Fantasia

[Vrankyl]

I just think with the amount of the sub we have to pay they should be included? If the model is f2p then I get it but this game isn't. It's greedy to charge a sub and have a cash shop? They could at least put them on the market board like dyes. I'd rather pay 5m than 5 quid.

The only comparable MMO that we can use for this cost comparison is the only other successful Sub based game, World of Warcraft. In World of Warcraft in addition to your monthly sub cost you have three options for changing character customization. A $15 Appearance Change which covers only appearances and gender, a $25 race change which only covers changing to a race within the same Faction, and a $30 Faction change to change to a race outside of your current faction. This is compared to our $10 Fantasia which allows you to change EVERYTHING for with a single service. Now I'm not entirely certain how this works since I left before they added the in-game token, but if the token is a 1-1 currency change that means you need to spend twice the amount of gold to get enough shop currency to buy a race change than you do your sub. So all in all... I think we have it pretty great tbh. Even in the other MMOs I played race changes usually costed about $20-$30 worth of real currency, and their in game currency to shop currency exchanges always required someone to be footing the actual monetary bill at some point.

[Enkidoh]

Getting back to the original poster's initial question, yes, it is (or rather, was) possible to get up to 4 free bottles of Fantasia, but the ways for doing so are either no longer available or extremely difficult now.

A free bottle of Fantasia was included with the physical Collector's Editions of A Realm Reborn and Heavensward (but not Stormblood). The physical Collector's Editions were only available in pre-order however and are thus are almost impossible to find now (although I think you can get these items through the 'Digital Upgrade Service' that SE offered that allows you to gain the included items with the CEs on a 'standard' copy of the game, but this costs extra).
A third bottle was given free to players who created a character in the original 1.0 version of FFXIV several years ago now (it was sent through the Moogle Delivery System).
Finally a fourth bottle was an early Veteran Reward for subscribing to the game for a certain length of time (2 months if I remember rightly). This was removed when SE overhauled the Veteran Rewards system when SB launched, and temporarily made the Fantasia a quest reward for completing the original '2.0' main scenario in the game accordingly (in other words, the main scenario quest 'The Ultimate Weapon'), but as I understand it that has since been removed sadly, with no other way to acquire it I'm afraid.

Either way, fantasia is/has been offered to players for free, but these incidences are the exception rather than the rule unfortunately, so purchasing Fantasia through the Mogstation is the only real way to acquire more. As there are more than a few 'Fantasia addicts' out there, this may not necessarily be a bad thing.

[Ilan]

I just think with the amount of the sub we have to pay they should be included? If the model is f2p then I get it but this game isn't. It's greedy to charge a sub and have a cash shop? They could at least put them on the market board like dyes. I'd rather pay 5m than 5 quid.

No it shouldn't. You pay to be able to play the game, you pay that the game gets patches and that it gets the needed maintenance. Your sub doesn't include extras like this.

[Niwashi]

A free bottle of Fantasia was included with the physical Collector's Editions of A Realm Reborn and Heavensward (but not Stormblood). The physical Collector's Editions were only available in pre-order however and are thus are almost impossible to find now (although I think you can get these items through the 'Digital Upgrade Service' that SE offered that allows you to gain the included items with the CEs on a 'standard' copy of the game, but this costs extra).

It came with the Collector's Edition of Heavensward, but not A Realm Reborn. (HW got one because of Au Ra being introduced.)

[Paladinleeds]

Trying to think of a MMO that offers complete character recustomizations without charging real money.

Drawing a blank. In fact, most of them charge at least twice as much.

I know RuneScape does. Not quite the same ballgame as it's a very low quality game in terms of graphics compared to Final Fantasy and even World of Warcraft. Can change your default clothes for free in Varrock, hair in Falador, and gender and skin colour just southwest of Falador.