Price Reduction =)

[weeble]

swtor in 12days, 8days if you pre ordered
tera witch is free game play if willing to use there chronoskulls method
gw2 no monthly
diablo3 no monthly not mmo but still.
by 2013 i wouldn't be surprised to see a new blizzard? fallout, marvel, dark millennium
all these mmo's are different but all will take a piece of players slowly but surely till 2.0 comes ..lets hope they still come back and don't fall in love with there characters in those games instead. hell i been playing dcu f2p all week cause nothing to do in ffxiv and even though it don't feel like a mmo the week there has been more entertaining then the last 6months of ffxiv.

[weeble]

subjective or not, what is being said is a mmo company can subjectively pick there customers and keep making mmo's in this manner instead. why waste resources on things when they don't have to anymore cause subjectively they will find people to pay for it. it should be the other way around. in all things in this world when you make new things from a predecessor it is always with the concept of "More" more apps and speed and choices on cell phones, more options in mmo's, more content, more speed, graphics and what have you. not less, nor launch early and charge for development cause some are willing to pay. they tip toe into the water with there mmo's and they all are going f2p and no new content by time they would of added that new content that matters. it's like half the tv series on tv, they make a season or 2 and canceled b4 you get a middle or an end. it's a cop out to not going all out to building a good mmo.

[KaiKatzchen]

SE and the old team put out a bad game, SE admits it and that = Free game for over a year! Regardless of the state the game was in, people got to play it for free for a year and many people took great advantage of that.

New Team comes along and that = really good changes, the game improves, we continue to get to play it for free.

SE gives up a in depth outline of what will happen in the next year, so we know what we are paying for, and about 2.0 and what will happen afterwards.

Game is just about where it should have been over a year ago, with the supposed last few things being in 1.20 (and at this time it's still free).


SE also gives a discount per month for the next year until 2.0, and is going to allow us to change our characters if we wish, change race if we wish, play a story line no one else will get to play and maybe (haven't confirmed) let people change their names if they wish with the release of 2.0 and the new engine. Not to mention the 'special gift' players who stay will get.

Seem to me (regardless if people are happy with the game or not) that SE is doing a lot to try and make up for what they did at the release of this game. I think they went beyond what they had to do in my opinion. I have never seen a company do as much for its players as SE has done for the people who want to see FFXIV be a success.

... Yet all people do is complain about everything, even when SE gives people what they ask for.

I'm going to stay; I enjoy this game, the people within my shell and the friends that I have made. I also still have an interest in this game and, I'm sorry but a bloody a discount is a bloody discount. I never asked SE for a discount, I would have paid the 12.99 a month if SE said it was that price.


Think I'm a fangirl or a white knight, whatever... at least I'm not kicking a dog while it's down and said dog is doing everything to make people happy. If I'm unhappy I'll leave the game, god knows there are other MMO's coming out I'm interested in.


If other players are unhappy or don't like the game, well that's fine because that's their opinion. Stay. Leave. Start Over. Whatever floats your boat.

This is my opinion, and you don't have to like it. I like FFXIV and I'll pay.

[PoeGamer]

Without going into anything - I just want to give my two cents and say that I would be more than happy to support SE by paying a subscription fee. I can't wait for this game to evolve throughout the years ahead! Woohoo!

[Dubont]

ok...so..is it $5/180days or is it $8/180days? Because $36 extra a year will make the difference for me...

[KaiKatzchen]

ok...so..is it $5/180days or is it $8/180days? Because $36 extra a year will make the difference for me...

Someone broke it down earlier in the thread...

For 180 days:: 4.99 (to play game) + 3.00 (for 1 character/2 Retainers) = 7.99 * 6 Months

So for 180 days it will be: $47.94 every six months while we have this discount.

Which imo is a really good price, but I know others don't think that.

[Dubont]

Someone broke it down earlier in the thread...

For 180 days:: 4.99 (to play game) + 3.00 (for 1 character/2 Retainers) = 7.99 * 6 Months

So for 180 days it will be: $47.94 every six months while we have this discount.

Which imo is a really good price, but I know others don't think that.

so...we're being charged for an account..AND a character? I thought we got 1 character slot for free? At least, that's what it said when I set up payment...which would mean it's only $4.99 * 6 months. If we're charged an additional character fee just to play as 1 character, that's dumb. Being charged for a character separately from an account (which we can't use without a character) is a really bad idea. Charging for additional characters, yeah, ok, fine, but....really? We can't seriously get charged for our 1 "free" slot...can we?


Edit: k...apparently we can be charged for a free slot...that's really really dumb...*sigh* but I guess $5 less a month isn't so bad...considering I am playing a Beta 2

[TheVedis]

so...we're being charged for an account..AND a character? I thought we got 1 character slot for free? At least, that's what it said when I set up payment...which would mean it's only $4.99 * 6 months. If we're charged an additional character fee just to play as 1 character, that's dumb. Being charged for a character separately from an account (which we can't use without a character) is a really bad idea. Charging for additional characters, yeah, ok, fine, but....really? We can't seriously get charged for our 1 "free" slot...can we?

they stated a 9.99 a month cost

thats 6.99 for the account and 3 for the character.

if you get a multi month plan, it makes it even cheaper per month(ends up being 8.99 and 7.99 per month based on how far ahead you pay)

[Dubont]

they stated a 9.99 a month cost

thats 6.99 for the account and 3 for the character.

if you get a multi month plan, it makes it even cheaper per month(ends up being 8.99 and 7.99 per month based on how far ahead you pay)

yes, but why even charge for the 1st character? That makes things difficult because now you have to pay for an account AND a character, separately. A basic account should include 1 character. Otherwise, the account is useless.