Quote Originally Posted by bswpayton View Post
To keep and maintain this game or to make it stay competitive with other games you cant use the same business model from years past.

MMO's are not really growing like they did in years past, you have to do things similar to your competitors and that's what SE is doing
Probably because they look like total rip-offs now. I've tried to get friends to play FFXIV before, base game + expansion + subscription + items locked away in a cash shop is a very tough sell.