-Beta:Yes -One time event:Yes -Paying:dundundun

[EmeraldHill]

So, you want to pay for an elitist feel that you were there before it became popular?

[Rokien]

Yaa, hopefully some 8-bit gear

[Lyndis]

So, you want to pay for an elitist feel that you were there before it became popular?

This is a one time event. You're involved in the history of the game. This is an epic chance. Not someone paying for an elitist feel.

[EmeraldHill]

Oh, and you had this in WoW too with the catacylsm, except you know, you wern't paying to play a crappy incomplete game while it happened.

But hey, don't try to justify you spending money to me, it's your money. If you want to blindly give it without questioning, thinking, or hesitating, that's all you.

This is a one time event. You're involved in the history of the game. This is an epic chance. Not someone paying for an elitist feel.

I was here for the last year or so. I don't need to pay money to be involved with the history of the game.

I have to say, it's a great marketing scheme they're using. It says it in the .pdfs "pay money and be a part of the history of the game lol".

[grandm]

when i first found out it was P2P soon, i first worried to many ppl would quit and the place would become a ghost town with only me running around in it. but after reading through the forum. i see alot more post for ppl saying there staying than going . so let all the free loaders go. if u look on flash games you might find free game of pong to play :P

[Daenerys_Sedai]

I like the cut of your jib boy,

We'll be the old timers in the game saying "Back in my day..." And the noobs will listen to our tales of woe and triumph and revere us as their elders. I like that idea, thanks for giving me a reason to go head over heels back into this game >.>

In the case of those who have been playing since launch, the old timer saying "back in my day we had to walk to school up hill both ways" seems to ring true with Final Fantasy XIV's alpha stage (launch to Feb?)

[yukikaze_yanagi]

In my back days,people who quit don't try to be the Illuminati. You don't feel to pay ? don't do it, and don't beat the ones who do it because you feel superior.
Yes, because all this bitching it's ridiculous. We all should know this game was F2P only for a limited time. If you don't feel it right, go play something else until you feel confident, or never ever return.

[Yogard]

Ha! It's (almost) funny that when I some week(s) or so ago got the game finally as my brother wanted to try it out now (I was in Alpha and Beta previously), I said that surely they will start charging fees now that I have returned, so to speak.

Well, it was to be expected, but the timing couldn't really be any better, or worse, as I will likely be unable to pay the fee for some time.


Well, well.
T'was short lived, and lived too fast, but at least I had the chance to run around in my subligar and dream-hat to have at least a few blushes and giggles towards me. : ]

Perhaps I shall return once more again!
The rest of you, have fun, and the best of luck in your endeavours ! !! !


Kind Regards,
The Noob Unlimited

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

"I remember... when Gridania had trees..."

[Zaireeka2025]

So, you want to pay for an elitist feel that you were there before it became popular?

Lyndis said it best already, but I'm going to respond simply because I dislike your attempts at downgrading my statement to mean that I want to pay to be elite (that can only be earned). What I am paying for is the chance to participate in helping SE grow the game into what it should have been from the start. The special titles or gears are things I think SE should grant the ones who stayed and paid (it's the least they can do as a thank you).