Just gonna say, the discount is nice I have no problem with that and I will pay it.

But as a new player to this game, the paying something a month per character slot seems crazy to me. I don't think I have seen another p2p game that uses this kind of logic. (if the game was f2p I would find it acceptable)
I know you can do all the classes on one character but a lot of people like to make different characters for other reasons.
But as a slight counter argument, you could make 10 characters on WoW, each one being a different class and then you have effectively "maxed every class" by only paying the base cost, and you can still make another 40 characters.

Also I remember when I first started this game and I logged on and was confused at why it wouldn't let me create a character, because you have to "buy" one first (even though you get it for free). That whole process was just really confusing and sorting out my debit details with click and buy was a pain in the butt.
I have spoken to friends about the weird payment methods with this game and it takes ages for me to explain it, and they all think it sounds terrible.

So yeah, I think it should be way more simple in my opinion. This current system is not very approachable, its like the rest of FFXIV everything (including payment) has a steep learning curve :P.

Any ways I know a lot of you disagree, but thought id voice my opinion.