Can we have FFXIV & FFXI sub shared

[Larirawiel]

They could make FF 11 Online Free to Pl .... ehhh, i have to go!


Cheers

[RitsukoSonoda]

They could make FF 11 Online Free to Pl .... ehhh, i have to go!


Cheers

TBH it was annoying enough back in the day when they decided to start doing free trial versions because the primary users of that were RMT spammers and the frequency of being bothered by them via /tell exploded about 10,000x afterwards.

[Kranel_San]

I wholly support the idea of having one subscription plan that allows you to play both FFXIV and FFXI. However, I think it's very unlikely for SE to introduce it for the same price as the FFXIV subscription. Instead, I think it would be fair to add a value of $2.99 to the new subscription plan/option so players who just want to play either FFXIV and FFXI without the other can do so without paying more, while players who want to play both don't have to pay too much, as the whole point of merging or introducing one subscription is to pay less than the price of two subscriptions, in addition to giving the incentive to try the other game.

Speaking of FFXI, I think if SE wants to pump some new blood into its playerbase and its life then it would be a great start to introduce a new launcher to it, or even better, unify FFXI and FFXIV into one single launcher instead, both suggestions' main goal is to simplify the rough process of FFXI installation.

[Payadopa]

That would actually get me to consider going through the insanity that is playonline.

The good thing is that the process got somewhat consolidated and you require one password less. It's not great by any means but it's... something.

[Jkap_Goat]

I pay more for FFXI than FFXIV

and FFXI is my main MMO now as my sub for the game is 19$ and that goes for the extra mog storage for equipment. unlike xiv, gearswapping during combat is mandatory.

If they added dual subs to xiv+ XI, it would be nice for xiv players to see Vana'diel so I'm all for it

[CidHeiral]

I'd pay extra to sub to a FFXI classic server. I have fond memories of that game but retail just isn't the same. FFXI isn't FFXI without the suffering.

[SaltyDaddy]

It makes sense for players. Not the bussiness one tho. You are not gonna gain more subs than you would lose on FF11 players. Maybe if they introduce smt like Extra sub, for price of 18 bucks. Then they would consider it.

[RitsukoSonoda]

It makes sense for players. Not the bussiness one tho. You are not gonna gain more subs than you would lose on FF11 players. Maybe if they introduce smt like Extra sub, for price of 18 bucks. Then they would consider it.

Yes and no. For FFXI in particular yeah, probably not going to gain anything from a business standpoint. However doing so and just making an all encompassing SE premium subscription that applied to all their online titles would lay groundwork for the future as currently FFXIV and DQX both have paid expansions. FFXI had these too but I don't see new content being added to that title now unless they suddenly want to overhaul it to make use of PS5 and modern PC hardware. There's bound to be more titles down the road as well and having a single SE sub covering all online services would make it easier for players of existing titles to try the new one since they wouldn't be stacking a new sub on top of the initial retail purchase.

[Sotaris]

I'd pay extra to sub to a FFXI classic server. I have fond memories of that game but retail just isn't the same. FFXI isn't FFXI without the suffering.

Yeah, I sure miss the 4 hours of waiting around in Jeuno for a party.

And to piggyback off of that, if it weren't making enough money to support itself as a bare minimum, they'd sooner drop the whole thing than make it free-to-play or bundle it as part of the XIV subscription service (which would still be essentially making FFXI free through XIV - it wouldn't be earning any money of its own).

A discount for linking subscriptions would be more likely.

I doubt they ever will kill 11 even when it makes little money, cause it's a numbered title.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Yeah, I sure miss the 4 hours of waiting around in Jeuno for a party.



I doubt they ever will kill 11 even when it makes little money, cause it's a numbered title.

4 hours in Jeuno for a party? There was a super easy fix for that... Play BRD or RDM. You'll get ppl asking you to party with them even while /anon trying to hide from them when you don't want to join a party. :P