Free-to-play?

[LastFireAce]

I did watch thos, I just never thought to ask if it was F2P xD

[popotaro]

Can we just stop talking about that nonsense pls? ^^

[Pixiehawk]

Rather no go F2P... Wasn't 1.0 F2P? really bad?
Before I get eaten I'm no Legacy player so I don't know how it work back then.

It didn't start f2p, but went that way once it was decided they were going to kill and rebuild it.

[Rinuko]

Rather no go F2P... Wasn't 1.0 F2P? really bad?
Before I get eaten I'm no Legacy player so I don't know how it work back then.

It was F2P for a period but that cause it was so bork and the devs had to make it sub-free to keep us around while they started working on fixing the game/making ARR

[InkstainedGwyn]

I actually think it's good to talk on forums like this to show an overwhelmingly anti-f2p stance. After all, they talk about "80%" players and short of drawing tenuous conclusions from subscribe/unsubscribe data, there really isn't a place for them to "hear" players' voices other than the forums. They could issue an optional survey on the acct mgmt page or the loader but nobody would take it. If they made it involuntary people would complain about extra time to login. And any survey whatsoever would probably 1) get overwhelmed by troll votes and 2) alarm the populace. So no, I don't mind people asking here so I can say NOPE. (I know the forums are only a fraction of the loudest players but it's at least a free way for us to dissent, since we know they do have people reading the threads.)

[Sandpark]

let's be real here. If SE is considering F2P, the players will not dictate whether it happens or not.

Their wallets will.

If the sub numbers are not high enough, the consideration for F2P is made by the higher ups, not Yoshi solely.

[Nightroad]

If they think they can make more money with a f2p or b2p model, they will go that way.
Would I quit over that ? Nope.

[Burado]

SE are not stupid to make this game f2p so that i will have same fate as GW2 boring unrewarding garbage.

[AzuraWinters]

That sure makes a lot of sense... To decrease the price for subs while making some of the stuff that is paid free, and also translate the game to a lot of other languages. That makes total financial sense.

And no thanks, I would hate to leave FF14 because it went pay to win.

[Felis]

Rather no go F2P... Wasn't 1.0 F2P? really bad?
Before I get eaten I'm no Legacy player so I don't know how it work back then.

Not really F2P, but extended free trial until quality reach standard level.