my jobs so that when 2.0 hits and PS3 is launched I can help others in the new world.

So what is the point I'm missing? To boycott the game because they are going to make seemingly spectacular changes in a year (dungeon finder excluded) and supporting that would be a sin?

You're still missing the point.

Sure the game will be amazing in a year, but in the meantime, the game will still be practically in beta form. A lot of the MMO essentials are missing, and they're still in the process of balancing things and making huge changes. They are definitely making some great changes, but the worthwhile changes are still several months out and I see no point in paying for the game till those changes are implemented in the game. In its current state, XIV is just not worth monthly fees.

[Rowe]

I saw this coming and earlier in the week I was almost going to post a thread asking people if they felt the game was in a state where they thought they'd be willing to pay for it.

Way I see it is they should charge $4.95 a month for first 4 months then $9.95 from April 2012 until 2.0 launch.

If they charge $12.99 a month starting in Nov. then I suggest everyone drop it until 2.0 comes out. It's not the player-base's fault the game is barely playable. Hell SE is going to lose enough players logging in starting 11/11/11. If they charge too much I can play Skyrim for months! Months I tell you!

[JackDaniels]

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fi...asy-xiv-online

It's still below 50%

[AlexNiculaie]

I'll be staying. At any rate, charging won't start until Dec at the earliest (free trial projected to halt at the end of November or first part of December), which is about when 1.20 is expected to be released. I imagine we have one more major patch before making us pay.

[Ava]

Ideally I would have liked to see them wait a little longer, at the very least until 1.21, but I will support SE as long as they keep up the great work. They've really stepped up communication since FFXI and have responded really well with community demands. They gave us over a year of free service for a game most of us probably bought with the intentions of paying a monthly fee anyways. The game isn't perfect, but you can't deny that SE has really stepped it up and have been doing a great job to make the best of a shitty situation.

They deserve at least a couple months of sub fees.

[Dubont]

I'm not against piracy and actually support it to a degree but if you believe in what you just said you're an idiot.

>.> I believe that it isn't stealing (because it isn't). Does that make me an idiot?

[Platinumstorm]

Yeah, my feeling is also the same because they've already has us pay $90 for a game that isn't even out of the alpha phase [alpha is a phase where core systems generally change dramatically, and that's the phase we're in today], and as a principle stance I won't let that happen again.

[Dubont]

Yeah, my feeling is also the same because they've already has us pay $90 for a game that isn't even out of the alpha phase [alpha is a phase where core systems generally change dramatically, and that's the phase we're in today], and as a principle stance I won't let that happen again.

I paid $15 for my copy...

[Rowe]

I just remembered all the Crysta dollars I bought the day the game came out... I bought enough for a year's subscription... They've had my money a long time.

[ArkhamNative]

Honestly I wonder if they couldn't have picked a worse time to start charging. Announcing that the game is a full year from being "ready", holiday gift-giving season upcoming ($$), that other major MMO releasing (NA & EU).

I enjoy FF14, but the fee might force me decide to either stop playing until some time next year when I'll have more time, or pay and hope I can get more play time than a few hours a week. They haven't said what the fee will be, have they? I assume it will be the full amount but still include the FFXI discount?