What are you paying a subscription for?

[DixieBellOCE]

Just a genuine question to all the players out there.

You are paying ~$112 per patch (Almost triple that if you have max retainers).

For the price of a full AAA title, is the content that XIV offers you in a single patch worth its subscription cost?

Personally i would say no, its not.
I have the maximum retainers addition, and it costs me ~$350 per patch to say subscribed to XIV, that is the cost of 4 full priced AAA new release games, for what is around a month, maybe two, worth of content.
After realizing this, i can't in good faith keep throwing money at a product that isn't receiving enough attention by its developers, player numbers between major patches fluctuate to the point where the game becomes basically unplayable in places like Materia.

So what do you spend your $112+ on per patch cycle?


EDIT: Seems i was wrong here, patches are 4 months, just feels like 8.
So i guess thats still $220/patch which is still pretty bad for the content that is released.

[Silver-Strider]

If it wasn't for my FC mates and their multiple failed attempts at EX 6 that they rope me into every Saturday, I'd probably unsub again.

I don't even leave my Island Sanctuary most of the time anymore, if I even sign on. Just pop in, do a quick trial/normal raid roulette and I'm done for the day. I just can't be bothered anymore.

[DixieBellOCE]

If it wasn't for my FC mates and their multiple failed attempts at EX 6 that they rope me into every Saturday, I'd probably unsub again.

I don't even leave my Island Sanctuary most of the time anymore, if I even sign on. Just pop in, do a quick trial/normal raid roulette and I'm done for the day. I just can't be bothered anymore.

Yeah its my FC and friends that kept me invested until now.
Even then i would just log in to do my FC Submersible missions for ~10 minutes a week, have a quick chat, then go play something else.

Even then i can just chat to them on discord for free, so why bother paying for a 'social' experience.

Playing other games opened my eyes to how much money i waste being subbed to XIV per year when i barely play it.

[Kes13a]

you make enough posts about your dissatisfaction, so why was this one needed?

if you do not feel they earn your money you have one option open to you. the end choice is always yours, no one else's.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Just a genuine question to all the players out there.

You are paying ~$112 per patch (Almost triple that if you have max retainers).

For the price of a full AAA title, is the content that XIV offers you in a single patch worth its subscription cost?

Personally i would say no, its not.
I have the maximum retainers addition, and it costs me ~$350 per patch to say subscribed to XIV, that is the cost of 4 full priced AAA new release games, for what is around a month, maybe two, worth of content.
After realizing this, i can't in good faith keep throwing money at a product that isn't receiving enough attention by its developers, player numbers between major patches fluctuate to the point where the game becomes basically unplayable in places like Materia.

So what do you spend your $112+ on per patch cycle?

$350 a patch? I pay like... $160 a year lmao.


You are paying what, almost $90/month? How many accounts do you have? Max paid retainers is 6 + 12.99/mo. That's 24.99/mo. Not 90. That doesn't even hit $350 a year.

[DixieBellOCE]

$350 a patch? I pay like... $160 a year lmao.


You are paying what, almost $90/month? How many accounts do you have? Max paid retainers is 6 + 12.99/mo. That's 24.99/mo. Not 90. That doesn't even hit $350 a year.

America is not the only country in the world, that's how.

My monthly sub with retainers is $36 AUD, that does not include companion app for another $8/month bringing it to $44/month AUD. and a patch cycle is 4 months (just feels like 8).

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

America is not the only country in the world, that's how.

My monthly sub with retainers is $36 AUD, and a patch is 8 months, not 6.

Patches are 4 months, not 8 OR 6. Maybe you mean raid tiers? And maybe include currency then, because otherwise people will assume the $ when you use... the $ sign lol. I've never used the companion app so...

[DixieBellOCE]

Patches are 4 months, not 8 OR 6. And maybe include currency then, because otherwise people will assume the $ when you use... the $ sign lol.

Most people would just look at the world under your name to assume which country you are from, no biggie though.

[DixieBellOCE]

Patches are 4 months, not 8 OR 6. Maybe you mean raid tiers? And maybe include currency then, because otherwise people will assume the $ when you use... the $ sign lol. I've never used the companion app so...

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Completely wrong, its 4 months, guess it just feels like 8

[Fawkes]

6.3 was in January and 6.4 was in May.