Goodbye to the lots of you come thursday

[Manafont]

I know alot of people aren't willing to pay monthly to sit around bored, maybe next month when they release 1.21 but until then it's just not worth it.
The game is really lacking, wish they did damage like ffxi where every increase in stats was seen in your damage.

[alexi14]

Yes, I would like to see stats play a bigger role in this game!

[Viridiana]

Yes, I would like to see stats play a role in this game!

Fixed that for you. . .

[Seif]

Fixed that for you. . .

QFT (quitting for truth)

[Zanfire]

i still find a it a poor decision to try and make a little bit of money for 10 months or so instead of leaving the game free and potentially keeping more people around for the real game. Its only going to cause more people to be mad about them charging for the 2.0 beta, people getting bored quick with the lack of content and stop paying, then forcing server merges which will = more bad press reguarless.

just letting plenty of people off to forget about the game or buy and get sucked into a superior game. Oh well, SE's loss, il try the game when its at what its supposed to be....2.0

[Bowen]

For the billionth time, how can you expect a company spend all their resources on an MMO and have no Profit?

[Biggs]

For the billionth time, how can you expect a company spend all their resources on an MMO and have no Profit?

For a few reasons actually:

1. This isn't some po-dunk company with limited funds.
2. They said they would do everything they could to fix it, this would seem to me anyway to include lots of money.
3. The company in question has numerous other ventures that make them millions, (Animes, games, ect.) and helps publish some of the highest grossing games in the industry.

I feel like i could go on, but I think those 3 cover the core concepts of my point.

[Masamune1004]

For a few reasons actually:

1. This isn't some po-dunk company with limited funds.
2. They said they would do everything they could to fix it, this would seem to me anyway to include lots of money.
3. The company in question has numerous other ventures that make them millions, (Animes, games, ect.) and helps publish some of the highest grossing games in the industry.

I feel like i could go on, but I think those 3 cover the core concepts of my point.

Yes but if they keep running this game f2p then they're gonna keep losing money and they're stocks will drop. Then no one will invest in them, and they will lose lots of money because of that. Charging right now is a fabulous idea.

[Biggs]

Yes but if they keep running this game f2p then they're gonna keep losing money and they're stocks will drop. Then no one will invest in them, and they will lose lots of money because of that. Charging right now is a fabulous idea.

Um, the game has been out over a year now and there hasn't been a single new job or level cap increase. I have no problem with them charging for their product, but I think they may have kept more people had they waited until 1.21 when we will at least have some new jobs and more to do than what was released in the last patch. Not to mention, the crafting situation right now is a joke. Half of the recipes in the game now are new ones sitting on top of a foundation of old ones that are STILL coded into the game.

Also, you seem to have no idea what this is costing them, so to make the comment that they will lose investors in light of the fact that this game has done all the damage to its investors that its going to do seems foolish. If they weren't willing to do whatever it takes to fix this game and keep their clients happy, then they should never have officially announced that they were "WIlling to do whatever it takes to make FF XIV a success".

Certainly I 100% agree with you that it is their right to decide when to charge, and that in order for it to be successful we will need to start paying monthly fees. It just seems to me that they should have waited a patch or 2 longer then charged everyone regular price to make up the difference.

[TheVedis]

Um, the game has been out over a year now and there hasn't been a single new job or level cap increase. I have no problem with them charging for their product, but I think they may have kept more people had they waited until 1.21 when we will at least have some new jobs and more to do than what was released in the last patch. Not to mention, the crafting situation right now is a joke. Half of the recipes in the game now are new ones sitting on top of a foundation of old ones that are STILL coded into the game.

Also, you seem to have no idea what this is costing them, so to make the comment that they will lose investors in light of the fact that this game has done all the damage to its investors that its going to do seems foolish. If they weren't willing to do whatever it takes to fix this game and keep their clients happy, then they should never have officially announced that they were "WIlling to do whatever it takes to make FF XIV a success".

something tells me your one of those people who will never be happy, and thats ok
this game is optional to play for a reason, no one is forcing you