Too many needless restrictions

[LalafellDown]

@RuleofThree: Not everybody is a no-lifer who can spend 20, 30, 40 hours in FFXIV.

They want the casual playerbase to have a chance to be competitive, and the hardcores and no-lifers have proven that they have no self-control. Without the cap on tomestones, you would have somebody in full Genesis gear (sans weapon obviously) in 2 days.

Genesis gear is better than Alphascape IIRC, so if you can get that kind of gear by spamming roulettes, then why run Alphascape?

I don’t think you read OPs post

[LalafellDown]

I did, just misunderstood. Read above edit. Thus the deletion of post

Ignore me, mobile version. Can’t delete and have no idea where I am right now

[SannaR]

If you buy from the SE store they should send you the code via email. At least that's for the NA store.

[Daniolaut]

I used to pay for my sub with game cards ...receive a code instantly or the same day at least.

Please do tell.

[Lumivyory]

Please do tell.

Sadly neither of us remembers which exactly website it was since it was a while ago (and possibly bought from different ones even)
I don't think it's even allowed to post links to such websites? I'm not sure tbh
But in any case if you look up "FFXIV game time card" or something like that you should be able to find online stores that sell those

[Niraye]

I know the transfer is to stop people from jumping server to server making massive amounts of gil, used to see people buy tons of low stuff leave server, then they would be back right after. Some of the others are supposed to stop rmt, we know it doesn't really do anything. Also some of the wait times on certain things are due to an outdated data server, the one they use to constantly keep our items the way they are no matter what, you crash look items still there, your not rubber banded backwards ether. Fc thing was originally to stop people from selling fc's every other day, but people still sell capped fcs and wait the day so that doesn't work ether.

[Kuzulo]

Wow, I did not know that.

I'm still playing Wow, so these restrictions seem weird. They let you restore characters if there is a legit problem, always. Well, there is an "unwritten" rule where if you are someone who ALWAYS has problems then eventually they may say "no." Also, they have a pretty liberal "automatic" item restoration. They cut to the chase, making it automatic so you can do it from the site restoring stuff you accidentally sold, disenchanted, etc. It simply restores the item, exchanging it for what it was taken for (so if you sold it to a vendor, it will restore it for the amount of gold it was sold for.) I'm not sure what it does for something you disenchanted? I guess you'd have to have those shards/whatever currently (or get new ones, of the same shards.)

HA! Yeah, the thing about not being able to open some windows, while other windows are open, is also odd. There are many such things which are hard for me to get used to; They just seem purposefully backward.

I also did not know about the not being able to mail your other characters thing, that is pretty backwards considering Wow has had that forever. It makes a bit more sense in FFXIV, since you can do jobs yourself (making alts not as needed), but it is still weird.

[Nora_of_Mira]

-Must obtain level x / complete x quest to change classes
-Gear sets locked behind amount of classes unlocked

My biggest gripe with restrictions is how cumbersome Retainers are and the shifting of inventory/selling inventory/trading for GC seals, etc. I have so much garbage in my retainers that i've been sitting on for years doing nothing because I dont want to spend a literal hour running back and forth between a summoning bell and my GC.

But these last 2 points you bring up I dont understand, you have to get to lvl 10 to change from your initial job and if you're a new player, why would you want to change classes within the first 10 minutes anyway? As a seasoned player, you can hit this soft cap in literal minutes so I dont really understand. And why do we need more gear sets than jobs unlocked? I cant imagine having different gear sets for the same job, is that a DoH/DoL thing? I dont craft/gather so I wouldnt know.

[Tint]

But these last 2 points you bring up I dont understand, you have to get to lvl 10 to change from your initial job and if you're a new player, why would you want to change classes within the first 10 minutes anyway? As a seasoned player, you can hit this soft cap in literal minutes so I dont really understand. And why do we need more gear sets than jobs unlocked? I cant imagine having different gear sets for the same job, is that a DoH/DoL thing? I dont craft/gather so I wouldnt know.

For example when you want to start the game as rogue you first have to hit level 10 as marauder or arcanist. Or when you just want to try different classes. And you can't try out crafting and gathering either.

And having lots of gearsets is nice for roleplay reasons, so you can have lots of different outfits you to easily switch into.