Final Fantasy 14 App

[Aerlana]

To be honest...
more than 700 euros in cash shop. (and dont count dyes, or wedding, nor retainer and the accoutn services (fantasia, serveur move etc )
up to 7 retainer for storage, not 1 time buy (as most, or maybe all F2P) but a subscription!
Now this.

And all ok with some "other are doing worse" and the most "it is optionnal, if you dont want, dont pay" (and the storage matter for many people ? "optionnal" )

What about adding 2, or 3 euros to the sub? but getting ALL for free. i mean [b]ALL|/B]
Probably, because it is easier to drain some people, like milking cow that moooh appilly while they are sucked, than to be honest...

[Remedi]

you forget that they talked about a moguri coin which is probably a premium currency too

[Liam_Harper]

To put it bluntly, this is absolutely disgraceful. This is starting to feel like a Free to Play cash grab game with a sub stuck on top. WoW is starting to look more and more attractive again. At least over there your sub gives you almost everything...

-50 characters, 11 alts per realm, free.
-You can make unlimited market board listings
-Free market board app, numerous websites for market board data
-Tons of bag space, a huge crafting material bag, ability to mail storage alts, free.
-Much smaller cash shop
-Ability to buy anything from the cash shop, even your sub, with ingame currency.

What's FF14's excuse? Enix isn't a small indie company nor is the game a cutting edge product, their servers and game engine quality are inferior to Blizzards which is a decade and a half old. I don't get it, why do we have to pay a vastly increased sub and not even get the same features other games hand out free? Very disappointed.

[Deceptus]

From reddit and I whole heartedly agree.

"Sorry, we can't expand inventory space because oh no the servers can't handle it! Also we're expanding inventory space but only if you pay an extra fee on your already P2P game.

This is insulting."

[Solarra]

Never thought I'd find myself writing this but WoW is looking increasingly attractive.

I am already paying extra to have alts, I am already paying for an extra retainer, I'm not paying for this.
If they had simply given us more storage in-game (even locked behind a one off payment) alongside an in-game calendar, I'd have been happy. Adding a more complicated system along with a pay-wall just leaves a sour taste.
Amazing how much effort they can put in when there's hard cash involved, amazing how much storage we can have if we pay extra for it.

I'm feeling increasingly ripped-off and disillusioned with this game.

[Tridus]

It's an inventory management app where you need to pay to manage retainer inventory.. which is where the overwhelming majority of your inventory space is. Even if you just have the two retainers.

Does the free version of this even really have a point aside from chatting? Inventory management that excludes most of your inventory unless you pay extra is a farce.

They can't fix all kinds of serious in game problems because of budget and server limitations, but they can afford to develop this shameless cash grab?

Yeah, no. Lets call this what it really is.

[Remedi]

@Tridus pparently in Japan they don't have discord or something so from their point of wiew the app is very useful if that's true.

As for us ye the free app is pretty much worthless

[Steviejd]

If they can give a full breakdown of how this revenue will be used to help the game then I suppose it's not as bad. I'm worried that it's going to be used to fund other projects instead though.

[PonifiedBeast]

People have decried microtransactions via Mogstation before, but other than retainers, those have been cosmetic. It poses no negative impact on players. This, however, poses an issue for those who can't afford to pay for premium + the Moogle Coins. There is an actual disparity there. This $5 app sub will provide a tangible in-game benefit to those who can cough up the fees. The retainer and teleport features feel fair, considering you still have to pay for the retainer when it unlocks. The saddlebag expansion for a sub fee feels like a cash grab. We already pay a sub and we need to pay an additional $5 to get a bag size increase. At least retainers can do ventures/sell. The saddlebag can only hold items. The organization features feel like they should count as QOL, with how needed they are, not bonus features we get via a paid app.Between retainers, a sub, Mog Coins, it adds up. It seems low of SE to make menial features part of a paid app, and restricting the MB to daily or pay.

[Rhus]

Oh man if I can use my and update retainers...goodbye life