Why are extra characters still $3?

[Aenarion]

Because this is one of very few MMO's that allow your character to be any class.

well, EVE Online lets you be any class (well, there's no class, but same thing in principle, you can do anything in game with a single character), but they still give you three character slots per account :P

just throwing that out there.

[Shneibel]

Be happy that SE actually tell you how much they charge for your char the fee for FFXIV with 1 char is 12.99 while other game it is 15 minimum and how much they charge for your char I dont know

[OMEGA_HACK]

Doesn't Eve Online have an item mall? (never played it not too sure, but I thought it did...)

[Shneibel]

Doesn't Eve Online have an item mall? (never played it not too sure, but I thought it did...)

I believe they have system call PLEX, which isn't item mail but a system to prevent RTM

[Antipika]

Doesn't Eve Online have an item mall? (never played it not too sure, but I thought it did...)

Don't even try to compare Eve Online to any MMO out there when it comes to economy, especially XIV. You can virtually own real life money in Eve Online. Sell it for in-game currency, exchange it, transport it and even destroy it. The economy is just at a whole different level.

[Aenarion]

Doesn't Eve Online have an item mall? (never played it not too sure, but I thought it did...)

They did introduce the NeX store back in the summer expansion, which contains different clothing items for your character to wear while they walk around aimlessly for no reason inside a tiny little room that served little purpose and nobody can see anyway outside your character portrait.

oh, and it was also overpriced to hell and back, with most items in the double digit range, and reaching upwards to almost $80 for a monocle.

needless to say the feedback was less than positive. Outside of a few who have more in-game money then they'll ever need (can use ingame money to purchase plex, then convert to aurum to buy cash shop item), the store is pretty much universally ignored.

[indira]

i remember them saying it was $3.00 for a character & $1.00 for a retainers back in early 2010

dont know who uses 2 character on one account to be mad because you need one character only and thats it.

[redmage]

You sure?

"As before, and until the release of Version 2.0, players will be entitled to employ two Retainers at no charge."

I take that as meaning that while we'll have our two retainer for free, there's also no option for purchasable retainers until at least 2.0, especially since they made no mention of the purchasable retainers at all

if you have info that indicate otherwise however, I'd love to see it, since I was really hoping to get some extra retainers :/

I wonder if it may mean that new accounts created at or after 2.0, are only eligible for the one free retainer per character. So existing accounts will not be charged for the second retainer after 2.0 drops? Just my take on it, could totally be wrong.

[Aenarion]

I wonder if it may mean that new accounts created at or after 2.0, are only eligible for the one free retainer per character. So existing accounts will not be charged for the second retainer after 2.0 drops? Just my take on it, could totally be wrong.

since they said this...

The fee structure for after the release of FINAL FANTASY XIV Version 2.0 (including those of retainers) is unconfirmed at the time of writing.

there's no telling what'll happen at 2.0

[Kinseykinz]

Honestly I think $3 is fine for additional characters...if you need more than 1 additional character as a 'mule' type, well you might need to consider being in an episode of FFXIV hoarders ...

By making each additional character cost $3 dollars on your account SE is pretty much saying 'You can have a full army of mules, but it'll cost you.' At the same time, SE knows most people won't mind paying an extra 3-6 dollars a month for 1-2 'mules' that might operate as LS banks and/or storage mules. I get how this can be upsetting, but controlling how much inventory each player has is a way of controlling the in-game economy. Right now, people can just stockpile every mat, Rare/ex drop, and 'maybe I can use this somehow' item they desire. That just means that there are less mats and lower end crafted mats/items for sale on retainers (if you lack storage you sell/NPC/trade/ drop more stuff). But by charging $3 for each additional character, it will force some people to decide which is more important...more cash in real life, or a better stockpile/more gil in game.