New subscription price planning - Standard vs Entry. Am I missing something?

[Kiote]

Pretty sure you are going to have to pay for each additional characters.

It says rather plainly that the 14.99 plan is for 8 character/server. That 3 dollars is the paying extra.

[Rokien]

It says rather plainly that the 14.99 plan is for 8 character/server. That 3 dollars is the paying extra.

This is SE we are talking about though :P

[Denmo]

This is SE we are talking about though :P

Right, because SE hasn't been up front with us at all, ever, since Yoshi P came on board.

[TheVedis]

This is SE we are talking about though :P

And this is YOU we are talking to


seriously, this isnt hard to understand, why would they even think of mentioning 8 characters per server if thats not what it meant

i see this as 2 sided subscription

1 for those who want 1 character
1 for those who want multiples

its not hard to understand

[Ruisu]

This is a great idea, as silly and useless as it may be. I don't really see a reason for more than one character. But I guess I can make 39 cute and frilly catgirls/highlander females/lalafemales.

That's coo'.

[Jinko]

Hmm yea giving RMT a legacy account would be a complete fail, they need to sort the RMT situation out before 2.0 hits.

[Pirika]

Hmm yea giving RMT a legacy account would be a complete fail, they need to sort the RMT situation out before 2.0 hits.

RMT can still be banned after legacy is rolled out. At that point they lose their legacy status and have to fork over more money for multiple characters, but us legit players get to keep the benefit. I like it!

[Airget]

I think retainers are gonna be given a high inventory treshold compared to what we have now. We'll most likely be bumped back to maybe 50 on hand if the mannequin system allows us to have gear that doesn't take inv space it'll be viable. Then retainers may be bumped to 300 storage. So even if you could have 8 free characters that would only be 400 slots compared to paying whatever it is for 300 storage on a retainer.

The other thought is if they do give us x characters I think each player will only be able to focus on one craft past 50 so if a person actually wants to craft everything they'll have to lv 8 characters with separate crafts, then if they want all the abilities they'll have to lv them all to 50 lol. It kinda makes sense since 8 is the limit and we have 8 crafts atm, so perhaps they want to push on the idea that one character can only focus on one craft but to keep the idea that we can indeed do everything make it where we can make 8 characters and have each one focused on a different craft.

[Denmo]

As for inventory and retainers, I would expect an entire rethinking of your storage space.

That 2.0 User Interface screenshot showed what appeared to be inventory "bags" in the bottom right hand corner, much like WoW. Get more bags, get more storage space.

And I wouldn't be surprised if you started storing your things in a game "bank" rather than directly with your retainer. If they do keep retainers, it'd make more sense to have them be your intermediary, much like the Moogle was in a Mog House. You didn't store your stuff inside the moogle. He "took" your things home and placed them in "storage".

[Katella_Avenlea]

Helpful links: Letter from the Producer XXVII- http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/43218
Campaigns: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com.../campaign.html

- The service and character fees are being consolidated into one. Yoshi-P's post notes it there. You will pay $9.99 for 8 char per world.

There is a note in red on the Campaign page:
Note: Pricing for other features, including longer billing cycles and Retainer Characters, have not yet been decided.

I remember reading at some point when they were talking about making the market wards more aesthetically pleasing, that there was going to be a dramatic change in how our retainers worked. I also remember something about the fact that retainers would be accessible by characters on the same account, on the same world.

I would imagine that what will likely happen is that you get one (maybe two) retainers per world, and then if you want more you'd probably have to purchase them.